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octothorpe

(962 posts)
68. Ever read the comments on those stupid celebrity websites?
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 09:57 PM
Dec 2011

It's maddening to read the crap some of these people say about women who look just like Marilyn Manroe in those pictures.

It annoys me more when it's men doing it though. Particularly when you look them up and see they are the most hideous looking creatures ever. (I'm a guy, btw)

I think this article is biased against very thin people. David__77 Dec 2011 #1
Perhaps you misinterpreted. Read this... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #5
I think there are valid points, but saying "sickly," "anorexic," "cadaverous," etc. is a problem. David__77 Dec 2011 #8
Women with body fat that low fit all those adjectives to a T. It is NOT HEALTHY. Warpy Dec 2011 #14
Yes. Their organs are damaged. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #15
Have followed fashion photography for 30 years or so? Mimosa Dec 2011 #19
"body fat levels as low as 10%"???? MicaelS Dec 2011 #9
Scary, particularly since women are supposed to have a higher % of fat Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #13
Talk about missing the point entirely. Matariki Dec 2011 #55
I call some models appearance "The Dachau Look"... MicaelS Dec 2011 #2
I think so! Also, promoting anorexics as the standard of beauty... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #6
I didn't realize how pervasive this had become in the media until eilen Dec 2011 #24
Well, men are affected by media too. Men's eyes are accustomed to seeing famous anorexic females Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #30
We were watching a movie the other night marlakay Dec 2011 #36
Oh yes. Not only that. Women are supposed to have a higher % of fat in their bodies... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #37
Vouge i nterviewed her @ dinner w/ the director, he actually elehhhhna Dec 2011 #42
I couldn't help thinking... meaculpa2011 Dec 2011 #48
Woah, you husband isn't the only one... octothorpe Dec 2011 #67
It's disgusting isn't it? SoCalDem Dec 2011 #3
Yup. It's pretty awful! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #7
If someone spends half their waking hours burning with self-hate wtmusic Dec 2011 #4
It would be nice if we could shut the media off on the U.S. for about, oh 5 years??? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #11
Yes. After seeing "Miss Representation," it's apparent why only one station has shown it. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #21
I saw it! It's wonderful and needs to be shown in schools everywhere Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #27
Here in Houston that program was full of commercials for plastic surgeons and elehhhhna Dec 2011 #43
Interesting. These comments are several years old Number23 Dec 2011 #10
I meant the bias towards anorexics, but you're right... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #12
Absolutely. Mrs. Obama looks fantastic! She's strong and very shapely. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #16
I wish I had the First Lady's arms. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #45
I've never understood the idea behind the cadaverous look aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2011 #17
They're selling clothes and the idea is for them to be a walking clothes hanger Hippo_Tron Dec 2011 #20
Yep! They're photoshopped. If these starved girls were shown Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #28
Every magazine cover and editorial is photoshopped eilen Dec 2011 #29
The problem is that customers wonder and doubt the garments will suit them having to fit over eilen Dec 2011 #31
I have to admit a morbid fascination with those National Inquirer type magazines CrispyQ Dec 2011 #47
Striving for un-obtainable goals and losing self-esteem in the process is a part of life Hippo_Tron Dec 2011 #18
"Cadaverous" is a great word. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #22
It does give one a visual of these starved-to-work girl models nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #26
I've also heard them called Lollipop Girls CrispyQ Dec 2011 #49
They should be BANNED from using these starved models! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #23
That's what needs to happen. The obsession with the thinness needs to STOP Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #25
The people bleating this bullshit refrain... sendero Dec 2011 #32
R u serious!? got root Dec 2011 #35
Don't pay any attention to that one. I think he's only trying to get attention. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #38
I'm dead serious.. sendero Dec 2011 #41
Mr. Obvious strikes again. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #53
I have some ideas. Quantess Dec 2011 #60
No. Occulus Dec 2011 #50
Google that name....Isabelle Caro. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #54
Look at talentless fattie Neil Cavuto, for example. Quantess Dec 2011 #61
I dont' find skinny women sexy at all. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #33
ROFL! This is true. :) nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #39
at the risk of the race card DonCoquixote Dec 2011 #34
:) The 'heroin chic' cadaver girl is not an attractive image, even nude and with lots of makeup Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #40
Speaking as a white man, we haven't all "been sold anorexic-on-silicone as the ideal." BreweryYardRat Dec 2011 #58
It's good to hear that you love your woman not for what she looks like... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #65
the hottest "female" haute couture model today is an anorexic trans man elehhhhna Dec 2011 #44
How monstrous the fashion industry has become. It makes me sick. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #52
Interesting. Back in the 70's & 80's I was fairly certain that Cosmopolitan's models were men Matariki Dec 2011 #56
Very true, and horrifying, IMO. MineralMan Dec 2011 #46
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :( It's horrible to see a child look that way and Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #51
R & K, I'll have to read this later. Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #57
Thanks! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #63
yep. designers like how the clothes hang on a skeletal body. No breasts or hips or thighs to Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #59
Exactly. And yes, it's true that clothes on a hanger look good... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #62
Well... In My Lifetime... WillyT Dec 2011 #64
I actually heard someone say recently that Marilyn Monroe was a heavy woman Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #66
Ever read the comments on those stupid celebrity websites? octothorpe Dec 2011 #68
You're right! When it's men attacking women and you see that the men are Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #69
I recall reading somewhere that her dress size was 14. BeHereNow Dec 2011 #70
I'm sorry about your cousin. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #71
Thanks- hopefully she will remain determined to fight it. BeHereNow Dec 2011 #72
Thank goodness. Anorexia has claimed too many lives already. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #73
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