Comments on: This Week In Sexist History: Too Fat! Too Thin! Edition

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:49:51 +0000

This article was great, because it made me shake my head and amused me at the same time. Made me shake my head because of the unfairness of it all, amused me because of how things have changed in the fashion world. Funny how, in 1909, being 133 pounds at 5ft10 was 'faded away'. Nowadays that is ideal for catwalk models (her BMI would be about 18, bordering on clinically underweight, whereas people like Kate Moss must be at about 16). Whatever their attitudes to sexism were, their attitudes towards healthy eating were better off 100 years ago.

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Last Week’s Most Popular Blog Posts - The Sexist - Washington City Paper — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:09:30 +0000

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By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:57:56 +0000

Susan,

This one is straight from the New York Times:

http://timestraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/fashionable-woman-divorced-for-dieting/

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:16:27 +0000

This article is fake. I don't know where it was found, but you can tell by the language, the phrasing .

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:40:33 +0000

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

This is the flip side of MeMe Roth yelling about women having to stay thin because their husbands "bargained" for a thin wife.

By: Craig Howell

Craig Howell — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:12:49 +0000

Well, it's like what they say: The opera ain't over 'till the fat lady thins.