tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post4916237209245249962..comments2024-02-27T20:16:08.267-04:00Comments on Medusa: SKIN & BONES: THE MODELS ON LOVE MAGAZINE'S FEBRUARY COVERSMedusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817998786767534650noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-25657210625912427452014-08-02T09:13:50.475-03:002014-08-02T09:13:50.475-03:00They all look healthy to me, not at all emaciated....They all look healthy to me, not at all emaciated. None have their ribs showing, and Lara Stone has a very nice hour glass figure. So many people in the US and UK are now overweight that they have forgotten what a healthy body looks like!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-34399869938023471482011-09-03T07:10:34.574-03:002011-09-03T07:10:34.574-03:00I'm sorry but... these girls look healthy. :/
...I'm sorry but... these girls look healthy. :/<br />They look like healthy, slim, feminine sizes.<br />They are not skinny... they are slim.<br />There happens to be a difference.<br />None of them look anorexic in any of these pictures. Lean and fit.<br />Learn the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-84519268190739004132010-12-17T18:14:50.185-04:002010-12-17T18:14:50.185-04:00ok well, after reading ALL the comments i must add...ok well, after reading ALL the comments i must add: i am not saying these particular pics are to blame. as i said i do think naomi looks pretty fit. and i would agree that i would not consider those women in this post to be all anorexic. <br />but then that might just be a sign of me having been influenced by the media and my perception has been reset to a thinner version of thin. <br /><br />andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-16230420555781547992010-12-17T18:01:11.842-04:002010-12-17T18:01:11.842-04:00just a couple of things:
1) cause and trigger can ...just a couple of things:<br />1) cause and trigger can not be used as they can in physics. <br />2) environment has been shown to correlate to other psychological problems. <br />3) mighty big coincidence that anorexia is skyrocketing at the same time as the weight of models plummets. <br /><br />so, no, Aga, you are well meaning but incorrect. as quality control guru Ch. St. once put it:<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-6728081577635504952010-08-11T11:25:44.769-03:002010-08-11T11:25:44.769-03:00They are not shockingly skinny, they're perfec...They are not shockingly skinny, they're perfectly healthy and toned. This is in fact the "natural state" for most women, except most of those same women are obese because of lack of exercise and the plentitude of fattening foods in the world today.<br /><br />I agree with a previous poster--women who aren't chubby (like the majority of the world) are considered anorexic?? Reallymanicrosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-59925966984877581382010-02-28T02:20:48.200-04:002010-02-28T02:20:48.200-04:00Just my 2 cents, but while all of these woman are ...Just my 2 cents, but while all of these woman are very slender and none of them represent the average size woman, I don't find any of them shockingly thin or prepubescent. I'm rather petite height wise so if anything looks odd to me it's the length of their legs, although I'm aware that the camera angle exaggerates this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-5639091947209888922010-02-21T13:42:37.736-04:002010-02-21T13:42:37.736-04:00They look perfectly fine.
A lot of tall woman woul...They look perfectly fine.<br />A lot of tall woman would look like this with the right light and a black and white filter.<br />I don't see too many bones sticking out in an unhealthy way.<br />The covers are aesthetically pleasing.Lisa K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13211570171616078246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-41223972836044613612010-02-10T02:54:58.919-04:002010-02-10T02:54:58.919-04:00This makes me so sad, i am a nude art model, what ...This makes me so sad, i am a nude art model, what must you guys think of me? Im way skinnier than that...im so scared. :( *wants to go cry in a corner*jadedchalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672966995427325314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-76704224837476871282010-02-08T09:42:17.964-04:002010-02-08T09:42:17.964-04:00Well they look perfectly fine for me...
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I mean ...Well they look perfectly fine for me...<br />=/<br />I mean you've posted really really unhealthy skinny girls pictures here, that can't be compared at all with these ones.Noumihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640376570053988980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-40868061160779431532010-02-07T12:04:54.764-04:002010-02-07T12:04:54.764-04:00Very beautiful your blog *-*
Kate Moss *-* She...Very beautiful your blog *-*<br /><br />Kate Moss *-* She's perfect!<br /><br />Congratulations for yours posts<br /><br />I loved all<br /><br />;)meninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787325494079941985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-69019681559377767802010-02-06T12:52:14.635-04:002010-02-06T12:52:14.635-04:00K8, you rock. I couldn't agree with you more....K8, you rock. I couldn't agree with you more.<br /><br />~ MedusaMedusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05817998786767534650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-7332623072220636012010-02-06T12:49:58.561-04:002010-02-06T12:49:58.561-04:00I stand by what I said- this body type that is so ...I stand by what I said- this body type that is so celebrated at the exclusion of every other way women can look- is not a natural state of being for the great majority of people. To me, it is just another example of the celebration of a pre-pubescent, teen-type of body. Sure there are probably some healthy girls running around with that figure. They are most likely about 14-15 years old. How K8http://notsobigk.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-4865397711375212052010-02-06T07:09:23.506-04:002010-02-06T07:09:23.506-04:00well, I don't think they look that thin....the...well, I don't think they look that thin....they have a pretty and healthy figures. They are very far from anorexic ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-31554794246921521432010-02-05T19:54:31.854-04:002010-02-05T19:54:31.854-04:00hi, I just wanted to let you know about a singer n...hi, I just wanted to let you know about a singer named Miss Platnum. She's quite plump and beautiful at the same time too. also she has a very beautiful song called "give me the food". here's a youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqkOnoLe70k<br />I don't know if some people find it aggresive but it makes me feel good :) peace to all.alexiacortezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592549150154088329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-51612379806363440332010-02-05T18:58:29.899-04:002010-02-05T18:58:29.899-04:00Impossibly slim figure'
Are you serious??
