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 author scoffed [...]
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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, things have [...]
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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 to do it, I’ll [...]
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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 be attractive. [...]
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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 take some acid [...]
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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 feel that [...]
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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 they’re [...]
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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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