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Posted by Dr. Beth Steinhauer on August 31, 2006, at 10:57:33
Thought some of you might have missed this item from MSNBC news yesterday.
"CBS alters Couric photo to slim her down..."
Copy and paste the following link in your browser:msnbc.msn.com/id/14584870/
Posted by Jai Narayan on August 31, 2006, at 14:01:21
In reply to Katie Couric, posted by Dr. Beth Steinhauer on August 31, 2006, at 10:57:33
wow, that's weird and so typical...seems they are saying she was not thin enough.
Posted by MidnightBlue on September 3, 2006, at 1:04:29
In reply to Katie Couric, posted by Dr. Beth Steinhauer on August 31, 2006, at 10:57:33
I saw it. And wished someone would photoshop me.
MB
Posted by Racer on September 3, 2006, at 1:56:46
In reply to Re: Katie Couric » Dr. Beth Steinhauer, posted by MidnightBlue on September 3, 2006, at 1:04:29
> I saw it. And wished someone would photoshop me.
>
> MBI've photoshopped myself. Took off a few pounds, fixed my teeth and skin... I've done it for clients, too -- mostly skin and teeth.
Actually, I've also cuddled up with Keanu Reeves, thanks to the magic of Photoshop! I was feeling the need for some male company, and that was the next best thing...
But I have to agree that Katie Couric didn't need "fixing" and that it is bad for the rest of us that it was done.
Posted by Poet on September 6, 2006, at 10:54:35
In reply to Katie Couric, posted by Dr. Beth Steinhauer on August 31, 2006, at 10:57:33
It's really no surprise that they retouched Katie Couric's photo. Pretty soon her video image will be digitally enhanced to. Heaven forbid a media person not fit the norm of the perfect size zero. Or is it double zero now?
Poet
Posted by zazenducky on September 7, 2006, at 9:21:03
In reply to Re: Katie Couric » Dr. Beth Steinhauer, posted by Poet on September 6, 2006, at 10:54:35
i wonder if the national enquirer is retouching all the anorexics its showcasing disparingingly on its covers.....i don't really get why people want to tsk tsk at very thin people but i guess it sells magazines.
do you think the stories criticizing these underweight images will have any effect on the public?
i remember reading years ago a prediction that the aids epidemic would make bigger silhouettes more desirable like the the victorian curvy women in the TB era. but i didn't see that happen. but the meth epidemic has made skinniness not very attractive accompaied by toothlessness and accelerated aging so do you think the pendulum might swing back?
the national enquirer may not be vogue or whatever but a whoooole bunch of people are looking at it in the checkout stands
would a general trend toward negatively commenting on underweight women have the opposite effect of using them as positive images?
i personally don't think images in the media have very much to do with anorexia i think it justs serves as a rationale for the behaviour rather than causing it.
Posted by Racer on September 7, 2006, at 14:47:34
In reply to i wonder, posted by zazenducky on September 7, 2006, at 9:21:03
>> i personally don't think images in the media have very much to do with anorexia i think it justs serves as a rationale for the behaviour rather than causing it.
Great question. I dunno -- I do look at those articles while I wait, and my reaction is always, "I gotta lose weight..." Not what my T is shooting for...
Funny thing is that when we bring photographs to group, I look at those tiny stick figures and want to cry. I want to tell them they're good enough, that they're lovely and talented and fabulous and TOO DANG THIN! They say similar things about me, but I just brush them off. I know there's distortion there, and that nearly everything triggers my obsession with losing weight, but I think maybe I agree that those articles about AN just trigger it in others.
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