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I’ve never been a “naturally skinny” person. Even as a child, I was… well… healthy-looking. I never was told I was scrawny. So I often forget that being naturally lean carries with it its own sort of stigma.
My question tonight is aimed at all the ladies out there who are or once were extremely thin. […]
I have the opportunity to look at many eating disorder and body image related websites every day. Sometimes, one is so bizarre that it catches my attention and sticks in my head.
This post, Why Photoshop is a Feminist’s Best Friend, by author Julie Burchill is one of the strangest articles I’ve seen.
In fact, I’m not […]
Just when you thought I couldn’t blog on Bollywood’s starlets any more, it seems that yet another Indian actress is jumping on board the Size Zero Train (which leads to a very dark place, believe me.)
SAWF reports that Rani Mukerji “is now determined to address [her] ‘weightier’ issue.”
As the (rather callous, in my opinion) author states:
“She […]
Little did I know that I would become a Bollywood Blogger, but here is yet another story from India and the Middle East.
I came across an article on Zee News that suggests Indian actress Kareena Kapoor’s shrinking body is a kind of thinspiration to her colleagues/competition. (Not familiar with Ms. Kapoor? See previous Breaking the Mirror posts here […]
Last week, I blogged about Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor’s shrinking body.
It seems that the disappearing star has made more news headlines thanks to a few recent fainting spells.
As the City Times, an offshoot of the Khaleej Times Online, reported yesterday, Ms. Kapoor’s size zero is causing quite a stir.
Claiming to want to be like Victoria […]
I’ve known many women from the country of India, and all seemed to have a completely rational sense of what a “normal” woman looks like. Most had no problem with their curves, believing them to be beautiful, sexy, natural.
However, it would seem that the desire for a size zero has reached Bollywood.
According to two articles from […]
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