tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post3258853746361592319..comments2024-01-22T10:00:14.762-05:00Comments on Not Another Wave: From Erica: my body's PolitikEricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15249287420418816844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-8696555679142642092011-09-26T00:15:44.096-04:002011-09-26T00:15:44.096-04:00Emily showed me this post. THANK YOU!!!Emily showed me this post. THANK YOU!!!Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293816829213883918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-2553792312134616132009-07-16T16:19:46.565-04:002009-07-16T16:19:46.565-04:00As a nutrition major and someone who has been clas...As a nutrition major and someone who has been classified as overweight for as long as I can remember, this topic is of special interest to me. It seems like this is what it means to be an intelligent, forward-thinking woman: to feel bad about not being super-skinny, and also to feel bad about feeling bad about it.<br />Incidentally, the research about weight loss being so beneficial is not as Whitneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7980259522701574842.post-64022137759334578862009-07-16T14:55:24.044-04:002009-07-16T14:55:24.044-04:00You've raised some really important points. A ...You've raised some really important points. A lot of people demonize the visual media for their portrayal of thinness as attractive, but maybe a greater problem is seeing thinness as health. "Chubby" or "fat" characters on films are almost always shown eating lots of unhealthy food, and in most make-over movies the character loses weight as part of his/her transformation, Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13794894633747852280noreply@blogger.com