Health, Fitness & The Fashion Police! Update for Giveaway
Thursday, September 24, 2009
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/party-snaps/emmys-2009-red-carpet
So, did any of you watch the Emmy Awards last Sunday? I am not really a fan of award shows but there usually is a good & funny opening along with a few entertaining bits throughout the program & some crazy or super funny acceptance speech.
Well, me, I have to admit that I do like to see what the women are wearing. I also like to check out the men too. Although much more boring, fashion wise, some men can be entertaining as well.
Anyway, since I go to sleep pretty early, I never make it thru these programs so I record that crazy show on "E" network, The Fashion Police. Honestly, many of the time these people should put themselves of their own "Worst Dressed List" yet they are knocking other people!
So, back to the health/fitness part of this!!! We all have blogged about the part fashion & fitness mags, the media & more have in stereotyping women into this be this "be thin role". OH YES, they love to do talk shows on how bad it is yet, there they go bashing a size 0 person for looking fat!!! In fact, the lady in the picture above, well, they were going on about how the dress made her look "hippy", meaning her hips look bigger. She hardly has any hips! As I watched this show just to see the pretty dresses & hair, I kept hearing the commenters talking about how this lady looked fat or hippy or the dress made her look "HUGE"... all on women that were size 0-4 at the most! Then there was the, this lady's boobs looked too small or too big or that dress showed back fat (on a size maybe 4-6 person). It just went on & on. I thought I was going to throw something through the TV!!!!! What message is this sending to watchers along with all these ladies in the business! No wonder we see skeleton bodies in so many women stars. They pick them to pieces if they are a size 6 or above & even if they are smaller too. Yes, it is a known fact that women get the raw end of this deal in TV, film & more BUT I am friggin tired of this for sure! I bet at least 50% of these women have complexes!
Did anyone see this show or any of the other commentary about these tiny women & how they looked fat. What a crappy message to send to women & young girls watching these shows too. No wonder so many young gals have pre-osteoporosis & more... they see this crap on TV & see being thin as a means to success. Hey, we all have read the studies too & how prettier & thinner women do get treated better in general when shopping or even out on the street asking for help.
I know this is a "same ole subject" BUT this really got to me again with this fat talk about women that are barely a size 2.
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/party-snaps/emmys-2009-red-carpet
So, did any of you watch the Emmy Awards last Sunday? I am not really a fan of award shows but there usually is a good & funny opening along with a few entertaining bits throughout the program & some crazy or super funny acceptance speech.
Well, me, I have to admit that I do like to see what the women are wearing. I also like to check out the men too. Although much more boring, fashion wise, some men can be entertaining as well.
Anyway, since I go to sleep pretty early, I never make it thru these programs so I record that crazy show on "E" network, The Fashion Police. Honestly, many of the time these people should put themselves of their own "Worst Dressed List" yet they are knocking other people!
So, back to the health/fitness part of this!!! We all have blogged about the part fashion & fitness mags, the media & more have in stereotyping women into this be this "be thin role". OH YES, they love to do talk shows on how bad it is yet, there they go bashing a size 0 person for looking fat!!! In fact, the lady in the picture above, well, they were going on about how the dress made her look "hippy", meaning her hips look bigger. She hardly has any hips! As I watched this show just to see the pretty dresses & hair, I kept hearing the commenters talking about how this lady looked fat or hippy or the dress made her look "HUGE"... all on women that were size 0-4 at the most! Then there was the, this lady's boobs looked too small or too big or that dress showed back fat (on a size maybe 4-6 person). It just went on & on. I thought I was going to throw something through the TV!!!!! What message is this sending to watchers along with all these ladies in the business! No wonder we see skeleton bodies in so many women stars. They pick them to pieces if they are a size 6 or above & even if they are smaller too. Yes, it is a known fact that women get the raw end of this deal in TV, film & more BUT I am friggin tired of this for sure! I bet at least 50% of these women have complexes!
Did anyone see this show or any of the other commentary about these tiny women & how they looked fat. What a crappy message to send to women & young girls watching these shows too. No wonder so many young gals have pre-osteoporosis & more... they see this crap on TV & see being thin as a means to success. Hey, we all have read the studies too & how prettier & thinner women do get treated better in general when shopping or even out on the street asking for help.
I know this is a "same ole subject" BUT this really got to me again with this fat talk about women that are barely a size 2.
Did any of you see this Fashion Police show or any other show that bashed tiny women for looking fat? How do you feel about the media & do you think they have made progress in changing the focus from "thin is good"? I have seen SLIGHT changes but to me, it still seems very apparent that thin is still in. Do any of you have daughters that you feel have been effected by this media bias & how do you deal with it?
I didn't see this one, but I've seen others like it. As a mom to two daughters, it upsets me to hear women who probably could gain a pound or two be berated as being fat or "too hippy."
Add into the fact that they are held up as role models and you have a recipe for disaster. I'm glad you didn't throw anything through the television monitor Jody!
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that's hollywood for you. just like all the buzz over some cellulite on Jennifer Love Hewitt's thighs when the girl is a friggin size TWO!!!
Give me more women shaped like JLo, the Kardashian girls, Catherine Zeta Jones, Jessica Biel, Beyonce, Selma Hayak, hell, even Brittney... and the girls that are curvey gals that are that way because of shape and muscle tone.
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Gotta admit I love the fashion police, but this is new I hear about the tiny woman fat thing. Jody, you probably wanted to throw a cookie at the TV, but I know you aren't wasteful like that.
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I like watching award shows and seeing celebrities walk the red carpet. But, I'll often turn the sound down so I don't hear the innane and stupid comments from the commentators. The dribble they talk is ridiculous.
And no, I don't buy fashion mags or let my daughter watch these sort of shows. These people are 'fake' and nothing like the people we know. At 8 years old I don't want her thinking these women are 'normal'.
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I quit watching those shows years ago when Joan and Melissa Rivers ridiculed Cybil Shepherd for wearing a size 14 and looking like a "cow." (I thought she looked well-toned and nicely proportioned.) That was enough for me. I don't mind fashion critique, but cruelty is another story entirely.
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