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I am: a doggie mom, a not-so-newlywed, a Scrabble enthusiast, a meticulous speller, a world traveler, and the editor of the Charlotte edition of skirt! (Not usually all at once.) When I'm not writing about Charlotte's coolest women, you can find me cheering on my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers, tryi...
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Angry.

Friday, August, 22, 2008

I completely agree with Glossed Over’s critique of this Harper’s Bazaar feature:

rachel_zoe_bazaar.jpg

So, a size 8 is only OK if it’s fake? The point is to feature models, etc. who actually ARE above a size 0. Taking an unhealthily skeletal-looking woman like Rachel Zoe and adding “curves” to all of the right places does not a healthy body image make.

I’m not sure what’s worse: only featuring stick-skinny size 0 models, or featuring stick-skinny size 0 models who have been Photoshopped to APPEAR like size 8 or 10. 

If this kicks off a trend in Photoshopping, I am going to revolt. Who’s with me?


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krrobi
krrobi
I with you! Seeing these
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 11:10
I with you! Seeing these two big-boobed-bimbos on the magazine cover makes me ill. Gag. Puke. Is this what we should strive to be? I dooon't think so, and...oh, don't even get me going. :)
margaret
margaret
yes! yes! yes! i totally
Posted Fri, 08/22/2008 - 14:48
yes! yes! yes! i totally agree, how FREAKING ridiculous! (and here's where i divert from radical feminism to lipstick feminism:) except everyone on glossed over hated the shoes. i love them, mk wore them on the cover of sept's uk elle - they're stella mccartney!
BCBlogger
BCBlogger
I am sooooooooo late in responding to this,
Posted Thu, 09/18/2008 - 19:47
but it's taken me days to make my way down the page. I flipped out when I saw this disgusting display, too. I was like "Pffffft! Did they even make her an EIGHT? She looks like a nice SIX to me." Rachel Zoe makes me sick, anyway. Despite the positive PR spin they gave her, the accusations of her and a a group of Hollweird starlets abusing prescription asthma drugs to keep those bones still linger. That article was nothing but fluff piece. I actually ripped the pages out of my mag and threw them in the trash. #1 - because I am not a fan of Rachel Zoe; #2 because I'm a SIX and I don't think an EIGHT is all that "big." Good lord.