All sorts of stuff going on this past week in the world of body image. Here’s some stuff I came across in my readings:
By Monica Herrera on Latina.com
Madrid Fashion Week Shuns Too-Skinny Models
Protruding collarbones. Visible ribcages. Spaghetti noodle-like arms. Pretty images, they’re not, but we saw them everywhere during New York Fashion Week. Skinny doesn’t begin to describe what models look like these days, and while Manhattanites will do as they do, writing articles (here’s another) and holding panels about the lack of diverse faces and bodies on the runway after the fact, Spain is taking preemptive action. more…
From the I am speechless file: Eva Longoria Parker just fat jokes costar.
From Us Magazine’s cover: Too Thin for TV
From The New York Sun: Real Stories of Anorexia Challenge Stereotypes
From Chicago’s Daily Herald: Eating disorders-and treatments- know no ages by Jane Opperman
