On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:17 AM, M <[email protected]> wrote: > I totally agree Kevin, women should not look breakable!!! There is a > fine line now-a-days between eating disorder and what is acceptable in > Hollywood. As an expectant father my biggest fear is to having a > daughter who believes that everything put out there on T.V. or in > magazines is what she is expected to look like. Now I know that as a > father it will be my job to make sure her psyche isn't broken by these > unreal images, but it is still a fear that I am sure many parents > have. > Now I understand that being obese isn't healthy, but I don't think we > are even talking about being considerably overweight here. Just a > little meat on the bones in Hollywood seems to be a bad things. Have > you ever caught a glimpse of America's Next Top Model. A girl who > wears over a size 6 is considered to be "Plus-Size." I get that that > is just part of the fashion world and sample sizes and blah blah blah, > but it is sending a terrible message to women world wide. > Hopefully someday photographers, movie makers and those in the media > world will come to the realization that they suddenly set the example > for what is considered beautiful and really should think about taking > that role a little more seriously than what they do.
I don't like to comment on an article or column without reading it first and seeing if there is any missed context. So here: http://www.shine.yahoo.com/channel/sex/should-quot-fatties-quot-get-a-room-even-on-tv-2403141/ The writer is a relationship columnist who was asked to write a column about Mike and Molly without ever seeing the show. She then wrote a column and it seems it got published without a friend or editor asking her "do you really want to say that or take that tone?" I think Kelly, the columnist, could have made the core points of her column without sounding quite so ignorant or strident, and as the column came out under the brand of Marie Claire, their editors deserve some share of guilt over the reaction. In terms of Hollywood's conception of beauty, if this list/group has had a theme over the years, it's been media literacy. That means the media consumer has to learn to figure out when and how s/he is being manipulated and s/he has to learn the difference between real life and filmed stories. The point of media literacy is to be a smarter consumer and not an advocate for Hollywood to change according to your specifications. I don't know when my conception of beauty diverged from Hollywood's conception. I realized the divergence had become a chasm a few years ago when I had an opportunity to leaf through a copy of Maxim's 100 Most Beautiful Women and I saw that I wouldn't give at least 85 of them a second look if I passed them on the street. I think Hollywood's conception of beauty bears the same resemblance to beauty that Hollywood's conception of police work bears to police work. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
