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The title of this post comes from a Yahoo Answers thread I found this morning. The question was “Are men really attracted to curves?” There have been plenty of times when I’ve flipped through a magazine and read something like “80% of men prefer curvy women,” but I guess my question has always [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Real Men Like Curves
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, tagged Body Image on July 31, 2008 | 39 Comments »
Senior Hottie Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Just in case you haven’t heard the news, we at EAC are here to let you in on the biggest media craze this summer: Helen Mirren looks hot in a bikini and wait…she’s 63! That’s what has got the media buzzing and the bloggers (not FA’ers but others) blogging.
The Sunday Times [...]
Cheeseburger Definition: “Senior Hottie”
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Eating Disorders, Health, Media, tagged Body Image, Media and body image on July 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
In a society where models are starting their careers as early as age 12 and youth is more highly coveted than ever before, the “hot” older women of the popular show Desperate Housewives help create a new standard of beauty for aging women everywhere proving that you can never be too rich, too thin or [...]
How To Eat A Cheeseburger
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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“We’re Fat Because…”
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Food, Health, Media, tagged Culture, Health on July 21, 2008 | 25 Comments »
I was looking through last Monday’s LA Times and found an article in the Health section that boiled my blood. The opening paragraph reads like this:
CALL IT Fattergate. Americans are getting scandalously big for their britches (and shirts and skirts and dresses and suits). And scientists would like to know why, so they can [...]
Lipo in a Bottle
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
volume is extremely low, so I recommend headphones ;o)
I just finished watching a documentary about a British reporter who investigates the world of “plastic surgery junkies”. As part of his research on the topic he decides to get a tummy tuck to see if he will feel any differently about himself. [...]
“How I Got My Body Back”
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, Magazine, Media, tagged Celebrity Weight Loss, Culture, Health on July 16, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Lately, it seems that there is a baby boom among celebrities and you know what that means… “baby weight.” Tabloids are filled with stories of celebrity mommy weight gain/loss tales. Last month, one of my friends was at the store and noticed a grip of magazines, each with a different celebrity who had recently had [...]
Digital Diets On The Rise
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Media, tagged Celebrity Weightloss, Crazy Ads on July 15, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Apparently, this is Jennifer Hudson’s new album cover. Anyone notice anything different? That’s right, in a matter of hours, a person behind his/her computer was mastering the art of photoshop and managed to slim Jennifer down to something her record company apparently things will sell better. The writer of the linked article calls [...]
The Dichotomy Within
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, tagged Body Image, Health on July 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Two nights ago I attended a support meeting for a popular weight loss program with a couple of friends. I was interested in seeing what the meeting was like and if I could get a good post out of it. Although there were obviously things I didn’t agree with or subscribe to, there were a [...]
Is Facebook trying to tell me something?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Body Image, Health on July 10, 2008 | 30 Comments »
For those of you who are facebookers, have you ever noticed that when you go to your profile there are those weight loss ads to the left of your screen? The pic above is one of those ads.
As the reader who sent us this pic pointed out, the most absurd part of this ad [...]
