Body Image Digest

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    Transformation of the Soul via Smackdown of the Flesh

    January 27th, 2012 | Body Image Digest | Andy Bydalek | No Comments

    I have no doubt that the vast majority of people in modern society wish they could change something about their bodies. And the wish list has a trend all its own: one decade it’s muscular arms, another decade it’s waifish thin limbs. Hot “looks” come and go, but the central desire remains: change me. Fake [...]

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    Fat Superheros + Transgender Killers: a Look at Representation in Film

    August 8th, 2011 | Body Image Digest | Andy Bydalek | 1 Comment

      Over the past few months, I’ve seen some articles about a movie called Blubberella. The story features a plus-size woman who fights crime. Before anyone could laud the film for being progressive or at least socially-conscious, they’d have to get past the marketing (“She will kick major ass – with her major ass!”) and [...]

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    Porn, Penises + Nigeria: a Look at Body Image in the Media

    July 28th, 2011 | Body Image Digest | Andy Bydalek | No Comments

      Well here’s something you don’t see too often: a gigantic scrotum hanging from the back of a pickup truck. Now those are some low hangers!! Sure they’re made from plastic, but that hasn’t stopped a full-scale, juried obscenity trial for the South Carolina woman who displayed them. Apparently in the south, this sort of [...]

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    Creepy Surgery: Jocelyn Wildenstein

    June 20th, 2011 | Body Image Digest | Skinnyfat | No Comments

      What can we say? Bad plastic surgery photos provide us with HOURS of entertainment. And what body image blog would be complete without a nod to the reigning queen of frightening aesthetic alteration – the self-professed “Catwoman” herself, Ms. Jocelyn Wildenstein? You could spend days admiring the handiwork…and nights sweating it out! The thing [...]

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    Body Image Meltdown: Lipo in a Basement

    May 27th, 2011 | Body Image Digest | Skinnyfat | No Comments

      Her are some horror stories from the vault about the desperate measures people go to to change their appearance. Seriously – inexperienced surgeons that puncture your VITAL ORGANS with the suction tube?  We’re thinking exercise, diet and a good therapist might serve you better…and save your life. Sad: New Jersey Man dies from Lipo [...]

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