June 10th, 2008
Has there been more uproar lately about celebrities gaining and losing weight, or have I just noticed it more? Three posts I ran across today in quick succession:
1. “Carnie Wilson’s War” (with video from the Tyra Banks show, of course) is Carnie’s battle with her weight after her highly publicized weight loss surgery.
2. Britney Spears [...]
Filed under: Britney Spears, Carnie Wilson, Celebrities, Feminism, Guest Post, International, Oprah, Tyra Banks, Victoria Beckham, WLS | 18 Comments »
December 10th, 2007
So, this whole Jennifer Love Hewitt brouhaha has been going on, and now Janice Dickinson, who is crazy, has decided she’s going to defend J. Love by calling Tyra Banks fat (again)!
When shown J.Love’s bikini pics on The Today Show, the world’s first self-proclaimed supermodel had this to say: “Jennifer Love Hewitt [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Gossip, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Magazines, Media, Tyra Banks | 18 Comments »
October 30th, 2007
What do Oprah, Britney Spears, and Kirstie Alley have in common? They’re all part of the phenomenon that one writer calls weightertainment: our obsession with how much people weigh or don’t weigh. She blames Oprah for starting the trend, and posits that the best way for a celebrity to gain attention these days is to [...]
Filed under: Britney Spears, Celebrities, Feminism, Gossip, Kirstie Alley, Meta, Oprah, Tyra Banks | 23 Comments »
May 24th, 2007
Remember how Tyra was all “I’m not fat, so kiss my fat ass” blah blah blah? She immediately turned around and lost 30 pounds.
Banks insisted the shots of her in a bikini during a winter break were just taken from a bad angle as she launched a ‘So what’ campaign on her TV [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Tyra Banks, Weight Loss | 49 Comments »
April 12th, 2007
Both The Rotund and Elastic Waist are out to remind us of one very important fact: thin people are not the enemy. First up, The Rotund:
“And so you get people who describe models in truly awful terms. You get people who throw around the slogan ‘Real women have curves!’ as if thin women aren’t real [...]
Filed under: Celebrities, Courtney Love, Tyra Banks | 3 Comments »
