{"id":3919,"date":"2008-11-05T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2010-11-24T02:46:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T07:46:29","slug":"the-pink-patch-the-solution-to-lifes-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/11\/05\/the-pink-patch-the-solution-to-lifes-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pink Patch: The Solution to Life’s Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pink Patch is similar to nicotine patches, except it’s a diet product aimed at young women. Here’s a photo from the website<\/a> of a woman wearing it:<\/p>\n

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The website for this product clearly targets young women; it warns young women that they are at the time in their lives when their metabolism is highest, and refers to college weight-gain.<\/p>\n

The product promises women a solution to their negative body image. Of course, the solution isn’t to think differently about their bodies; the solution is to use the Pink Patch to get skinny:<\/p>\n

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This quote from a supposed customer makes it clear that losing weight brings boys and popularity:<\/p>\n

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It also encourages competition and envy among girls:<\/p>\n

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And apparently, it’s an upper. You might experience “possible mood elevation” and can “relieve your stress,” allowing you to get everything done:<\/p>\n

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So use the Pink Patch and you will lose weight, which will bring popularity and male attention. Girls will envy you. You’ll be happier, you’ll get a lot done, and that will help you graduate with that great job you always wanted.<\/p>\n

It’s the overall message of the diet industry, condensed in one website: the answer to all your problems in a product that will help you melt the pounds away, thus transforming your life. And it’s pink! So feminine!<\/p>\n

Via Big Fat Deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pink Patch is similar to nicotine patches, except it’s a diet product aimed at young women. Here’s a photo from the website of a woman wearing it: The website for this product clearly targets young women; it warns young women that they are at the time in their lives when their metabolism is highest, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[218,235,227,55,2089],"class_list":["post-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bodies","tag-dietexercise-industry","tag-commodification","tag-gender","tag-gender-beauty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29889,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/29889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}