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Too Fat? Too Thin? The Great Weight Debate

May 6, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Style

With Fashion Week in full swing, there is a lot of focus in the media on body shapes, weight, and ultimately the impact this has on body image and eating disorders. Models are being criticised for being too thin, unhealthy role models etc. With the statistics of eating disorders on the rise, and “90 per cent of young people in Australia and around the world unhappy with their weight and shape” (The Daily Telegraph), I’m not surprised at this outrage and support to change modelling standards. Butterfly Foundation’s CEO Christine Morgan in an interview on the Today Show likened the fashion industry to “drug [...]

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Real Beauty and My Ideal World

April 23, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Face, Gender, Health, Mental Health, People, Society, Style

Last week a Dove ad went viral and while Mandi has given her opinion, I wished to give mine. It features a forensic artist drawing a number of “real women” without seeing them – he draws by the women’s description. The women describe their perceived flaws rather than their best features. “Tell me about your chin?” the artist asks one woman. “It kind of protrudes a little when I smile”, she says. “Your jaw?” he asks another. “My mother told me I have a big jaw” she replies. After this first drawing session, the women are encouraged to spend time with [...]

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Real Beauty Sketches by Dove: My Take

April 19, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Current Affairs, Face, Gender, Health, Mental Health, News, People, Self, Society

This week, Dove released a video called Real Beauty Sketches. I had been holding off watching this, purely because of the people’s reaction to this video. There were those who thought, while the message was lovely, “ERMAGHERD Dove is owned by the same company that make Lynx body spray! How can we listen to anything they say?” Apparently both brands being owned by Unilever is enough for people to miss the point Dove were trying to get across. Then there were those who were almost euphoric with how awesome it is, and how awesome the message was, and awesome Dove is, and [...]

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Video: Dove’s Sneaky Action Against Photoshop

March 27, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Celebrity, Entertainment, Fashion, Health, Style, Technology

As part of the Dove “Real Beauty” campaign, they devised a clever way to sneak the message directly into the hands of those who can change our retouching culture. In case you can’t watch the video, Dove used a popular Photoshop plugin site to put up their free “Beautify” plugin that appeared to make the model’s skin glow. Instead what it did was undo all the photoshopping done to revert the image to the original and add the message “Don’t manipulate our image of real beauty”. What do you think of this campaign?

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Does Makeup Feed Our Insecurities?

February 12, 2013 in Body, Body Image, Face, Gender, Lifestyle, People, Self

On a night out recently with some friends we were deciding whether to continue on to another, much bigger venue. One female friend protested. Her reason? She wasn’t wearing any makeup. Being my typical self I told her to stop being so ridiculous and I (truthfully) told her she looked perfectly fine and did not need makeup on in order come out. Another lady friend was happy to make a night of it and crash at my place, but on one condition: that I had ‘good’ makeup for her to wear to work the next day. To cut a long [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: Women

November 29, 2012 in Body, Entertainment, Face, Fashion, Food & Recipes, Gender, Home, Style, Technology

Today’s guide is for the women in your life – your wife, sister, friend, mother, aunt, cousin, mother in law… We all know how hard it can be to find gifts for people so we’re aiming to make it as easy as possible with these guides. If you have anything to add to the list, leave it in the comments! Also, don’t forget our gift guide for men. Although I’ve separated these by gender, I highly recommend both gift guides as gender just ain’t that simple! And if the girl in your life is a bit of a geek, check [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: Men

November 22, 2012 in Body, Books, Entertainment, Film & TV, Food & Recipes, Lifestyle, Style, Technology, Work

When it comes to buying Christmas presents, a lot of people get stuck on what to get. Especially when it comes to men. So I thought I’d lend a hand with a bit of a gift guide. Most people can think of DVDs and books themselves, so I’ve tried to go a little outside the box with my suggestions. If in doubt, get a book voucher . Keep checking back for my guides for women & kids. Under $50 Avengers: Without a doubt one of the most popular movies of the year was The Avengers and with only having come [...]

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Girls: Embracing the Average on TV

November 19, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Celebrity, Entertainment, Fiction, Film & TV

It’s no secret that the characters in TV shows rarely mirror people in real life. Sure, their personalities may have some similarities but it’s not often they match up to reality in the looks department. Then there’s Girls, the new hit show from HBO that appears to be embracing the average. The premise may sound a little familiar; four friends in their twenties try to make their way in New York as they deal with the typical dramas facing young women in the Big Apple. Some are calling it Sex and the City for a new generation, and while I [...]

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Is being called “full-figured” an insult?

October 10, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Celebrity, Current Affairs, Entertainment, Film & TV, Health, News, Style

Kate Waterhouse has surely learnt a thing or two about how to interview this week after her one-on-one chat with Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks who plays Joan in the hit TV series went awry. I must admit I cringed during the 1 min and 36 sec interview but not just about Kate calling Christina “full figured”. It’s no secret that Christina Hendricks has one of the most talked about bodies in Hollywood. She’s curvy and that is quite a rare sight on the red carpet. But She’s sick of being asked about how she feels about her figure and frankly so [...]

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Video: The Human Anime Doll

October 3, 2012 in Body, Body Image, Entertainment, Face, Fashion, Film & TV, Hair, Health, Style

How far would you go to look like a cartoon character? This woman has gone to fairly extreme lengths to look like an Anime character. 19 year old Anastasiya Shpagina has transformed herself into a living, breathing anime character, and she’s posted a video tutorial to show you how to do it too. Anastasiya is part of a growing movement known as “Cosplay” or Costume Play which has been around for a long time but, with the help of the internet and social media, has found its’ footing firmly within current culture. With over 16,000 fans on one Facebook page, over 13,000 [...]

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