I d...Impossibly slim figure'<br />Are you serious??<br /><br />I didn't develop an ED untill I was 21 and up untill that point, my body was much like those you're seeing on those covers, I was slim, toned and most importently I was very healthy. <br />And you know what? Even then I got people telling me I was 'too skinny' even though I was a 'healthy' size with a 'Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-23905152593104821252010-02-05T11:46:44.389-04:002010-02-05T11:46:44.389-04:00I can't believe how many commenters think they...I can't believe how many commenters think they look healthy.<br /><br />I'd like to know their body fat percentages and how they maintain those figures.<br /><br />I'm going to guess none of them looked half as smooth without airbrushing/photoshopping. They photoshop out the grotesqueness and we're just left with an impossibly smooth, impossibly slim figure.K8http://notsobigk.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-24847533306932914662010-02-05T02:16:40.986-04:002010-02-05T02:16:40.986-04:00I would just like to say I am an avid follower and...I would just like to say I am an avid follower and supporter of your blog. But I didn't think it's very fair to "blame" these women for the reason some young women are starving themselves. I'm pretty sure most of these girls were just born with these bodies and I also don't think any of them are shockingly skinny. In fact a few of them I found to be very beautiful. I am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-82932046551658703222010-02-04T20:30:54.932-04:002010-02-04T20:30:54.932-04:00Sorry but they don't look 'shockingly skin...Sorry but they don't look 'shockingly skinny' they look healhy, thin and toned. <br /><br /><br />Yeah so ads can trigger an eating disordered person but so can seeing a person on the street....<br />Seeing a thin person could trigger someone<br />seeing a healthy sized person could trigger someone<br />seeing a fat person could trigger someone<br /><br />triggers are everywhere, Cassienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-82668168479140049972010-02-04T20:08:49.809-04:002010-02-04T20:08:49.809-04:00Magnolia, anonymous isn't fake. She is real an...Magnolia, anonymous isn't fake. She is real and she feels just like you do. Maybe she's just a bit more sensitive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-18640325156493175642010-02-04T17:49:10.121-04:002010-02-04T17:49:10.121-04:00that anonymous comment seems a bit fake..that anonymous comment seems a bit fake..Cerulean Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113131494601763833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-54090086526422261322010-02-04T12:57:13.724-04:002010-02-04T12:57:13.724-04:00Sure, ads can be triggering but do you, Anonymous,...Sure, ads can be triggering but do you, Anonymous, really think that skipping lunch and harming yourself this way comes exclusively out of ads? I just think something had to be 'there', inside you, in the first place, before you saw an ad, otherwise I doubt you'd have such a strong need to hurt yourself... and you'd probably be able to find another trigger - such as a thin girl Aganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-80381959430495015992010-02-03T17:25:32.765-04:002010-02-03T17:25:32.765-04:00I look at these women and I just want to restrict ...I look at these women and I just want to restrict to nothingness, to be just like them. Even though they are not emaciated, they are still very thin. Ads like these are why I skipped lunch today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-74226188070871978942010-02-03T15:59:48.094-04:002010-02-03T15:59:48.094-04:00i think they look healthy, to be honest.
i get yo...i think they look healthy, to be honest.<br /><br />i get your point, though, but i believe the catwalk models is a more burning subject; they are truly emaciated.Cerulean Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06113131494601763833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-62105926105933608952010-02-03T14:00:20.414-04:002010-02-03T14:00:20.414-04:00Right, I know my body image etc. is not entirely u...Right, I know my body image etc. is not entirely up to scratch, but none of those models seem particularly emaciated to me, just very tall which exaggerates the thinness / slimness or however it should be called...<br /><br />Anyhow - what I WAS going to say is that if a girl / woman starts starving themselves having seen those, it's not the fault of the magazine but THEIR disease that does Aganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134054311532297815.post-82388621941454876702010-02-03T05:59:08.482-04:002010-02-03T05:59:08.482-04:00Kate Moss <3Kate Moss <3Theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15117451610642900378noreply@blogger.com