tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post3562469689774544480..comments2023-11-05T05:28:34.444-07:00Comments on Voice of Reason: And we wonder why women don't feel prettyNemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-43241434497984988222007-09-28T13:24:00.000-06:002007-09-28T13:24:00.000-06:00The Onion has a funny commentary on this http://ww...The Onion has a funny commentary on this <BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/news/14_american_apparel_models_freedabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593047822720487011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-28015477034545805442007-09-27T11:56:00.000-06:002007-09-27T11:56:00.000-06:00I want to add that as long as I have done this wor...I want to add that as long as I have done this work I have found the humor in the fact that, here I am deciding digitally how these models should be presented in an ideal fashion whilst I am busy eating Taco Bell for lunch.<BR/><BR/>I do worry about some cute chubby little girl that gets the wrong idea about society's projection of what beauty is or should be.<BR/><BR/>I am a whore to a shallow, shallow industry.MTDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520854914442081858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-87950790860585029692007-09-27T10:30:00.000-06:002007-09-27T10:30:00.000-06:00I've heard clothing (catwalk) models are even skin...I've heard clothing (catwalk) models are even skinnier. Supposedly it's so that we (males especially?) won't be distracted from looking at the clothing by the ladies themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-15115119881785276122007-09-27T10:03:00.000-06:002007-09-27T10:03:00.000-06:00So, so sad. Go Dove and your campaign. I hope it...So, so sad. Go Dove and your campaign. I hope it catches on quickly.<BR/><BR/>Monday night on Dancing with the Stars we all learned that supermodel Josie Maran has absolutely no strength in her "gorgeous" body - she couldn't do a lot of moves because she has absolutely no muscle tone. She's a size 0 with these impossibly tiny arms and is a very pretty girl, but, in the words of my husband, she's not as pretty knowing that it's all a lie and she's that unhealthy.Kristeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962392152495823796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-21800054288634986602007-09-27T06:09:00.000-06:002007-09-27T06:09:00.000-06:00Kahlua? Colour me suprised. :)That Dove presentati...Kahlua? Colour me suprised. :)<BR/><BR/>That Dove presentation is interesting. What really startled me was not the make-up and air-brushing, but the actual feature shifts, like raising her browline and lengthening her neck. There are so many beautiful women in the world, yet they feel the need to manufacture fakes. Bizarre.choshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724444970503533654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-24496514426662261372007-09-26T22:25:00.000-06:002007-09-26T22:25:00.000-06:00I saw this a while ago and thought "why do we even...I saw this a while ago and thought "why do we even have models? if you're just going to create a new person, why not start from scratch? Your computer-generated "beauty" could be 52 pounds and you won't even have to pay for their rehab every few months."<BR/><BR/>My sister-in-law is 5'10" and a slender and striking size 8. She went to a modeling tryout and they told her she could only get plus-size work. 99% of the people I know would chop off, if not a hand, at least a few fingers to look like her and here these losers are telling her that she's plus-size. AND for those people that DO wear plus-sizes, how discouraging for them that they don't look like the size 8 person that's modeling it?<BR/><BR/>Our world is sick, sick, sick.jerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334193146809678214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-69438151703816217542007-09-26T21:20:00.000-06:002007-09-26T21:20:00.000-06:00I was watching a sitcom last night (which was prob...I was watching a sitcom last night (which was probably my first mistake) and noticed that one of the main girls on the show didn't even look real. Her face looked wax. Granted they can't do as much doctoring on moving film, but this girl had plenty of "doctoring" before. She didn't even look 25, but you could tell she'd had a boob job, eyebrow lift, collagen injections, botox, the works. I guess she was pretty, but it was more like looking at a painting of what someone thinks the perfect woman looks like than what women actually look like.<BR/><BR/>I thought America Ferrera looked a little strange this month--scully's remarks totally explain that. The sad thing is that even the really beautiful actresses often buy into this also. Remember Nicole Kidman's ferocious red curls and furrowed brows from the Far and Away days? Now she is a sleek blond with waxy skin and a constant expression of surprise from the plucking.Science Teacher Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16579558647324072199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-63591027801092526262007-09-26T19:48:00.000-06:002007-09-26T19:48:00.000-06:00And even when a healthy woman, say Kate Winslet or...And even when a healthy woman, say Kate Winslet or America Ferrera do get on the cover, they totally manipulate them. Check out the new Glamour cover w/ America Ferrera on it. They stretched her or something and instead of looking cute and curvy like she does on the red carpet, she looks flat. Which is just ridiculous. Also, a good friend of mine works for a talent agency in Utah and is 5'9" and a size 4. She gets lots of work in UT, but would be too short and too big to fit in the sample sizes to work in NY or LA or pretty much any other fasion hub. Crazy, no?Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17620935129369892579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-81757976422843787452007-09-26T18:22:00.000-06:002007-09-26T18:22:00.000-06:00One thing that I think is bizarre is that they hav...One thing that I think is bizarre is that they have body hair at all. I thought all models and people on tv etc were totally waxed.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045980270615348902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-32320637908989005302007-09-26T15:09:00.000-06:002007-09-26T15:09:00.000-06:00Rest assured, it will go up in flames. Just probab...Rest assured, it will go up in flames. Just probably not soon enough.Mrs. Hass-Barkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410372564594385895noreply@blogger.com