We don’t make men believe that “strength”, “pride”, “empowerment” and “inspiration” require them to strip in public, so why do women continue to believe it of themselves?
Body image
What you read in magazines is bullsh*t
Right now Jezebel are battling legal threats to remove untouched photos of Jennifer Aniston from its website. But it says readers need to be aware of how much celebrity women are photoshopped.
Kate Ellis: a model minister
Daily media wrap: Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis has donned a tight leather dress and stilettos to pose for Grazia’s body issue. But does a frocked up MP in high heels help promote a healthy body image?
The skinny on V’s plus-sized shoot
Unlike the latest Jennifer Hawkins and Marie Claire fauxtroversy, V magazine’s upcoming Size issue actually does star plus-sized models looking sexy. But why does ‘plus-sized’ mean ‘mostly naked’ to fashion photographers?
Youth still to be seen but not heard
Joshua Smith explains how much youth “consultation” is really occurring in Parliament, thanks to his experiences at last week’s body image launch. Were students being used as a nice crowd backdrop for the media, rather than listening to any of their ideas?
Australia’s real body image problem: pretending we’re not fat
42% of all Australian women over 18 are overweight or obese; 4% are underweight. Before worrying about Photoshopped images of super-skinny models, there is — literally — a much bigger problem to tackle, says Virginia Haussegger.
Mia Freedman: My surreal day in parliament with supermodels and Kevin
Mia Freedman reflects on the day she went to Canberra, hung out with ‘Kevin’ in the PM office, gave a speech to a press conference and then presented a report on body image to Kate Ellis in front of 60 waiting media. Just another day at the office? Not quite.
Touched up: France demands labelling for airbrushed images
Valerie Boyer, an MP in Sarzoky’s UMP, is one of the politicians pushing in France for obligatory notices wherever photographs have been airbrushed. Our suggestion: “Models may be fatter than they appear”.
And the Wankley goes to … Fashion Week coverage, belittling the big
For their championing of chubby, several media outlets have this week earned the Wankley.
How four women with body dysmorphic disorder see themselves
The photos on the right of each woman have been digitally altered by them to illustrate exactly what they see in the mirror.
