tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post116110877408632629..comments2023-10-24T03:48:17.089-04:00Comments on Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?: Fashion Forwarddrstaceynyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698974154886393241noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-16357256633712533112011-04-24T16:09:37.850-04:002011-04-24T16:09:37.850-04:00Obviously, no one can be proved right or wrong her...Obviously, no one can be proved right or wrong here, as Audrey is (unfortunately) no longer with us. BUT.<br />Audrey was never diagnosed with anorexia. It is, however, a well known fact, that the time a body most needs food is in the teenage years. If you don't eat in your teenage years, you will be unhealthily skinny the rest of your life. Audrey Hepburn spent HER teenage years in the Netherlands in the middle of the Dutch Famine. She says her brother would clutch his stomach and scream, he was so hungry. Audrey began to convince herself that she wasn't going to let food control her life. She didn't need food to live. That is why Audrey was always so skinny.sugar4586https://www.blogger.com/profile/02220147287729432579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-24499753506511107992007-12-03T13:44:00.000-05:002007-12-03T13:44:00.000-05:00I look at Audrey and the actesses of today and see...I look at Audrey and the actesses of today and see the sickness in their body and eyes.<BR/><BR/>I struggled with my own anorexia, which any doctor will say is a metal disorder. Sure, the loss of weight is a physical act but mostly I think that by starving the body is to deny the mind of the body's relevance. And in the end the women whom suffer from this mind boggiling deciese, deny their woman hood.<BR/><BR/>Genetically, women are volumptious because of the most defining characteristic we have : baring a child. We need those beautiful curves to create and nuture. Even if someone does not choose to be a mother, our body knows what it needs to do. When our mind interfers.......<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think that the surge in eating disorders has to come with the idea that women want more control and restriction from emotions...or the fact that having a more man-ish body equals more power/control/respect (what a man symbolizes today.)<BR/><BR/>I cheer on all the beautiful women underwieght or not to love what body comes naturally to them. Family and true friends will never lie when they say that "you look so healthy!" (healthy=beautiful)<BR/><BR/>Be healthy and you are beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-69433859003418995882007-07-05T09:41:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:41:00.000-04:00Having an eating disorder is comparable to this ki...Having an eating disorder is comparable to this kind of plastic surgery. For me, starving myself was all about trying to reshape my body into something other than what it naturally was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1162768962047654132006-11-05T18:22:00.000-05:002006-11-05T18:22:00.000-05:00You know what else I think is interesting? What A...You know what else I think is interesting? What Anon 8:32 brought up.<BR/><BR/>I NEVER had ANY idea that Audrey Hepburn was anorexic. I just thought she was a naturally small woman (I know that historically women were smaller than they are now, and I have tiny dancer friends that really eat.)<BR/><BR/>As much as designers and moguls croon and sigh over the "perfect Audrey Hepburnesque woman" to design for/have by one's side, I think the societal ramifications of such a thing are pretty darn enormous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1162768692953728702006-11-05T18:18:00.000-05:002006-11-05T18:18:00.000-05:00With all respect? Dr. George is a jerk.Who decide...With all respect? Dr. George is a jerk.<BR/><BR/>Who decided it was a good idea to quote him anyway?<BR/><BR/>Anybody checked to see whether his wife is anorexic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1161638695641480992006-10-23T17:24:00.000-04:002006-10-23T17:24:00.000-04:00nyc--interesting point. ptc--uh-huh.roshni--I agr...nyc--interesting point. <BR/><BR/>ptc--uh-huh.<BR/><BR/>roshni--I agree--good take on the mixed messages we receive. Thanks for reading. : )<BR/><BR/>fc--maybe they'll be gone soon (only to come back in 10 years, or so).drstaceynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698974154886393241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1161533079932705852006-10-22T12:04:00.000-04:002006-10-22T12:04:00.000-04:00my gut feeling is that GAP is not going to do well...my gut feeling is that GAP is not going to do well with this campaign. the skinny black jeans are just not where it is at. why did they bring them back? is it some sort of conspiracy????<BR/>alas, another doofusie thing madison avenue has tried to convince us of....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1161274456351329142006-10-19T12:14:00.000-04:002006-10-19T12:14:00.000-04:00Unfortunately it's all too often that we see this ...Unfortunately it's all too often that we see this supposedly love-hate relationship between the media (i.e. those who decide what's ideal) and models/actresses suffering from eating disorders. How often do I stand in grocery store checkout lines, appalled at the close-ups and vicious lines regarding the anorexia of some poor starlet? These magazine covers supposedly condemn these women's weaknesses (and conveniently do not address where those weaknesses come from). Then only weeks later, the bodies of these same women can be found on more covers and spreads, only this time they're being praised for elegance, sexiness, and success. I would call this message ambiguous, but in my opinion it's actually quite clear: the pictures' descriptions might as well say, "She sure looked disgusting when she hit that too-skinny low (and it wouldn't reflect well on us if we'd praised her at that moment), but she looks so great now, so let's just forget her struggle, ok? I mean she looks GREAT!" <BR/> I just wish there were more emphasis on the health of such women than on the seemingly positive outcomes (i.e. even "sexier" bodies). Instead, the media conveniently forgets their own influence, and and the magazines simply contribute further to the ideals that probably helped to get those starlets to their low points in the first place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1161212719399295352006-10-18T19:05:00.000-04:002006-10-18T19:05:00.000-04:00First of all, I hate skinny jeans. Um, they are s...First of all, I hate skinny jeans. Um, they are so 1980's! That whole procedure to fit into them is ridiculous though. Absolutely nuts!PTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377666179155825301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-1161131547463071212006-10-17T20:32:00.000-04:002006-10-17T20:32:00.000-04:00i felt momentarily psychic when i saw the picture ...i felt momentarily psychic when i saw the picture of audrey hepburn in your second-to-most-recent post. i was just reading something about how audrey hepburn struggled with anorexia. so we're bringing in a celebrity from a past era who had an eating disorder to be the spokesperson for clothing? yet another reason to rage against advertising. <BR/>- nycAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com