“Have you lost weight” can generally be taken one of two ways. 1) Wow…you’re looking really good! I can visibly tell that you have lost weight and I like it. Or 2) is everything ok? Are you eating properly? Are you making sure not to over-exercise or obsess over your weight?
Back in my pre-cheeseburger days, [...]
Archive for May, 2009
How to be a Good Cheeseburger Friend…
Posted in Body Image, Culture, Health, tagged Body Image on May 11, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Weight Loss Facebook Status Updates
Posted in Body Image, Culture on May 6, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The other day I was on Facebook and noticed in my news feed that one of my FB friends announced their plans to diet over the next several weeks. Facebook status updates annoy me in general (if their not lame, or lacking in wit, they are usually way too long and involve way too much [...]
Weight Gain/Loss Cliches
Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Culture, Magazine, Media, Media and body image, tagged Celebrity Weight Issues on May 4, 2009 | 9 Comments »
In the last post, we discussed the use of the word “whopping” in celebrity tabloid magazines as it pertains to celebrities gaining weight. After reading about Kirstie Alley’s recent weight gain, I noticed quite a few more. Do you ever pay attention to the redundant phrasing these people use? Here are a few examples:
“going [...]
Whopping Weight Gain
Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Culture, Health, Magazine, Media, Media and body image, tagged Celebrity Weight Loss on May 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Before getting into the “meat” of this post, I just wanted to apologize to all of our faithful fans for our long absence. We have both been so crazy busy but please rest assured that we still love cheeseburgers and still adhere to our cheeseburger rules!
On that note…
Have you ever noticed when reading magazine/tabloid [...]
