Trench Warfare! Firing Range! …Shoe tying? = WEIGHT LOSS!
An article on Jezebel yesterday alerted us of a New Zealand advertisement for a weight loss drug, Xenical. Sure, we’ve all seen commercials on the tube for everything from pills to patches to pulsating electrical currents that promise to shed the pounds while you sit around sedentary – ahh, the easy life. But what if [...]
Read moreHuge: A Live Blog Affair
The focus on “health” in the media has skyrocketed over the last year or so – with shows like The Biggest Loser, Losing It with Jillian, and The Style Network’s Ruby giving America a “real life look” at our major health issues relating to weight. I’d been hearing murmurs about the new ABC show, “Huge“, [...]
Read moreThe Allure
This weekend, while playing on Gilt, I succumbed to a moment of swooning: The Allure of Women (Gilt, Amazon). What could be a better coffee table book? I’ll tell you what: The Allure of Men (Amazon). After spending more than a year submerging myself in the murky waters of media, societal perceptions, and what “sexy” [...]
Read moreCalling All Lovers: Body Image From the Other Side
Here at the Demoiselles, we talk a lot about body image, and more specifically, about self-image. The biggest goal of this website (and its owners) is to promote your own acceptance of YOU, all the way from your wide hips to your tiniest bits, no matter what the media thinks, or what the guy you really, really want [...]
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