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The Power of Self-Esteem
From the Washington Post’s “On Being” video series: an interview of make-up artist Bailey Orenia-Sessoms – who speaks eloquently about race, beauty, and self-esteem. A terrific quote: When you have...
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Body Outlaws
Last night I had dinner with a couple of friends. Christine, one of them, had just returned from New York and brought me back a book called “Body Outlaws – Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body...
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“Baby images airbrushed by magazines to make them more perfect”
File under: Duh! Should we be surprised? From today’s Telegraph (UK): Babies’ eye colour, skin tone – and even the fat creases on their arms – are altered before the images are put on glossy magazine...
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And the Award for Most Hypocritical Ad Agency Goes To…
These awful, über-sexist Reebok EasyTone ads were conceived by the ad agency DDB Chicago: Now, if you go to DDB’s official website you will notice some interesting quotes: “Values” (Who We Are >...
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Was She or Wasn’t She? Demi Moore and the Controversial W Cover
From Jezebel.com: Although Demi Moore has denied that her W cover was dramatically Photoshopped to accidentally remove part of her hip, a photographer who also noticed it is calling bullshit… to the...
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Guest Post: “Paris Gyms: a Spectacle”
Intrigued by my friend Lindsey’s tales of Parisian gym culture, I have asked her to write a blog post about it. Here it is: From a very young age my mother instilled in me a certain logic, if you can...
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Fighting the Beauty Myth, One Cartoon at a Time
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Australia Bans Images of Small Breasted Women
I have recently received an email from a dear friend, outraged at the announcement that the Australian government has decided to ban adult publications and films featuring small breasted women. I have...
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“Everyone Is Beautiful”– On Beauty & Self-Image
By writer Katherine Center. The slideshow was inspired by Katherine’s new novel “Everyone is Beautiful“; photos and design by Mary Swenson. My favorite quotes: Beauty comes from variety, from...
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Poking Fun at Objectification
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