tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post3677520597661362562..comments2023-09-06T02:20:33.459-07:00Comments on Women On...: at long last...Lisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post-70368854503824776372009-08-26T16:41:29.409-07:002009-08-26T16:41:29.409-07:00We posted that same picture on our multi-author bl...We posted that same picture on our multi-author blog this week. I LOVE it.<br /><br />I think it's effected a lot of women, quite positively.<br /><br />I mean, let's face it, the model on the right looks like a preying mantis.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844738855874754351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post-59964476874216625962009-08-26T07:50:19.328-07:002009-08-26T07:50:19.328-07:00I've seen shots of concentration camp survivor...I've seen shots of concentration camp survivors who could have doubled for the gal on the right. If Lizzy is a plus size what does that make those gals some of the old master's paintings, especially those fine old Rubens. :-)JACKIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883028058826030899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post-38538955486338289232009-08-25T04:02:01.410-07:002009-08-25T04:02:01.410-07:00I love that Lizzie is comfortable in her own skin ...I love that Lizzie is comfortable in her own skin and I love that Glamour is finally bringing the real us out of the closet. But I agree with Cynthia that for larger woman -- 18+ -- it's unrealistic to look at a dress on a size 12 and actually think you are going to have a waste line when you choose the same dress. It's not going to happen.<br /><br />So, I would challenge Glamour to put additional real women in their magazine ... in the real sizes that they buy. <br /><br />Yes, we could then add that promoting larger sizes promotes ill health, but really, fashion and good health do not go hand in hand. Historically, now or probably ever.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03718645722631873821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post-84045630682409399142009-08-24T22:41:37.952-07:002009-08-24T22:41:37.952-07:00I read the article online, and I absolutely love i...I read the article online, and I absolutely love it and its message of self acceptance. Here's the catch though. The woman on the left is a PLUS SIZE model. I read where she is a size 12, and that she floats to a size 14 is actually encouraging. The average American woman wears a size 14. She is average, but her job is essentially selling clothes and other products to women who wear a size 18 or over. The image she's depicting when she's not promoting self acceptance is as unrealistic for the target market she's chosen for as that size 0 chick on the right. Modeling size 18 or 24 or 34 clothes on women like her tells a large (pun intended with an estimated one third of American women wearing over a size 18) group of women that they and their bodies are still unacceptable. This and the Dove campaign are a good beginning, but I'm not celebrating our culture's acceptance of different body shapes and sizes yet.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403384531250069062.post-55794077880292179312009-08-24T22:26:26.958-07:002009-08-24T22:26:26.958-07:00OMG, the one on the right looks like a picture of ...OMG, the one on the right looks like a picture of the starving children in Biafra they used to show us in order to get us to put our milk money in the missions box...<br /><br />We had the greatest "Fashion Show" at the cafe on Saturday night...now I need to post some pictures.Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.com