Annoying Trend: Celebs Play Dumb About Body Image
By Ophira Edut “I don’t get this obsession with weight,” Eva Longoria Parker tells Glamour (February, 2009). The actress, whose tight outfits inspired tabloids to speculate that she’s pregnant, is the...
View ArticleMichael Jackson: Another Victim of the Fame Game
“I don’t trip off of being a celebrity. I don’t trust it. I don’t like it. Cuz one minute they all love you and the next thing you know you dancing on the top of a car in the front of a court house...
View ArticleEditor of Self Gets Her Photoshopping Ass Handed to Her
You gotta go to the blog of Lucy Danziger, the editor-in-chief of Self magazine and read all the comments from readers who aren’t buying the lame excuse for photoshopping the hell out of Kelly Clarkson...
View ArticlePole Dancer Doll, Are You for Real?
This week Gizmodo broke the “story” that a child’s toy, Pole Dance Doll is on the market. Conservative and liberal blogs have been covering the product as if it were indeed for sale at a store near...
View ArticleImage of Ultra-Thin Ralph Lauren Model Sparks Outrage
by Brett Michael Dykes for Shine from Yahoo! In recent years an ongoing debate has brewed over advertisers and fashion magazines using photographs, particularly photographs of women, that have...
View ArticleBody Image Gets Animated: What The Simpsons and Family Guy Say About Beauty
By Guest Contributor Tessa Originally posted at About-Face For a long time, I have believed in the power of empathizing with a fictional character to transform the way we feel about ourselves. But how...
View ArticleIs Airbrushing On Its Way Out?
By Sharon Haywood In March 2009, Kim Kardashian’s cellulite made headlines. The paparazzi didn’t snap an illicit photo of her sunning poolside, but rather, Complex, a men’s lifestyle magazine...
View ArticleJessica Simpson: Body Image and the Price of Beauty
After pop star pin-up Jessica Simpson was roasted in the tabloids for gaining 10 pounds last year, she got upset. Then she apparently got inspired. Tonight at 10 p.m., VH1 premieres the new show “Price...
View ArticleLindsey Vonn Sports Illustrated Cover PICTURE: Photo Causes Controversy
We recently discovered this image of Lindsay Vonn’s SI cover from last month. Here’s what the Huff Post had to say: Lindsey Vonn’s Sports Illustrated cover photo is causing controversy. The Olympic...
View ArticlePlus-Size Modeling: A Passing Trend or Here to Stay?
By Valerie Martin Has mainstream culture done a 180°? Have we honestly transitioned from Kate Moss to Crystal Renn in just over a decade, or is this just a passing fad? According to a recent Times...
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