tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post7374330242850757362..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Role ModelsCruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-6505811442292863622010-03-15T18:31:57.830+00:002010-03-15T18:31:57.830+00:00Zenobia makes a really, really good point.
Anyway...Zenobia makes a really, really good point.<br /><br />Anyway, first priority should be your health. Have a healthy diet - EAT but don't OVEREAT all day either, and do some cardiovascular exercise for god's sake. It's not always about WEIGHT its about overall good, lasting health. Then, if you want, you can think about how you look. I feel like its just as irresponsible to tell girls that fat is beautiful as it is to tell them they need to be a size 2. That is missing the point entirely. It's as if health is a non issue as long as your looks are accepted/admired. Your body's sole purpose is not to visually please random strangers.Holding_Eternityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985579371796219203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-57250976488476369672007-09-27T18:55:00.000+01:002007-09-27T18:55:00.000+01:00Yeah very good points, the idea that the best way ...Yeah very good points, the idea that the best way to convince women to do something is to convince them that it's unattractive not to is pretty fucked up in itself isn't it. I remember those weird anti-smoking adverts - with a cigarette stubbed out in a jar of face cream and a slogan about smoking causing premature skin aging. As though we'd all be a lot less bothered by lung cancer than by a few wrinkles...Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-25005624852486310822007-09-27T18:20:00.000+01:002007-09-27T18:20:00.000+01:00As an ex-anorexic I have a lot of problems with th...As an ex-anorexic I have a lot of problems with that image. First, I think it's horribly objectifying to use a real live woman's body to create a sense of abject disgust. Second, the poster makes the mistake of assuming that women become anorexic simply to look good, so if they see how "disgusting" it is to look anorexic they won't do it anymore. This is patently wrong! Showing me that image when I was ill might have made me feel even more shitty, but it wouldn't have helped my eating distress at all because the illness had it's root in all sorts of problems in my life. Yes, they were gendered problems but they weren't simply the result of looking at posters of thin women. And as Zenobia says doesn't this really just reiterate the whole women have to be beautiful rule, as in anorexia is bad because it ain't pretty?Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417665775296548835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-1140112234106967012007-09-27T09:36:00.000+01:002007-09-27T09:36:00.000+01:00The vibe I get from that poster is still "you real...The vibe I get from that poster is still "you really don't want to look that ugly". Which really isn't ideal, it's like if you are anorexic you should feel shame and probably not go outside before you've eaten a few chocolate eclairs. There are so many things about anorexia that are worse than just looking thin. <BR/><BR/>It also suggests that if it was something that didn't affect your appearance, no one would give a shit. In fact in general, I don't think appearance should be relevant in debates about body fat - if it's causing or exacerbating health problems, that's when people should be receiving advice about it.<BR/><BR/>That's what makes me sceptical when I see feminists wanting to break down the whole beauty myth by saying fat can be beautiful. It shouldn't matter whether it's beautiful or not - what we're trying to do away with is the requirement for women to be beautiful at all times. It shouldn't be about talking yourself into feeling beautiful before you can get on with everything else.Jennifer Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150634816392511433noreply@blogger.com