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shandiimarie: all girls need to fucking watch this now. KISS...

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:39:48 -0400

all girls need to fucking watch this now.

KISS MY FAT ASS.

ilovefat: Control | Marks Left By Body Magic | Ardyss Body...

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:13:04 -0400

Control | Marks Left By Body Magic | Ardyss Body Magic Contol Garment (by zerbetron)

this series of images depicts the affects of various contol garments on the body. Contol garments are marketed to overweight men and women to “reshape” their bodies and aid them in weight loss. By highlighting the affects of these harsh garments on the flesh, I’m hoping to shed light on the body policing and control sold to us as a form of health and beauty.

These marks were left by the Ardyss Body Magic. This garment is marketed men and women to reshape and reform their bodies. Quoted directly from their website:

“With Ardyss Girdles, you can look like you’ve lost 2-3 dress sizes in just a matter of minutes – 10 minutes or less, to be exact. Dubbed by majority of its users as “Body Magic”, Ardyss Girdles are the safe, painless, effortless way to look slimmer right away, and to look good and feel good about yourself in an instant.”

I feel these images adaquately demonstrate just how “safe” and “painless” that process really is.

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Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:15:00 -0500

lezfeminist: http://beautymyths.org/

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:52:43 -0500

lezfeminist:

http://beautymyths.org/

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Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:49:02 -0500

lezfeminist: It aint real, girls. Dont fret over your body...

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:48:19 -0500

lezfeminist:

It aint real, girls. Dont fret over your body image

Katy Perry’s Rolling Stone Re-Touching (via Sociological Images)

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:50:04 -0500

Katy Perry’s Rolling Stone Re-Touching (via Sociological Images):

padaviya:

In the latest re-touching leak, before and after shots of Katy Perry’s Rolling Stone cover were counterposed at Elephant this month and sent in by Dmitriy T.M. It’s a nice reminder that even incredibly beautiful, thin women — women who, for all intents and purposes, already conform to contemporary standards of beauty — are also being photoshopped to conform even more closely to an impossible ideal. Notice the slimming of her thigh, plumping of her breasts, smoothing of her skin, and re-making of her right hand.

feministjenn: uppitylittlehomo: feministslut: molix: thedaily...

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:56:25 -0500

feministjenn:

uppitylittlehomo:

feministslut:

molix:

thedailywhat:

Re-Design of the Day: PepsiCo is set to unveil a “taller, sassier new Skinny Can” for its Diet Pepsi brand, which a press release says is meant as a “celebration of beautiful, confident women.”

The can will officially launch at New York’s fashion week this Fall. “Our slim, attractive new can is the perfect complement to today’s most stylish looks,” Pepsi CMO Jill Beraud is quoted as saying.

A Pepsi spokewoman confirmed that the “traditional short and fat” can model will still be available — you know, for consumers who aren’t into the whole sassy celebration of skinny women.

[cnn / image: co.design.]

*facepalm*

Yeah, so um, how does this celebrate beautiful confident women? ‘Cause I don’t see it.

Today, in “Failures in Marketing” we have a beautiful can that is slimmed down to “celebrate beautiful, confident women”…Cuz, ya know, tall and thin are the body types that are routinely bashed in society, and thus much harder to be confident with*. Cuz, ya know, simply relabeling the old cans wouldn’t have done the job better….of course that begs the question of WHY they’re doing this in the first place, but I don’t have the energy to speculate.

*:I’m not saying all tall/thin women are confident, or even should be. I’m saying that, given our glorious socialization, it’s at least somewhat easier for them as opposed to larger women. Just wanted to be clear here.

what uppitylittlehomo said.

OH FOR FUCK SAKES.

fuckyeahfatpositive: moonbutterfly: I love it when beautiful...

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:26:40 -0500

fuckyeahfatpositive:

moonbutterfly:

I love it when beautiful women of all shapes are featured on magazine covers.

Tara Lynn be more perfect always

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Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:19:49 -0500

iwillnotshavemyvagina: I collect sexist magazine ads out of the...

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:22:29 -0500

iwillnotshavemyvagina:

I collect sexist magazine ads out of the free magazines on campus

This is a PETA ad compared to a Strip club ad…

The woman in the PETA ad shows more skin than the woman in the strip club ad.

