i picked up a waiting room copy of people magazine and WTF, there is now a section of the magazine called "bodywatch"! it's all about weight gain and loss of celebrities (probably 99.9% female).
i've seen all the covers in the supermarket of celebrity magazines that highlight these weight changes, but i didn't realize that magazines were so blatantly f'ed up to make it a regular segment of their magazine.
i assume you, readers, understand how demeaning and unhealthy this focus is, but i was thinking, what if they highlighted any other segment of the population: kids or elderly, and stalked them about their weight issues. they would never do that, of course, b/c it's so obviously f'ed up. why are women 18-50 supposed to be immune to this hurtful focus?
i hate to give you the link... but here it is
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If you read the segments, it's not that bad. Many of them are about healthy living and dieting, daily exercising, and looking healthy rather than supermodel skinny.
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This culture is broken when it comes to women and their bodies and sexuality and all that. :-\
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