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Dear Faithful Cheeseburger Readers,
We have a policy here at Eat A Cheeseburger and that is that we don’t defend our writing. We write it, you respond and we leave it at that. We are all entitled to our own opinions and disagreements are inevitable due to the nature of [...]
Archive for May, 2008
There Is No Such Thing As Reverse Fatism
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Anorexic Night Jogger.
Posted in Body Image, Eating Disorders, Food, Health on May 8, 2008 | 25 Comments »
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So one day a friend of mine and I were driving home, when out of no where I saw this figure that appeared to be a ghost. I yelled to my friend, “What is that!”
She replied with, “Oh, you’ve never seen her? She’s the anorexic woman [...]
Cheeseburger Rule #11: Fat is not a dirty word
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Food, Health, Media, tagged Cheeseburger Rules on May 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »
For those of you who don’t know, yesterday was International No Diet Day! As I was reflecting on the concept of not dieting, I started thinking about the word fat and all that it means in our society and I remembered this clip from Friends. If you don’t have [...]
Are you calling me “fat”?!
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, Magazine, Media, tagged Celebrities, Celebrity Weightloss, Media and body image on May 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was at the store the other day and decided to take a shot of the lovely magazines that grace the front of the check-out lines. As I glanced over celebrity gossip, style tips and of course weight loss stories, I decided to do a little analysis on just how many messages about weight [...]
Cheeseburger Rule #10: If the Dress Don’t Fit, Get a New One!
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Media, tagged Body Image, Cheeseburger Rules, Cheeseburger Stuff in Movies, Clothes, Health on May 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This weekend we joined the probably millions of women in this country to see the new romantic comedy Made of Honor. It was fun sure, but there was one particular storyline that wasn’t so funny. And that was the story of Hilary, the “plus-size” bridesmaid. We first meet her at a tea with the bridesmaids [...]
Cheeseburger definition of the week: Thinology
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Food, Health, tagged Cheeseburger Dictionary on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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An original Cheeseburger Definition.
Thinology: the study and practice of all things having to do with the worship of thin including but not limited to over-exercising, under-eating or extremely restrictive eating for the purposes of losing an unnecessary amount of weight, a desire to attain the “perfect size” (usually one digit), the worship [...]
Cheeseburger Rule # 9: Stop Making the Modeling Industry Your Problem. It’s Their Problem.
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Fashion, Magazine, Media, Models, tagged Cheeseburger Rules on May 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ok so I thought it was vital to post about the NYC/Paris/Milan fashion week this past year. First off, I don’t even think I have to say how tragic these women look- because nothings more tragic than seeing a woman who hates her own body, which you’d have to to put [...]
An Evening with the Author of Skinny B****: PART III
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Food, Health, Media, tagged Cheeseburger News on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If by now you are still not convinced, and think we are just on a crazy rant, we thought we would let you read a few things others have said. Here are some comments from Amazon.com
One reviewer says: “I’ll admit, I bought this book purely on impulse because the name and tag line seemed [...]