Inspiring you to cut the shit out of your face!

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:53:35 -0500

Inspiring you to cut the shit out of your face!

prettyplussize: PinUp. Gorgeous.

Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:53:42 -0500

prettyplussize:

PinUp.

Gorgeous.

"That’s the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely like your body, so can..."

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:39:19 -0500

“That’s the key, you know, confidence. I know for a fact that if you genuinely like your body, so can others. It doesn’t really matter if it’s short, tall, fat or thin, it just matters that you can find some things to like about it. Even if that means having a good laugh at the bits of it that wobble independently, occasionally, that’s all right. It might take you a while to believe me on this one, lots of people don’t because they seem to suffer from self-hatred that precludes them from imagining that a big woman could ever love herself because they don’t. But I do. I know what I’ve got is a bit strange and difficult to love but those are the very aspects that I love the most! It’s a bit like people. I’ve never been particularly attracted to the uniform of conventional beauty. I’m always a bit suspicious of people who feel compelled to conform. I personally like the adventure of difference. And what’s beauty, anyway?”

- Dawn French (via crookedghosts, wastedheadspace) (via amyofau, oldbeforeidie)

buttahlove: 1 Please!

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:19:18 -0500

buttahlove:

1 Please!

HuffPo's Top 10 Craziest Moments in Body Image 2010

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:07:47 -0500

HuffPo's Top 10 Craziest Moments in Body Image 2010:

femmefeminist:

These moments are pretty crazy!

Amanda Seyfried doesn’t eat: “Yesterday for lunch? Spinach. Just spinach. Spinach and some seeds.”

newwavefeminism: Wow. 23 whole fucking pages dedicated to...

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:08:41 -0500

newwavefeminism:

Wow.

23 whole fucking pages dedicated to losing weight. *sighs*

This issue is all about taking women who were once proud and fabulous with “curves” and showing off how they toned themselves down to fit the standard. Jennifer Lopez was notorious for her curves. She wasn’t ashamed of herself. In fact, it was never an issue. No one was ever like “I wonder when she plans on getting a reality check and losing that weight.” And now, as earlier noted, Jennifer Hudson slimmed down significantly. Of course, i’m not mad at either one of them. And, i suppose, if someone would like to lose weight and want to use the two women as inspiration, i guess it’s not my place to say that it’s wrong. But what the fuck, man? These women were two examples of the fact that weight doesn’t necessarily have to stand in your way of success and happiness. We like to pretend that some women with curves are fabulous, but as soon as they lose weight we act as though the chipped a huge chip off their shoulder. Just as i finished that last sentence, a Jennifer Hudson weight watchers commercials came on… and suddenly it makes sense… *sigh*

I really just don’t think it’s mentally healthy to go on a meal plan, designed by a magazine no less, for two whole months. But that’s just me, i’m not attuned to the whole idea of long term diet & fitness plans. When i personally think about working out and eating certain foods for more than two weeks i find that i become obsessive over it. I hate the fact that we are encouraged to obsess over the food we eat. Everytime i eat at night my mom’s in the corner saying “if you want to lose weight, you can’t eat after 6pm.” Yeah… no. I hate this idea that we have to discipline and deprive ourseleves up just to lose weight. Because losing weight shouldn’t be the most important thing in our lives. The fact that there are commercials that encourage women to take on a “Special K challenge” of eating CEREAL for two meals of our day is fucking ridiculous.

thehealthycity: Sophia Bush has declared war on Urban...

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:54:16 -0500

thehealthycity:

Sophia Bush has declared war on Urban Outfitters after they marketted a t-shirt with the words ‘Eat Less’ on the front.

The One Tree Hill actress, in an entry on her personal blog, called for them to issue an apology and make a donation to a charity for eating disorders, and said, “It’s like handing a suicidal person a loaded gun. You should know better.”

Sophia wrote, “To promote starvation? To promote anorexia, which leads to heart disease, bone density loss, and a slew of other health problems, not least of all psychological issues that NEVER go away? Shame on you. I will no longer be shopping at your stores. And I will encourage the tens of thousands of female supporters I have to do the same.”source.

(via lovelyarms)

The worst photoshops of 2010

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:35:49 -0500

The worst photoshops of 2010:

beutifulmagazine: