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![Plus-size model Crystal Renn (right) posing alongside straight-size model Jacquelyn Jablonski in a spread for the January 2010 issue of V Magazine [photo from Huffington Post]](http://www.adiosbarbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/2009-12-22-098_TERRYRICHARDSON_2-150x150.jpg)
By Valerie Kusler Has mainstream culture done a 180°? Have we honestly transitioned from Kate Moss to Crystal Renn in just over a decade, or is this just a passing fad? According to a recent Times Online article by Louise France, plus-size models that previously charged around US$150 an hour are now … [Read more...]
By Sharon Haywood According to a 2008 survey about models in New York fashion week: Six percent are Black Six percent are Asian One percent are Latina Eighty-seven percent are White … [Read more...]
For Vanity Fair, the future is all white by Hannah Pool, The Guardian Does anything strike you as odd about this latest Vanity Fair cover spread? Yes, it's their 16th annual "Hollywood Issue", shot as usual by Annie Leibovitz, and intending to herald the bright young things of Tinseltown, just in time for this year's … [Read more...]
About a week ago, I began reading an article in the New York Times Magazine called, "The Audacity of Precious". I was so pissed by what I read in the first few paragraphs I couldn't finish the piece at that time. When Precious' plight lands her in a special school, she blossoms: the audience's initial rejection of Precious, … [Read more...]
By Guest Contributor Tessa Originally posted at About-Face For a long time, I have believed in the power of empathizing with a fictional character to transform the way we feel about ourselves. But how does this relationship play out when that character is not human, but cartoon? Lisa from The Simpsons In The … [Read more...]
By Melissa Eddy (Associated Press) BERLIN - Germany's most popular women's magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of "real women" in an attempt to combat an unhealthy standard of rail-thin beauty that it says has isolated its readers. The editor-in-chief of Germany's bimonthly … [Read more...]
Gotta love the ongoing coverage around Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose gender has been questioned since her victory last month at the 2009 World Championships. Not only does this issue raise questions around gender and privacy, it also shows how absolutely skewed our conceptions of beauty and femininity are. In … [Read more...]
So it looks like Miley Cyrus has taken to the stripper pole. And this is a surprise? Like Britney and Christina Aguilera before her, it?s clear that as she outgrows her tweens and moves into young adulthood, Miley?s handlers are trying to get the Mickey Mouse Monkey off of her back. I?m all for this transition happening. For it?s … [Read more...]
I love this letter from an LA Times reader about the representation of older folks in the media in general, and specifically in Disney's latest film UP. Just like jokes about fat people, those who are older always seem to be the target of bad writers who have have to rely on stereotypes to get easy laughs. So uninspired and tired! … [Read more...]
In April of this year Texas Republican state representative, Betty Brown, said that voters of Chinese descent should change their names so that they are easier to pronounce. Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese - I understand it's a rather difficult language - do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens … [Read more...]
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