Tuesday Open Thread

Here’s your open thread, with a tidbit to kick off discussion:
If you were making a “most beautiful” list, who would you put on it?
Feel free to discuss this story or anything else in the open thread! Regular posting will resume next week.

OMGWTFBBW!!

Ezinearticles.com just made a list of the “Top 40 BBWs of all time.” Sounds good, right? Sure, until you get to the list, and you realize that some of the women on it are not all what most people would consider “BBW”s. Mo’nique, Camryn Manheim, Mama Cass, Rosie O’Donnell… sure. But Jamie [...]

Sex (With Curvy Chicks) Sells

jennifer hudson ad Originally uploaded by mo pie
I saw this ad in this week’s Entertainment Weekly; it’s the first Jennifer Hudson for Avon ad that I’ve seen so far. And I was quite struck by the “sex sells” marketing. Not only is it an [...]

Unheard Of

I should rename this blog “Kate Winslet Is Awesome” because I never miss an opportunity to point out that she is awesome. The latest is that she has refused to be airbrushed in her new ads for Lancôme.
[She] only accepted the modelling gig if the company promised not to airbrush her for the poster campaign. [...]

For Mopie

I’ve been looking at so many pictures of malnourished actors that this va-va-va voom picture of Kate Winslet is so fucking refreshing.
Where can I get that dress?

The Ladies Across The Pond

A British survey compresses every despairing idea I have about women and their weight into one succinct set of results.
“Almost all women think that size 12 is fat… Six out of ten also think that the size zero look is attractive… This comes on the same day that Donatella Versace announced her daughter, Allegra, is [...]