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Glamour, Body Image, and the Loving Your Body Revolution.

by beth October 5, 2009

Photo by Matthias Vriens-McGrath in Novem­ber 2009 issue of Glam­our Glam­our mag­a­zine in its Novem­ber 2009 edi­tion, on stands now, has decided to fea­ture a spread of “plus sized” mod­els. I put quo­ta­tions around plus sized because in the mod­el­ing & fash­ion world that is really any­thing about a size 6. Talk about unre­al­is­tic standards […]

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Glamour Says Screw 6 Pack Abs, But Will They Walk the Talk?

by beth August 22, 2009

Glam­our Magazine’s Sep­tem­ber 2009 issue fea­tures a more “nor­mal” look­ing woman semi-nude embrac­ing her body, mean­ing she doesn’t have 6 pack abs or isn’t rail thin.  She is still pretty thin by most people’s stan­dards but she is MORE real­is­tic to what women look like ver­sus the images we nor­mally see.  You know the ones […]

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Baby’s First High Heels: A Reflection on the Feminine Ideal

by beth July 8, 2009

Ok, I was watch­ing The Daily Show with Hubby & one of the seg­ments showed a ABC seg­ment on Baby High Heels from last year.  I hadn’t seen these before. I’m still not sure what out­fit a baby would need heels for.  They are made by Hee­lar­i­ous.  And I do get it’s sup­posed to be tongue in cheek & cute. […]

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