SELF Magazine Warning Needed?
Subject on Cover is Bigger Than She Actually Appears
Dr. Robyn Silverman
When I was sitting in my Sassy Sisterhood Girl Circle showing how magazine editors photo-shop the hell out of every photo that comes their way, something clicked. Meaghan, age 13, looked right at me and said. “So what you’re saying is…the [...]
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Too Fat to Be Surgeon General?
Discriminatory Claims Circulating Against Dr. Regina Benjamin’s “Fitness” to Be Surgeon General
Dr. Robyn Silverman
There have been some unfortunate derogatory groans about Dr. Regina Benjamin’s Fitness to be President Obama’s pick for Surgeon General. Her weight is throwing opinions of her fitness for the job off kilter.
Case and point from one [...]
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What’s a parent to do with all these overexposed teen celebrity images?
Celebrities are wearing skimpier outfits everyday. Of course, there is less of them to cover these days too, having lost so much weight. After all, that’s the “new normal” isn’t it? What are parents supposed to do with all these images? Hide away our [...]
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Reflecting on the New Normal: Today’s ultra thin standards for the ideal body
Dr. Robyn Silverman
Ahh, it’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? New actresses- new entertainers– more ultra thin body ideals saluted.
We all know standards of beauty change. Model and actress Marilyn Monroe, who reigned supreme in the fifties as the symbol of a beautiful [...]
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Kim Kardashian, curvaceous reality star, is featured in Life and Style Magazine this month. She’s talking about her body (not surprising– everyone else does!) and what she really thinks of her curves. It’s amazing how controversial these reality stars and celebs can be– even if they seem to be doing something good for women. On [...]
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Dr. Robyn Silverman
What are we saying to our young people, when one of the selected finalists for Miss Universe is so underweight, she looks like she needs a hamburger more than a crown? What are we teaching our girls about what is beautiful, celebrated, and rewarded? What does the media tell them, show them, and [...]
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Why is being called “plus-sized” so offensive?
So here’s my issue with the whole Meghan McCain “Body Bullying” issue. Yes, “conservative” radio host Laura Ingraham was in the wrong when she mocked Senator McCain’s daughter about her weight. Yes, very high school. As we all know, that’s most women’s hot button. But why [...]
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Something is clearly screwed up. In the Boston paper today, the results of a survey tells us that almost half of the Boston teenagers interviewed in a poll by Boston Public Health Commission said pop star Rihanna was responsible for her own beating. Yuck. Perhaps you remember that Rihanna has granted Chris Brown continuance [...]
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Our values and our character have clearly been screwed up. We’ve got work to do folks, and it may be an uphill battle. As Powerful Words Member Schools are talking about confidence this month, we have to look at all contributors for their lack of self worth, low self esteem, and lack of regard for [...]
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Dr. Robyn Silverman
Jessica Simpson has been spotted ***gasp*** looking heavier than her ultra-skinny Dukes of Hazzard daisy-duke wearing self. Shall we call out the calvary? The farm? Has everyone gone insane?
We just went through this whole thing with Jennifer Love Hewitt– didn’t we?
Media outlets are shouting it from the roof tops– like this one; “Jessica [...]
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