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The Mayo Clinic’s list of the eating disorder’s side effects include abnormal bowel functioning, damaged teeth and gums, swollen salivary glands in the cheeks, sores in the throat and mouth and irregular heartbeat. And with new study findings out of the University of Colorado, brain damage might be another scary side effect to add to that list.
The bikini itself wasn’t invented as some sort of sartorial tool of female repression to feed the male gaze (yes ma’am, I just said that). In fact, the shrinking of women’s bathing attire was heralded as a form of emancipation.
Models’ “ideal bodies” and perfectly smooth silhouettes we see sporting swimwear and such aren’t exactly the real deal. Sure, these women are genetically predisposed to have lovely figures, and they’re paid to keep themselves trim. However, let’s not lose sight of something that has undeniably skewed our idea of what the “perfect body” looks like: airbrushing.
I’d wager that around 99.9 percent of “swimsuit season” anxiety perpetuated by advertising and weight-loss articles are targeted toward women and girls (Men’s Health subscribers, correct me if I’m wrong here). Why? Because guys don’t have to flaunt it all in a bikini, so they have no reason to be body conscious, right?
Swimsuit Season Lies No. 2: Skinny Equals Healthy
by Cristen Conger | April 12, 2011
Who hates swimsuit season more than everybody’s (least) favorite single gal comic character Cathy? C’mon, you remember ol’ Cathy, staring at herself in the dressing room mirror wearing an ill-fitting bikini. All she wanted in the world was to drop some pounds and slide right into some polka dotted lycra and spandex.
But Cathy — and a lot of other people, both real and fictional — have the wrong idea about thinness.
Yesterday, I received my first pool invitation of 2011. The sun was beating like a bongo here in Atlanta, and my sunglasses were slowly slipping down my face due to sweat when the prospect of a pool popped up. But the first reflexive thought in my to-pool-or-not-to-pool decision had nothing to do with the heat.
How will you look in a swimsuit? Are you really bikini-ready, Conger?
Taking (yet another) cue from Jamie Keiles, whose Seventeen Magazine Project, prompted my little foray into Cosmoland, I wanted to see what types of products are advertised in its pages. This breakdown doesn’t include all of the advertorial items included in the what-to-wear, how-to-be-beautiful sections, but rather the actual ad spots. As expected, there’s a [...]
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