In the thighs of the beholder
Sigh.
So, I'm on the elliptical machine, paging through a celeb weekly for some mindless reading while I workout, when I come across a two-page spread: Goalpost Gams.
As if Muffin Top and Bat Wings weren't bad enough.
For those of you lucky enough to not know what Goalpost Gams are, stop reading right here. The rest of you who have been enlightened understand this is the new term used to describe celebs' ultra-skinny legs (hence, resembling goalposts); the magazine then scribbled in an estimated distance, in inches, spanning between the thighs of Posh Spice, Nicole Ritchie, Renee Zelwegger and more. Is this necessary? Motivational? Downright mean? I suppose it's all three to different groups of people (publishers, disordered individuals and women in general, respectively.)
I'm trying to figure out how to reconcile the fact that I like reading these mags for the entertainment value, but abhor the constant obsession over women's bodies. Do I just need to chuck 'em and stick with the publications that portray healthy bods and make me feel good about myself? What do you do?
On a lighter note, I'm off to my second wedding in six days...and have about a gazillion more this summer (okay, five more to be exact.) I'll be Doing the Twist on Saturday night. Pray for me.
Comments
Although they don't portray healthy bodies, I assume that you are a confident woman who is comfortable with her body and things like that aren't going to affect your self-image. Personally, I like reading those magazines too. But because I have learned to love and be comfortable with my body, features like that in a magazine aren't going to drive me to have an eating disorder.
I saw this too and immediately thought "Hmmm...there's no gap between my thighs. I guess I better get working on that." Awful! I'm at a healthy BMI and my thighs are nowhere near huge and still I have this self-judging thought.
Just goes to show how much these mags do influence our thoughts about ourselves.
I agree, articles like this only serve to make us feel worse about our bodies.
I saw another feature on a fitness website which put Jessica Alba at only taking in 900 calories a day! She's an anorexic and this is who we idiolise!
Insanity.. we should be idolising women who are healthy and fit.. not mental health cases who need hospitalising for their own safety.
Check this out: http://cravingideas.blogs.com/backinskinnyjeans/2007/05/photochopping_a.html
scroll down a bit and play the video. Everything you see in magazines isn't real.
I suppose it is OK to read these mags if you are able to look objectively at your own body, although I sometimes feel we shouldn't support them if they go overboard.
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