Odd, not Irrational: Archive

The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to adopt a new policy that will encourage advertisers not to enhance the female body in a way that would produce unrealistic expectations on women, especially teenage girls. Let me know what you think of the decision at Betsy@Betsysbeautyblog.com!

“The appearance of advertisements with extremely altered models can create unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image. In one image, a model’s waist was slimmed so severely, her head appeared to be wider than her waist,” said Dr. McAneny. “We must stop exposing impressionable children and teenagers to advertisements portraying models with body types only attainable with the help of photo editing software.”

Take a look at an unedited photo of Britney Spears, above the digitally edited version. Britney was brave enough to release these photos to the public so that the unrealistic expectations of beauty and body image in today’s media could be highlighted.

Jun 23, 20114 notes

#britney spears #body image #advertising #photoshop

Jun 23, 20113,494 notes

#bears #hilarious

Jun 23, 2011

#doctor cat

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Jun 23, 20112,045 notes

#my drunk kitchen

“But they are farther away from me and not as fun.” —

My straight female friend, after I (a gay man) pointed out that she and her boyfriend can safely go to one of the many clubs in the city that aren’t specifically a space for queer people, as opposed to me, where gay bars are the only place I can be assured I won’t be decked by a drunken homophobe for flirting with or in front of him. But apparently the music is better, so that doesn’t matter. Made me feel dismissed, trivialized, and fetishized, like going to a gay club is some cute niche interest like going to a goth club. (via microaggressions)

I have so many straight friends who go to the gay clubs, and this is how I feel.

Jun 22, 201171 notes

#relevant

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Jun 22, 20113 notes

#kazaky #music #gay #onion #onion head

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