Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency: I Don’t “Do Fat” Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman While we are still unsure how much people listen when celebrities say dumb things, when it comes to weight and size, many ears tend to perk up. This week on “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency” (Oxygen Network), the former supermodel, actress, agent and [...]
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Dr. Robyn Silverman The advertisers have been more and more relentless these days. Everywhere you look, we’re told we’re not good enough. Girls. Boys. Men. Women. Really, nobody is safe. While it’s typical for advertisers to target their audience by advertising on the “right” web pages, the “optimal” radio stations, and the “correct” TV channels, [...]
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The High Cost of Beauty: Giving up Wealth, Health, and Happiness Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Friday Musings… I believe it was 7th grade. One of my closest friends cried that she needed a nose job. “It’s way too big!” I thought she looked great. What did I know? When I tried to persuade her not [...]
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Why Girls are Confused…again: Body Size Messages Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman We know we’re constantly bombarded with photos indirectly suggesting to women and girls that “thin is in and thin is beautiful (and fat is NOT).” Messages accompany these photos that tell us 51 ways to lose weight, tone up, get rid of cellulite, and [...]
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Can Dropping Acid Can Help Girls Feel Good About Themselves? Selma Blair has the Answer and…everything you want to know about LSD Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Well folks, it looks I could be out of work—I mean, who needs a body image expert to help teens when all we need is to tell girls to [...]
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Is anyone “Perfect” enough? Kiera Knightley says no to digital enhancement Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Keira Knightley has been pegged as a waifish “it” girl for her lean body and beautiful face. But even she has had to deal with people wanting to enhance her photos by changing her A-cup breasts to C-cups. She doesn’t [...]
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Girls Feel Anxiety about Pressure to Fast-Track Their Development Dr. Robyn J.A. Silverman Between the magazine articles telling girls to lose weight, glossies teller her that she’ll never measure up , young celebrities withering away along with their clothes, models getting thinner and thinner, and the massive pressures in school and among friends to look [...]
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Steroid Use in Preteens and Teens Perhaps you’ve noticed a few of them walking in the halls of your children’s schools. Or perhaps you’ve noticed something strange among your own teens. Are their chiseled bodies really of this world? With their six pack abs, bulging biceps and firm quads, these teens make others wonder if [...]
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According to HollyScoop, the very thin Kate Beckinsale has reportedly demanded that she have a body double for a shower scene in her latest movie, Whiteout, because she doesn’t like her butt. A source tells The Mail, “The script called for her character to be filmed nude in a shower, focusing in on her bottom [...]
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“Parents face a complicated situation,” Brownell says. “They have to promote healthy weight, but they also don’t want to change children into diet-crazed fanatics.” There was a great article in Time Magazine regarding the much discussed “thin and happy” vs. “fat and unhealthy” medical/media beef. A must read. The dilemma is born due to the [...]
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