beauty standards
Media Beauty Circus: Change the Way You Think About What You Think
We are delighted to have a guest post from one of the most insightful, ambitious, and effervescent writers on the ‘net. Ellie Di is a headologist, spiritual nomad, compulsive scribbler, literary midwife, professional pompom shaker, and master of the delicious mess. She spends her days writing like a motherfucker and plotting the next Big Thing. [...]
Back to Basics: Advertising’s Image of Women
Sometimes it’s best to get back to the basics. The Demoiselles is founded upon the idea that every body – our real bodies, without cosmetic enhancements and Photoshop – is beautiful, and that we must fight against a greedy, marketing-based media to remind ourselves and others of our natural beauty to avoid losing ourselves and [...]
Crystal Renn Feels the Most Pressure From The Public & Media
Crystal Renn is a popular subject here at TD, and a beautiful, variously-sized fashion model. Recently, she has come under fire – not for a vicious scandal, not for a crime or a love triangle… But because of her fluctuating weight. Once a “straight size” model, Renn eventually admitted to struggling with an eating disorder [...]
What To Do When Your Friends Are Brainwashed
Everyone is “guilty “of telling at least one off-color joke in their lives. Everyone has poked fun at a friend or relative (hopefully in good nature). We’ve all participated in gentle jesting at the expense of others – whether we know them or not. The line is blurry when it comes to “good-natured” when we [...]
UK Department Store Shuns Retouching
What a refreshing development – Debenhams, a UK retail store, is running a swim campaign by loudly renouncing retouched photos. Yes, selling swimsuits by showing images of models that haven’t had their arms literally shaved off and their waists whittled to unbelievable proportions. Could it really be true? Yes. The store’s windows display large, clear [...]
The Newest Naked Face: Jessica Simpson
For months, Lindsay and I have been fighting against anti-progressive beauty standards – the “perfect” face, the “perfect” body – by asking women to challenge themselves to a day without makeup, upload photos of their “naked faces” to Flickr, posting our own naked faces, and celebrating women that choose to put their real selves out [...]
Greener on the Other Side
It’s funny how one sentence can remind you of your purpose. Between Elle’s fashion events and business meetings in Chicago, and my happy hour coffee dates and handmade rummagings in Seattle, it can be hard for us to keep up on anything not “business related.” That’s why, more often than not, Miss Elle and I [...]
From the Birds: A Body Mantra
Think back to a day when you felt amazing. Your waistline was playing nice, your body had perfect proportions, and your skin seemed to glow. What was it that brought on that effortless beauty? What experiences and words created the type of grace that let you put on your shortest dress and reddest lips, without feeling [...]
Women in the Media: Miracle Laurie
Readers! If you haven’t seen the television show Dollhouse and intend on watching it, you’ll want to skip this post. I’ll be speaking pretty openly about the first season of the show, which includes – you guessed it! – spoilers. You’ve been warned! When I think of actress Miracle Laurie, especially in her role as [...]
Stars Are Taking Action Against Photoshopping
Finally, the subjects of over-photoshopped magazine spreads and covers are starting to get annoyed that their beauty still isn’t good enough for glossies (without 9 hours of retouching). Recently, there have been an influx of international magazines taking steps against furthering unrealistic beauty standards. Elle France‘s recently published April issue featured their cover models and [...]
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