Comments on: Too Fat, Too Skinny http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: liz http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-420254 liz Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:48:40 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/#comment-420254 what's actually upsetting about this is that the things they've edited are literally impossible at her weight. they edited out a damn bone! what’s actually upsetting about this is that the things they’ve edited are literally impossible at her weight. they edited out a damn bone!

]]> By: Nick http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-164644 Nick Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:14:47 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/#comment-164644 I don't see her hip line as her ilium (wing of the pelvis) sticking out, rather as her oblique abdominal muscle being prominent. Possibly it was removed because 'muscly' women are similarly considered 'inappropriate' as 'fat' women. Going by what gyms tell people, women are meant to 'tone' and men are meant to bulk up. Tone seems to mean lose fat without gaining too much muscle, in this instance. I don’t see her hip line as her ilium (wing of the pelvis) sticking out, rather as her oblique abdominal muscle being prominent. Possibly it was removed because ‘muscly’ women are similarly considered ‘inappropriate’ as ‘fat’ women.

Going by what gyms tell people, women are meant to ‘tone’ and men are meant to bulk up. Tone seems to mean lose fat without gaining too much muscle, in this instance.

]]> By: Unexpected Photoshopping « Feminist Philosophers http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Unexpected Photoshopping « Feminist Philosophers Tue, 27 May 2008 19:32:15 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/#comment-1458 [...] to make women appear thinner (as well as wrinkle-free, etc). Interesting, then, to see this one about Cameron Diaz being made to look less skinny. Does this mean that we’ve turned a [...] [...] to make women appear thinner (as well as wrinkle-free, etc). Interesting, then, to see this one about Cameron Diaz being made to look less skinny. Does this mean that we’ve turned a [...]

]]> By: Rich http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Rich Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/04/16/too-fat-too-skinny/#comment-830 This is pernicious in the case of celebrities and those in the eye of the general public. <br/><br/>What really bothers me is this <br/><br/>http://naturalbeautiescontest.homestead.com/retouchc.html<br/><br/>I look through these and can only think to myself, do we really need to remove all shed of a soul from these kids? This is pernicious in the case of celebrities and those in the eye of the general public.

What really bothers me is this

http://naturalbeautiescontest.homestead.com/retouchc.html

I look through these and can only think to myself, do we really need to remove all shed of a soul from these kids?

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