Men Get Eating Disorders Too

Just like you can’t go to a Melissa Etheridge concert without seeing an abundance of pit hair, these days you can’t go to an indie rock concert without seeing… emaciated men? This season, anorexic is the new black for the skinny jeans and eyeliner-for-men set. In a profession where rock stars have typically looked drug-emaciated …

Remember When Kate Moss Was Skinny?

Well she’s not now. Don’t get your Calvin Klein’s in a bunch, it’s not like anyone is calling K. Mo. fat. (Hmm… K.Mo. Yeah, okay, I can see why that never caught on.) But in today’s game of anorexic roulette, the Waif herself comes out looking rather… normal. Take Kate in the ’90s. Not even …

Does Caffeine Help or Hinder Weight Loss?

Photo Credit: Fail Blog You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that diet pills don’t work. If they did, we’d all look like Carmen Electra and spend our nights partying away with the Zantrex dancers. And yet they sell. So who’s buying? Women apparently. The other day I went to GNC to …

Athletic Models Should Look Athletic – Plus Giveaway!!! (And no, it’s not a model smart alecks.)

Girl 1: Ugh, do these stripes make my thighs look big? Quick, do the 3/4 Paris Hilton pose! Girl 2: Whatevs, you can totally see my ribs. That’s why I get to wear this teeeeeeny little bra. I just hope my girls don’t get showy.Girl 1: What I love is how it says “sportswear” and …

I Think I May Have To Stop Reading Blogs Like This

It has been popular of late to talk about the ill-effects from being a blogger who writes about weight/diet issues. However, I have been wondering about the opposite effect. That is, what reading all this does to you. And to me. Reader Judy (whose hair I always admire in her profile picture) brought up this …

Wanted: Only Uber-Thin Women With Ginormous Breasts Need Apply

Katie Green has a spectacular rack. Everyone agrees. At least enough people voted her – and her 30F’s (no that’s not a typo – can you imagine?) – to be the winner of Wonderbra’s “Real Women” campaign. At first Green was “completely bowled over” by the news that she had been picked by her British …

How Skinny Is Too Skinny?

Photo Credit Our society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. We’re all well aware how the media accustoms us to starlets sylphlike on screen and sacks of bones in real life. Because the camera adds 15 pounds these days, you see. Even Kim Kardashian, …

Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

Here’s something you don’t see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tucked away on a hip or breast. Oh no, these are full-on I’ve birthed a baby and no amount of Mederma will ever fix them stretch marks. A woman named Deelishis from, unsurprisingly, …