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elehhhhna

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44. the hottest "female" haute couture model today is an anorexic trans man
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 09:53 AM
Dec 2011

he's pretty but ain't no bodyfat nowhere.

I think this article is biased against very thin people. David__77 Dec 2011 #1
Perhaps you misinterpreted. Read this... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #5
I think there are valid points, but saying "sickly," "anorexic," "cadaverous," etc. is a problem. David__77 Dec 2011 #8
Women with body fat that low fit all those adjectives to a T. It is NOT HEALTHY. Warpy Dec 2011 #14
Yes. Their organs are damaged. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #15
Have followed fashion photography for 30 years or so? Mimosa Dec 2011 #19
"body fat levels as low as 10%"???? MicaelS Dec 2011 #9
Scary, particularly since women are supposed to have a higher % of fat Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #13
Talk about missing the point entirely. Matariki Dec 2011 #55
I call some models appearance "The Dachau Look"... MicaelS Dec 2011 #2
I think so! Also, promoting anorexics as the standard of beauty... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #6
I didn't realize how pervasive this had become in the media until eilen Dec 2011 #24
Well, men are affected by media too. Men's eyes are accustomed to seeing famous anorexic females Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #30
We were watching a movie the other night marlakay Dec 2011 #36
Oh yes. Not only that. Women are supposed to have a higher % of fat in their bodies... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #37
Vouge i nterviewed her @ dinner w/ the director, he actually elehhhhna Dec 2011 #42
I couldn't help thinking... meaculpa2011 Dec 2011 #48
Woah, you husband isn't the only one... octothorpe Dec 2011 #67
It's disgusting isn't it? SoCalDem Dec 2011 #3
Yup. It's pretty awful! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #7
If someone spends half their waking hours burning with self-hate wtmusic Dec 2011 #4
It would be nice if we could shut the media off on the U.S. for about, oh 5 years??? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #11
Yes. After seeing "Miss Representation," it's apparent why only one station has shown it. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #21
I saw it! It's wonderful and needs to be shown in schools everywhere Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #27
Here in Houston that program was full of commercials for plastic surgeons and elehhhhna Dec 2011 #43
Interesting. These comments are several years old Number23 Dec 2011 #10
I meant the bias towards anorexics, but you're right... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #12
Absolutely. Mrs. Obama looks fantastic! She's strong and very shapely. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #16
I wish I had the First Lady's arms. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #45
I've never understood the idea behind the cadaverous look aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2011 #17
They're selling clothes and the idea is for them to be a walking clothes hanger Hippo_Tron Dec 2011 #20
Yep! They're photoshopped. If these starved girls were shown Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #28
Every magazine cover and editorial is photoshopped eilen Dec 2011 #29
The problem is that customers wonder and doubt the garments will suit them having to fit over eilen Dec 2011 #31
I have to admit a morbid fascination with those National Inquirer type magazines CrispyQ Dec 2011 #47
Striving for un-obtainable goals and losing self-esteem in the process is a part of life Hippo_Tron Dec 2011 #18
"Cadaverous" is a great word. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #22
It does give one a visual of these starved-to-work girl models nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #26
I've also heard them called Lollipop Girls CrispyQ Dec 2011 #49
They should be BANNED from using these starved models! Odin2005 Dec 2011 #23
That's what needs to happen. The obsession with the thinness needs to STOP Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #25
The people bleating this bullshit refrain... sendero Dec 2011 #32
R u serious!? got root Dec 2011 #35
Don't pay any attention to that one. I think he's only trying to get attention. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #38
I'm dead serious.. sendero Dec 2011 #41
Mr. Obvious strikes again. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #53
I have some ideas. Quantess Dec 2011 #60
No. Occulus Dec 2011 #50
Google that name....Isabelle Caro. U4ikLefty Dec 2011 #54
Look at talentless fattie Neil Cavuto, for example. Quantess Dec 2011 #61
I dont' find skinny women sexy at all. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #33
ROFL! This is true. :) nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #39
at the risk of the race card DonCoquixote Dec 2011 #34
:) The 'heroin chic' cadaver girl is not an attractive image, even nude and with lots of makeup Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #40
Speaking as a white man, we haven't all "been sold anorexic-on-silicone as the ideal." BreweryYardRat Dec 2011 #58
It's good to hear that you love your woman not for what she looks like... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #65
the hottest "female" haute couture model today is an anorexic trans man elehhhhna Dec 2011 #44
How monstrous the fashion industry has become. It makes me sick. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #52
Interesting. Back in the 70's & 80's I was fairly certain that Cosmopolitan's models were men Matariki Dec 2011 #56
Very true, and horrifying, IMO. MineralMan Dec 2011 #46
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. :( It's horrible to see a child look that way and Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #51
R & K, I'll have to read this later. Lunacee2012 Dec 2011 #57
Thanks! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #63
yep. designers like how the clothes hang on a skeletal body. No breasts or hips or thighs to Liberal_in_LA Dec 2011 #59
Exactly. And yes, it's true that clothes on a hanger look good... Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #62
Well... In My Lifetime... WillyT Dec 2011 #64
I actually heard someone say recently that Marilyn Monroe was a heavy woman Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #66
Ever read the comments on those stupid celebrity websites? octothorpe Dec 2011 #68
You're right! When it's men attacking women and you see that the men are Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #69
I recall reading somewhere that her dress size was 14. BeHereNow Dec 2011 #70
I'm sorry about your cousin. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #71
Thanks- hopefully she will remain determined to fight it. BeHereNow Dec 2011 #72
Thank goodness. Anorexia has claimed too many lives already. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #73
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