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In reply to the discussion: "Plus-sized model 'cried when asked to be cover model' " [View all]Squinch
(59,622 posts)29. I guess you can't leave it at that. I'm a health professional. This
is as unhealthy as putting an anorexic woman on a magazine cover. It glamorizes dangerous obesity the same as those covers glamorize anorexia.
But also, in the real world, refraining from putting someone on a magazine is a little different from telling them to hide in shame.
Out of curiosity, did you protest when magazines stopped using anorexic models because models were dying? If not why not? By your definition, doing that relegated anorexic women to hiding in shame. By your definition we should be recognizing anorexic women and acknowledging them by putting them in Cosmo covers.
Enjoy your hyperbole and have a nice night.
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Yeah I was shocked when I saw her pic, I thought she was going to be 20 or 30 lbs over weight..
EX500rider
Aug 2018
#4
I'm guessing a lot of dudes will suddenly be concerned about the health of women on magazine covers
LanternWaste
Aug 2018
#5
i think it's great. it's not about restricting the modeling world to healthy-weighted people.
unblock
Aug 2018
#6
I doubt you would find many doctors who would think she was at a healthy body weight.
EX500rider
Aug 2018
#9
I'm sorry but that is terribly unhealthy. The anorexic models we frequently see should not be
Squinch
Aug 2018
#8
Yeah, I saw it. I still think unhealthy over or under weight should not be glamorized.
Squinch
Aug 2018
#19
fair enough. best we make them think they should be hiding in shame, that sounds real healthy.
unblock
Aug 2018
#26
"in the sense that no one is going to see that and think they need to put on weight to be
unblock
Aug 2018
#41
and i'm sure they're equally vocal whenever they see a pic of an overweight male....
unblock
Aug 2018
#27