Love•ly |ˈləvlē| adjective ( -lier , -liest ): exquisitely beautiful
Un•love•ly |ˌənˈləvlē| adjective: not attractive; ugly.
Beauty. Allure. Charm. Elegance.
What makes a woman lovely?
Rather, what does society deem beautiful?
What do you think of when you hear the word pretty?
Long legs. Glossy hair. Full lips. White teeth. Smooth skin. Big eyes. Curling lashes. Tiny waist. Delicate collarbone. Flat stomach. Curving hips. Toned arms.
What’s one thing they’re looking for? Maybe you don’t think of those things. But Hollywood does, modeling agencies do.
Skinny, slender, slim, thin, svelte, lean, willowy, slight, lanky girls.
Anyone heard of Tumblr? It’s pretty much a photo blog with captions for each picture. Lately there has been a weight-loss blog craze.
People (mostly females) post pictures of skinny girls and talk about how much they want to slim down. It’s obsessive and even scary.
“I didn’t eat for three days so I could be lovely,” said Cassie, a character from the British television show Skins.
I don’t watch the show, but I stumbled upon that clip and went WHHHAAAATTTT??????
People are listening to this?
I saw this picture the other day:
Oh my Ross Turner… That is SO WRONG!
Exercise is good. Maintaining a healthy weight is good. Trying to look your best is good. But that?
THAT is NOT good.
In fact, that’s bad. Very bad.
Weight-loss blogs. Media figures promoting eating disorders and exhibiting symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder. “Thinspirational” pictures.
All these entities are furthering this perversion of beauty.
Speaking of which, how much do you know about photo editing?
Not that much? Maybe this will give you an incentive to think twice about the hottie you met online:
Freaky huh?
I’m not saying that trying to be skinny is bad and I’m not trying to trash make up and photo editing.
I just think that there is a line between the lovely and unlovely sides of beauty and crossing that line could be very bad indeed.
great post! Very eye opening read. talaga. May i suggest you write a blog about Quest Crew Or Jabbawockeez or even Poreotics?????? Ranger$? even a small include Les Twins, Brian Puspos, Andrew Baterina. That would win best blog ever.
Yes i agree with this DeMarcus fellow. Do it!
Talaga…We’ve come to this now?
Louis…why? SERIOUSLY?!?!!?!?!?
Do a blog about the Jabbawokceez or quest crew or poreotics or les twins or brian puspos or andrew baterina. it wud be amaizng
Why?!
Great post, Em. Check out the film Miss Representation if you get the chance.
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Hi,
As a huge fan of Skins, I feel the need to explain about Cassie- and indeed the entire show. British TV doesn’t shy away from hard topics, the first episode alone dealt with peer pressure, drug use and anorexia, all of which are issues which affect thousands of people. The show itself is written by teens, with input from the ‘professionals’.
Cassie is a girl with some serious issues, mentally unstable, she has no solid system of support from her family- her parents are too busy acting like sex-crazed teens to look after her, and therefore some of her behaviour can be put down to attention seeking. I know this clip seems bad, awful in fact. But over the course of the series, Cassie is shown as she progresses with and even finishes treatment for her disease. And far from glorifying her thin, frail figure (which the actress who played her was simply born with), the drama shows how wrong it is of her to act this way. While I realise that showing the existence of these issues is enough to trigger a minority of people, the context of the show is as such that a viewer is aware of the dangers of this horrific condition, and the ways in which treatment is available in the United Kingdom.
P.S love the blog (:
I know Skins isn’t glorifying it, it is just showing the dysfunction of her situation.
P.S. Miss you Livie.