Rakes and matchsticks

[kro]

I notice there has been a good amount of publicity about "super" models, and runway models in general, and their unhealthy weight, and general appearance.

A lot of models are unhealthy, and gaunt in appearance, and the makeup only hides a bit of the damage they do to themselves. I recently saw a Dove soap? advert on TV, with a bunch of women standing round in bikinis/underwear, and some of them had slightly saggy tummy skin, and some were late 20's and late 30's, and were not obviously emaciated 16-20 yr old matchstick models, and I found myself instantly attracted to their natural beauty.

Fucking huge thumbs up to Dove for putting an advert on TV with REAL women, whom my daughter can look at, and thing "she's pretty, but isn't a beanpole with hair", and realise that this is how women look normally.

A recent comment from my daughter finally won me a months long battle with my wife, about letting our daughter (8 yrs), watch Americas Next Supermodel. She said that she though she was getting podgy, and wondered if she was eating too much fat, and was going to eat less. FFS she is 8 yrs old, and is looking at "dieting", that is just so damn wrong it's scary.

Overhaul the model industry completely, the "skin stretched over ribs" look is fucked up.

[Storm]

Bloody oath ! I'm with you on the dove ad as well.

Bring back the curves !

Get rid of the neurosis !

[skelstar]

Yeah makes me sick. I think horror shows like '10 Years Younger' and the like don't anything for the self-esteem of young girls (and boys). Don't even get me started on 'The Swan' and 'What not to Wear'. Argh!!! :angry:

[Drum]

I too vote for the more natural woman.

"A wiggle in the walk, and a giggle in the talk, makes the world go round" The Big Bopper

[Deviant Esq]

I don't see anything attractive about most runway models. They're way too skinny, really haven't got good figures at all, and the makeup they're made to wear and the clothes they model on the runway really don't do them any favours either. Really gotta appreciate more natural women out there, with curves and actual figures. You'd rather cuddle one of those than a "supermodel," you might get your eye put put by a wayward elbow!

Ooo, except those Victoria's Secrets girls. Some of those are very distracting... :shutup:

[The Pastor]

Hey I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nursery
Left alone with big fat fanny
She was such a naughty nanny
Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me
Hey hey!

[Goblin]

+10 chars...

[Beemer]

Yeah makes me sick. I think horror shows like '10 Years Younger' and the like don't anything for the self-esteem of young girls (and boys). Don't even get me started on 'The Swan' and 'What not to Wear'. Argh!!! :angry:

I agree with you on all except this one - at least on that show they work with what the women have - they don't say "you have a fat arse, you need to diet", they show the woman the right sort of clothes to wear to make them look good no matter what their shape.

I've got a mate who used to be on tv commercials for soap powder (paid well, apparently!) and she is a very big girl - but she always looked immaculate because she dressed well.

If a person is naturally skinny (and a lot of people are - who posted on here once wanting to PUT ON weight?) then that is fine, but if they diet to be skinny because they feel that's what is normal, that isn't.

[MyGSXF]

I notice there has been a good amount of publicity about "super" models, and runway models in general, and their unhealthy weight, and general appearance.

I recently saw a Dove soap? advert on TV... and I found myself instantly attracted to their natural beauty.

Fucking huge thumbs up to Dove for putting an advert on TV with REAL women, whom my daughter can look at, and thing "she's pretty, but isn't a beanpole with hair", and realise that this is how women look normally

I definately agree Kro!! Being a 'real' woman myself.. :innocent: (with persistent 'post-child bearing' 'bits'..) I myself, like seeing the Dove add!!! :yes: it gives me affirmation that, although 10lbs loss might be of benefit.. :shutup: that I still essentially look ok! (although.. I DO know that I WAS really born too short for my solid bone structure! :whistle: )

Definatley a good look for our children to be seeing REAL people on the ever bombarding bloody idiot box! :Punk:

[Guitana]

I did it with a real anorexic chick once when I was 22 what a painful experience it was like doing it with a bag of bones!!!
Yeah natural curves are the way to go!!

[Jimmy B]

Provided people are happy in them selves and generally healthy then body shape is kind of irrelevant despite constant portrayal of "ideal" beauty and the associated diet and fitness industries that never quite seems to deliver. Heaps of pressure on people to aspire to be a certain shape and really its just unrealistic for most. Viva la Difference I say

[limbimtimwim]

I thought this was going to be a discussion on rake and trail and skinny front forks. Oh how wrong I was.

[The_Dover]

let's keep it real though.

no wonder wants to fuck a whale either, do they?

[Finn]

Be careful guys, this may set a trend we'll all regret one day.

The battle of the bulge is a bigger problem than global warming.

[Finn]

let's keep it real though.

no wonder wants to fuck a whale either, do they?

Was it Vic that caused that harpoon scar on your back?

[The_Dover]

Was it Vic that caused that harpoon scar on your back?

fat on a man is a sign of power.

fat on a bitch is just disgusting and she should get her lardy arse down to the fuckin gym and sweat a little.

[Lissa]

I have a just turned six year old girl. She often comments about different TV programs who’s pretty and who’s not. And that she likes someone because of the way they look… I have always told her that even the most beautiful, slim person on the outside could be the most ugly person on the inside. I want her to grow up to have high self-esteem and love herself for who she is, not what she looks like, but to also be healthy.

The most annoying thing for me as a mother is the fact she wants to wear clothes that are too grown up for her. I love her to wear a cute little T-shirt and a pair of shorts… but you go into farmers and other clothing shops… there are some clothes that I wouldn’t even dream of wearing, short short skirts, singlet tops without backs, tops showing off their tummy. Little girls they think they are cool, but when I see little girls wearing them, they don’t look like little girls anymore.

[skelstar]

... at least on that show they work with what the women have ...
We've had this discussion before Beemer. A show that puts a Woman into a room full of mirrors and has the woman take her top off (bra still on) to make her cry and then tell her that they are making her cry to 'build her up again' is amoral and not cool in my book.

[The_Dover]

i'm with skelstar.

at least be honest and say "we're making you cry cos you're fat and we need to break your disgusting eating habits you pig"

[Guitana]

Having sex with a fat chicks like riding a nifty fifty heaps of fun to ride until your mates catch you!!!!
Fat bottomed girls you make this rocking world go round!!
Fuck knows how Freddy Mercury would know that- More like tight arsed queers!!!

[Guitana]

i'm with skelstar.

at least be honest and say "we're making you cry cos you're fat and we need to break your disgusting eating habits you pig"

Treat em Mean keep em Keen!

[Lissa]

Treat em Mean keep em Keen!
Hows that working for ya?

[Guitana]

Hows that working for ya?

Married for 15 years, works a treat what about yourself????

[pete376403]

One theory I read about the skinny models is that the models are trying to appeal to the designers - by looking like the designers boyfriends. So you've got the irony of women trying to look like boys to look attractive to gay male designers, who set fashion standards by designing clothes that would look best on young boys anyway.

[MisterD]

Wot Pete said...wtf do poofs know about what makes women attractive to men.

Chicks should have curves, not corners

[Guitana]

Wot Pete said...wtf do poofs know about what makes women attractive to men.

Chicks should have curves, not corners

Yeah Poofs should stick to digging for truffles and leave the chicks to serious heterosexuals like us!!! Curves are the way to go no argument there!!!