8.28.2013

The Media and Body Image - this is a blog for EVERYONE, ie: YOU, to peruse...

"Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked female." - Diana Vreeland


This may seem a little off-topic from this blog's usual, but because it's such an important topic these links and videos need to be shared.  This is a major issue in our society today that many aren't fully informed about, so check it out...All the below red words are relevant links.

Sex, Lies, and Photoshop

Beware letting advertising dictate your desires...



"...the musings of the designers who decide what the perfect female body should look like..."


" Everyone talks about the fact that so many images of women are “perfected” with the help of technology, but do we really understand how serious this issue is?"

 "There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion." - Edgar Allan Poe





A Photo Journal of a new type of globalization 
 
More globalization 


“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.”
 - Michael Nolan
and in case you haven't seen this excellent video - Dove Evolution 

"Beauty that breaks the rules is the purest because it has no boundaries."  - Unknown




Please share similar resources and your thoughts in the comments.  :)

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