tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398576961242950632.post8702270487982108321..comments2023-05-13T09:26:57.272-04:00Comments on web...blah...log: hollywood dietStephanie D'Abruzzo: blogmastrix, actress, and puppet-ette...http://www.blogger.com/profile/16718435768988281667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398576961242950632.post-40585584675664614522013-07-09T14:19:44.298-04:002013-07-09T14:19:44.298-04:00I have to admit that I worry about the representat...I have to admit that I worry about the representation of women('s diets) and weight loss in mainstream media. <br />For one thing, you shop online and most high-street names will give you the height of the model in the clothes, and the size she's wearing. Maybe even her BMI if you're lucky. But 'Model is 5'10" and wearing a size UK10 (US6) isn't very believable if the items in question aren't even sold in those sizes (eg: If they're in inches) and she's got a tinier waist than myself, and I can fit into the smallest available size with room to spare - and my BMI is somewhat below the 18.5 mark. Or you can look at a major fashion magazines expose on the health of it's models - probably a spread of minimalist images with simple text reading ' - BMI 17.5'. 17.5?! Really? I doubt it. I'm 16.3 (but perfectly healthy, I hasten to add), and you could fit the girl inside of me like a Russian doll.<br />And then look at the inconsistency of interview questions received by men and women. Look at The Avengers. Robert Downey Jr gets asked about his emotional preparation for the movie, Scarlett Johansen? What crazy diet did you have to do to fit into that catsuit?! And Ann Hathaway (alongside being asked similar catsuit questions) was practically applauded for her weight loss for Fantine. She ate a single cracker with peanut butter A DAY. She did the diet specifically to look malnourished, and has said so repeatedly. But all anyone cares about is 'Haircut! Thin! Falling over!'.<br />Women in the limelight are too frequently maintaining dangerously low weights on ridiculous diets. I would not be surprised to find out if most had severe eating disorder mentalities towards their bodies and food. They are under constant scrutiny, so even beyond having an anorexic mindset to just eating a sandwich, or having a coffee, they know they have probably been photographed while doing so. They must live in a constant world of eating healthily and exercising while not perfecting their hair and faces.<br />If they are not perfect, they know they will be ripped apart by viewers and the press. If they look to be caring about how they look: Superficial and shallow (One of the few areas in modern society where women have more freedom than men, and it is of course presented as trivial and meaningless. A primary female art form, and it is immediately denounced. So what? Look perfect but don't try?)<br />I do not blame the women, sadly I say I have to blame the world we surround ourselves and them in. Yes, health is important, but an autonomous mindset to what one holds important must be maintained.Freyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494530820640504491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398576961242950632.post-3069558944162214102013-07-08T12:48:41.291-04:002013-07-08T12:48:41.291-04:00I try not to think about how new mommy starlets sh...I try not to think about how new mommy starlets shed baby weight so quickly because, deep down, I know this essay is spot-on.JaggedAuthorhttp://www.jagged-edges.comnoreply@blogger.com