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Clad in red swimsuits that show off their slim yet ample-bosomed bodies, the television models hawking Special K have long been synonymous with not only the cereal brand but the idealised female form – at least by advertising standards. But this month parent company Kellogg’s released an ad in the UK featuring “everyday” women with … Continue reading
Extract More gyms are catering to plus-size clients who want to work out but are intimidated by the types of people featured in New York Times trend pieces. (Bachelorette gym parties, anyone?) One gym in Vancouver, Body Exchange, actually screens potential clients over the phone and bans non-plus-size women from joining. (Men aren’t allowed, … Continue reading
Extract Hugo Schwyzer responds to a recent op-ed that attempts to assign blame for the growing number of women suffering from body image issues, and offers another source of their strife: male disengagement. The body image crisis is a perennial hot topic in women’s magazines, but in 2012, it’s getting global attention like never … Continue reading
Extract Tits. The name was given to me by a bully shortly after I started Year 6. I had been a fat kid since the age of nine, but as puberty began to kick in, parts of me started growing differently than expected. The doctors said I had gynecomastia. “Man boobs” or “moobs” in the … Continue reading
ABSTRACT The fat female body is typically not considered attractive or sexual in Western culture. Not surprisingly, the scholarship about fat women’s dating and sexual histories is deficient. To address this gap, 36 fat-identified women were interviewed about their body image, involvement in the size acceptance movement, and their dating and sexual histories. Results indicated … Continue reading
ABSTRACT Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between weight status and exposure to bullying among 11-, 13- and 15-year-old Danish school children. Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate the potentially mediating effect of body image. Methods: Data from the Danish contribution to the international cross-sectional research project Health Behaviour in … Continue reading
Extract My body is a testament to high testosterone. I have a body type one sees a lot: male pattern baldness, plenty of body hair, builds both muscle and fat very easily. You see guys like me all the time, with our wide shoulders and wider beer guts. Burly sonsabitches, often rocking the shaved-head-and-beard combo. … Continue reading
Extract Glamour magazine conducted an exclusive survey in which they asked more than 1,800 women, ages 18 to 40, to imagine an “overweight” woman and a “thin” woman. They were told to imagine that they know nothing about either of the women, and to choose from pairs of words to describe them (such as ambitious … Continue reading
Extract Fat-shaming, like sexism, takes many different forms. Rarely do we hear blatant declarations that “fat people are ugly/lazy/etc.” With the dialogue of “health” currently trending in pop culture, it becomes easier for advertisers, writers, and producers to integrate the language of fat shaming into their finished products under the guise of appropriate diet and … Continue reading
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