Everyone seems to be talking about Crystal Renn these days. The New York Times claims she’s “The Triumph of the Size 12s.” Jezebel says she’s not. And commenters think that having Crystal Renn in 8 page photoshoots is encouraging obesity. So here’s my take. Photographers and Designers told Crystal Renn she was too fat, now [...]
Posts Tagged ‘nytimes’
Polarized Bodies
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Crystal Renn, fashion, fatphobia, media, nytimes, objectification, racism, sexualization on January 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
egads
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fatphobia, nytimes on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
oh noes!!! WEIGHT GAIN?!?! what could be worse than WEIGHT GAIN?! “This is a general health concern,” she said. “Getting married or moving in with a partner and having a baby are events that trigger even further weight gain.
Israeli Women (of the Wall) Protest Orthodox Tradition
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feminism, Israel, nytimes on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A group of Israeli feminists recently gathered at the Western Wall to pray and protest cultural and legal clothing restrictions. A ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court made women wearing the tallit punishable by a fine or jail time. Women who have worn the tallit in public have faced verbal and physical persecution. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/world/middleeast/22jerusalem.html?_r=1&ref=global-home WOW [...]
“menopause, as brought to you by big pharma”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural shame, exploitation, menopause, nytimes on December 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From this NYT article: In the popular 1966 book “Feminine Forever,” Dr. Robert A. Wilson, a gynecologist, used disparaging descriptions of aging women (“flabby,” “shrunken,” “dull-minded,” “desexed”) to upend the prevailing idea of menopause as a normal stage of life. Women and their physicians, Dr. Wilson wrote, should regard menopause as a degenerative disease that [...]
Women’s Happiness 201
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, equality, income, nytimes on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Follow-up to that other article posted a while ago: Here
damn, being a woman is the worst!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, happiness, income, media, men, motherhood, nytimes on September 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Wow. Comments? I might edit this to add my opinions about why this article is fucked up, but I want to hear it from you all first.
Mothers in the Military
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged exploitation, military, nytimes on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now girls, you all know you’ll be demonized for deciding not to have children. But you should know that if you have a child, and do everything in your power to provide for her, including risking your life in the military, there’s a whole new shit storm waiting for you. We Americans sure do appreciate [...]
Maybe I’m Grasping at Straws but…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged nytimes on August 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/01/world/AP-ML-Israel-Tel-Aviv-Shooting.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes Does it annoy anyone else that the nytimes referred to a gay youth center as a “gay club”? as if it was some place for gay teens to get drunk and fuck?
“The Well-Paid Flirt”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged employment, exoticization, japan, nytimes on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
NYTimes has decided to explore the exotic world of Japan and a new “trend”–women there it seems “are often limited to low-paying, dead-end jobs or temp positions.” And thus these “well-paid flirts” are stuck with the job of drinking with men. I see several problems with this piece. My first, what qualifies a “well-paid” flirt. [...]
