Now that’s a serious burger. You can find it at Five Guys, a restaurant chain that began in Northern Virginia in 1986 and now includes chains all over Maryland (see details in this article).
The burgers start at $4.19 and come with up to 15 free toppings! This place was voted No. 1 by Washington [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Cheeseburger of the Month: Five Guys
Posted in Food, tagged Cheeseburger of the Month on September 26, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Beware of Model Maker: MTV’s newest contribution to Eating Disorders
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Eating Disorders, Health, Media, Models, tagged Health, Models on September 23, 2008 | 24 Comments »
MTV is creating a new “Transformation Reality Show” called Model Makers. But this is no America’s Next Top Model, which features girls who are “ready” for the life of modeling, this show in contrast will feature girls between the ages of 17 to 24, between the heights of 5′9″ to 6′ and between 130-190 pounds [...]
Cheeseburger Shout Out: “Eat a double cheeseburger or something!”
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, Media, tagged Cheeseburger Shout Out! on September 22, 2008 | 20 Comments »
It seems that the media has been going crazy about the ultra-thin girls of the new 90210. You guys know that I posted about this when it first premiered and I wasn’t too happy myself. But you know it has to be pretty bad when an actor from another show, that also features pretty thin [...]
Anorexia’s Not Just For White Chicks Revisited
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Culture, Eating Disorders, Health on September 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
For those of you who have been around EAC for a while, you might remember an early post –Anorexia’s not just for white chicks! This Article by Newsweek sheds even more light on this issue.
One study, by Wesleyan psychologist Ruth Striegel-Moore, found that black girls who do suffer from eating disorders are less likely to [...]
From Size 0 to Size 2-4…An Improvement?
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Fashion, Magazine, Media, tagged Health on September 17, 2008 | 13 Comments »
New York Fashion Week began last week and one of the stories surrounding the popular fashion event was that the models were not as thin as last year. Many reported that there were less Size 0 models and more Size 2 and 4 models. There was quite a lot in this article that I found [...]
Cheeseburger Film Review: The Women Behind The Women
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Fashion, Health, Magazine, Media, tagged Health, Movie Review on September 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dove recently contacted EAC about a mini-documentary which goes behind the scenes of “The Women,” a major motion picture opening in theaters today. The goal of this documentary was to discuss the manufactured beauty images that we see in movies and get to the bottom of what “real” beauty really is.
The film follows Cami, a [...]
Cheeseburger Film Review: America the Beautiful
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Media, tagged Film Review, Health on September 11, 2008 | 13 Comments »
A couple of months ago I posted about a documentary that was being released in major cities everywhere about beauty ideals. I recently saw it and thought it was wonderful. The director focused on several aspects of beauty including the cosmetic, plastic surgery and modeling industries.
What most intrigued me about the film was the story [...]
What the heck happened to Anne Hathaway???
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2008 | 13 Comments »
circa 2001 Princess Diaries
circa 2008 W Magazine
Remember that bushy haired girl who found out she was a princess way back when? That’s the Anne Hathaway I’d like to remember, and the Anne Hathaway I loved. Don’t get me wrong, I still love her, but I’m just not quite sure what the heck [...]
PAY UP!!…Fat doesn’t come cheap!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Alabama is passing a new state law that will require workers to pay an extra $25 a month for health insurance which would otherwise be free, if the employee doesn’t show signs of slimming down to a “healthier” size. The article starts out by saying that,
“Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried [...]
“My Facebook Called Me Fat”
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, Media, tagged Crazy Ads, Health on September 5, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Hi Cheeseburgers Lovers,
Since the Facebook Post was so popular I just wanted to let you all know that the Washington Post wrote an article the other day about Facebook Ads targeting users based on profile info. The “Muffin Top” ad was particularly offensive to the writer of this article and she reported it [...]
