tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post4804391411400932198..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: Down with Planet Barbie!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-10055030467244912392010-03-05T22:17:52.125-05:002010-03-05T22:17:52.125-05:00Well, good for James Cameron! I'm all in favo...Well, good for James Cameron! I'm all in favor of it catching on, too.Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-68298095949722220882010-03-05T20:35:32.884-05:002010-03-05T20:35:32.884-05:00I was listening to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh ...I was listening to Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air today in an interview with Avatar director James Cameron. She asked about the small breasts of his Na'vi female characters, noting that the convention now is larger is better. Cameron laughed and said the Na'vi have "athletic breasts." I like that term. Who knows? Maybe it will catch on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-72387705996369220622010-03-05T20:08:12.853-05:002010-03-05T20:08:12.853-05:00Thanks, Tori! Well, ya know, it's true! ;-)Thanks, Tori! Well, ya know, it's true! ;-)Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-59341209583628029982010-03-05T19:20:18.387-05:002010-03-05T19:20:18.387-05:00Hear, hear!!! *standing ovation*
The girl is only...Hear, hear!!! *standing ovation*<br /><br /><i>The girl is only 23. Yet, she looks like a very well-preserved 40 year old porn star.</i><br /><br />This cracked me up! :)Tori Lennoxhttp://www.torilennox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-67626113418248968202010-03-05T15:31:11.858-05:002010-03-05T15:31:11.858-05:00I'm with you, Kate! Too skinny isn't heal...I'm with you, Kate! Too skinny isn't healthy. And it looks completely freaky to see someone so thin with fake breasts. I'm not sure whose feminine ideal that is! (It's scary to think it's anyone's!) We're such a country of extremes that people are starting to look like cartoons or caricatures of real people. How about those wrinkle cream commericals that use women who are too young to even have a wrinkle on their faces? Oy!Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-22001804724324467712010-03-05T15:02:41.306-05:002010-03-05T15:02:41.306-05:00I used to be able to spot the "altered" ...I used to be able to spot the "altered" in my aerobics classes 'cuz they were the ones who, when we lay on our backs to do sit-ups, continued to stick up toward the ceiling, perfectly perky. One slipped off her top in the locker room and she didn't even wear a bra. They were so high she could barely chew without bumping her chin. When Lindsay Lohan got anorexically thin, she still had these kind of pathetic pods stitched to her chest wall.<br /><br />I'm with you, Susan...I love to see women with great muscle definition in their arms, who look strong and fit. I worry for young girls, but I also worry about the impact of the rest of these Barbie bodies, where the girls are so unhealthily thin. I'm in favor of a movement where older women, who comprise a huge demographic,refuse to purchase clothes (or other products, like CARS, maybe?)from any manufacturer who markets them using too young, too improbably models.<br /><br />We can vote with our pocketbooks. Even Eileen Fisher, who used to use real women in her ads, in now using scarily thin girls.Old Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18405582208713238200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-78026105564450363152010-03-05T12:01:36.778-05:002010-03-05T12:01:36.778-05:00Zita, just from listening to ads by plastic surger...Zita, just from listening to ads by plastic surgery centers around St. Louis, it's pretty clear you can pay off your surgery in installments or put it on your credit card. I'd venture to guess that before the recession, people were using home equity loan money, too. They make it way too easy! I'll bet you're right about a dude writing "We must increase our bust." I must Google and see if there's an actual author attached, or if it's a boy called Anon. ;-)Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-41715765113476224072010-03-05T11:55:45.191-05:002010-03-05T11:55:45.191-05:00You said it! Ditto! I'm sure my jaw hit the fl...You said it! Ditto! I'm sure my jaw hit the floor when I read about Heidi while in the checkout line at the grocery store. And your stats are staggering. I thought medical treatments are really expensive in the US. How are those 300,000+ women paying for those boobs? Do they just neglect their other health care or do the fake boobs make them virus-proof too?<br /><br />The rest of that chant: "The bigger the better to fill the sweater, the boys depend on us!" You know. I'm now thinking a boy wrote that...Zitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934983183390982361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-33413876000499550172010-03-05T11:40:43.518-05:002010-03-05T11:40:43.518-05:00Kris, I haven't watched "Survivor" y...Kris, I haven't watched "Survivor" yet this season, but I have watched it often enough in the past. IMHO, they pick the women for that show based on their bodies (since they're usually dressed in little more than bikinis), adding a couple more "normal" women who usually get kicked off early on. I enjoy the show more when they have women like Sue, the truck driver! She was awesome!<br /><br />Anjali, I'm glad I made you chuckle! :-) We used to chant that, too! Do girls do that anymore? Probably not since they just figure they can go to the plastic surgeon at 16 and increase their bust! (Oy!) I remember being 13 and about the size I am now (I grew fast then stopped!). I had the "biggest" boobs on my gymnastics team. It gave me a complex for years! Hard to believe when you see my picture, eh? ;-) It's too bad we can't all learn to relax and appreciate being healthy, whatever our shape. Although I doubt the fashion magazines will ever embrace normalcy! And that's too bad.Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-89805004651842735332010-03-05T10:53:27.600-05:002010-03-05T10:53:27.600-05:00You had me laughing out loud and nodding in agreem...You had me laughing out loud and nodding in agreement the whole time. I remember reading "Are you there God, it's me Margret" and all my friends chanting "we must, we must, increase our bust". I was in elementary school so the "girls" wouldn't make an appearance for a few years anyways but that didn't stop me from hoping. Body image is such an issue for girls and has been for ages. You're right about athletes and I certainly hope that girls are inspired to model after them intead of Barbie. Thank you!Anjali Kapoor-Davisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-79751661634316276262010-03-05T10:05:21.111-05:002010-03-05T10:05:21.111-05:00I'm so with you. I thought about this yesterda...I'm so with you. I thought about this yesterday while watching Survivor, during one of the challenges I happened to notice that there was one girl who had to have fake boobs, because all the rest of the woman looked "normal" in a swimming suit top and hers were nice and round and perky. Of course, a couple of the woman are soo totally thin it's disgusting.<br /><br />I hope girls watched the Olympics and noticed how totally fit the woman were, not thin, fit. Maybe that will help some start to workout towards a healthy weight too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182023445485838169noreply@blogger.com