blame a woman -- it's fast and easy

[sophiaserpentia]

A girl dies of anorexia and what does the mass media do? Pick a famous woman and blame her! Voila, now she will be scrutinized instead, no more scrutiny on any role the mass media might possibly play in spreading the eating disorder epidemic.

Comments

[tyrsalvia.livejournal.com]

Man, that's awesome. Paris Hilton is totally to blame for everything that sucks in my life, that's for sure. Maybe tomorrow I'll pick another famous woman to blame! Oh, this is a fun game.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

You should totally blame Britney Spears next.

[kumbunny.livejournal.com]

Did you notice how limp and scrawny Jesus was on the cross?

::nod nod wink wink::

[starwatcher]

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the mass media might *possibly* play in spreading the eating disorder epidemic.

I took note that, when I clicked on the article, the advertisement in the sidebar was for a product to deal with cellulite. QED, I think.
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[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Those beauty product ads with the "simulated result" photos come up frequently on Yahoo pages. And the experienced eye can easily tell that all they did was Photoshop the pictures.

[darkphoenixrisn.livejournal.com]

Sickening, but so is that photo of Knightley.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I agree that in the photo shown, Ms. Knightly appears to be unhealthily thin. I see that picture and worry for her.

But i also object to the mindset that places the primary (or sole) focus for this problem on thin female celebrities. Advertisers and media outlets and the diet industry are making billions of dollars every year, and their profit margins depend largely on women having low self-esteem.

[arcanum-dogma.livejournal.com]

the Daily Mail should not be taken as representative of any "news" media. it's a tabloid on the same level as our National Enquirer. the only reason the Daily Mail pulled this dumbass idea was to generate the lawsuit — the increase in ad revenue will more than offset the cost of the suit.

begin the sarcasm drip (heavy setting)

[akaiyume.livejournal.com]

Certainly you can't be implying that the media-type powers-that-be decree that women must be below a healthy body weight in order to get (at least the vast majority of) the jobs, roles, and types of promotion that made said women famous in the first place?!?!?!

[alobar.livejournal.com]

offtopic:
I thought you would like the book talked about here:
http://heron61.livejournal.com/457648.html