Comments on: Beauty Standards

By: Retouching As An Act Of Kindness - Blogger For Hire

Retouching As An Act Of Kindness - Blogger For Hire — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:42:37 +0000

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By: I Read A Vogue Article And Now My Brain Hurts |

I Read A Vogue Article And Now My Brain Hurts | — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:04:46 +0000

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By: How about a new take on celebrities? « Living Healthy in the Real World

How about a new take on celebrities? « Living Healthy in the Real World — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:08:36 +0000

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By: Media Portrayal Of Women |

Media Portrayal Of Women | — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:04:08 +0000

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By: MomGrind

MomGrind — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:39:03 +0000

@ Jennifer: It’s true that confidence is the single most attractive thing a person can have.

@ Scarlet: I couldn’t agree more. Striving for perfection is always a bad idea. People are not SUPPOSED to be perfect and who decides what’s “perfect” anyway?

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:56:06 +0000

I have gone over and over in head thinking of a way to put this more elequantly, but I just can’t because it was my first thought and its sticking!
Why oh why are we having a discussion about perfection??? In my book, where physical appearance is concerned at least, this is a forbidden word!!! I once heard a great sentiment: “Love what ya Mamma gave ya”!
Isn’t that just gorgeous….just like every woman on this earth, big, small, short, tall….they all got wobly bits in the right places for the right reason!!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:53:16 +0000

We have all heard it before: A woman’s confidence helps make them attractive. Miss DuBois Ferguson did not appear to have any confidence issues. Some of the world’s curviest women have been sex symbols: Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendez, J-Lo, Madonna (in the 80’s), Bridgett Bardo and even Brittney Spears. I am sure you will agree, these women appear to have confidence. With regard to the media and the fashion industry, they have trouble with curves, because no two women are alike and to make their fashions presentable, they must advertise them for “stick thin” women. Thus, we see ads of 14 year old girls (made up to look 25), wearing clothes that are falling off of them. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and to each his own. Perspective comes from many different angles. We know this when we look at ourselves in the mirror at the store and wonder, “Is this REALLY the way I look?”

By: MomGrind

MomGrind — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:11:08 +0000

@ Sandier: As long as we live in a well-fed society, I suspect that thinness will continue to be the ideal.

By: Sandier Pastures

Sandier Pastures — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:22:59 +0000

When we see photos of women in the 20’s: full curves and sometimes even a double chin! or art during the Renaissance period: wide hips and (gasp!) flabs, a (gay) friend always say to me, if only you lived during those times, you would be perfect art material! LOL!

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By: Body image and plastic surgery |

Body image and plastic surgery | — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:25:28 +0000

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