Friday, February 18, 2011

On Appetites

Very interesting piece on who's allowed to display a "healthy" appetite:

Hollywood's obsession with tiny women, big meals

Stars are increasingly being pressured to show off their appetites while staying skinny. It's time for it to stop.

2 comments:

  1. Along with this note - I read this article today that was looking at star's who've lost weight for roles...at the bottom of the article another article looks at eating disorders on TV.

    http://www.thatsfit.com/2011/02/17/celebrities-who-lost-weight-for-movie-role/?icid=main%7Cclassic%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk2%7C202233

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  2. The lovely Rush Limbaugh had this to say on the subject, calling Michelle Obama a hypocrite for being spotted eating ribs:

    "I'm trying to say that our first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or of a woman Alex Rodriguez might date every six months or what have you."

    the same week that this cartoon made a similarly eloquent argument:

    http://biggovernment.com/hudlash/2011/02/12/obama-nation-listen-to-your-betters/

    Ridiculous.

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