tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post3493600455737774159..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: Skinny girlsOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-11877403476151378022008-02-05T03:47:00.000+03:302008-02-05T03:47:00.000+03:30This is a really interesting conversation. Firstly...This is a really interesting conversation. Firstly I found it by searching google for skinny girl blogs. Today I was taken out of music by my guidance teacher and ask all sorts of questions about what I eat and I realised at that point that I have a serious problem, I am turning anorexic, I think, but I am still not happy with my body, see my post from today and please leave comments!<BR/><BR/>Rachinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379610267382931019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-24050349812900329872007-08-10T02:31:00.000+03:302007-08-10T02:31:00.000+03:30(i really wish i could have copy edited that comme...(i really wish i could have copy edited that comment.)Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-7255782255652364322007-08-10T02:29:00.000+03:302007-08-10T02:29:00.000+03:30some rambling thoughts:-the comment upthread about...some rambling thoughts:<BR/><BR/>-the comment upthread about being afraid for a daughter and the attention from older men being directed at her reminded me of a very heated discussion i had last week with my girl friends about who was 'easier' to raise- girls or boys? my friend's thesis offered that because of the overwhelming social pressures put on girls to be acceptably 'girly' she didn't Delia Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433503510087047283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-46290227292204839552007-08-07T00:15:00.000+03:302007-08-07T00:15:00.000+03:30I think the whole fashion industry will eventually...I think the whole fashion industry will eventually just switch to Anime and be done with the ruse of using "women" as models.<BR/><BR/>And along the lines of what Becky said, I saw a quote from Venus Williams in which she was grateful for her tall, lanky frame. She said everything fit her; it was like being a clothes hanger. And that's just what I pictured. A bunch of pre-pubescent clothes Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-91653577252689002742007-08-06T22:21:00.000+03:302007-08-06T22:21:00.000+03:30Oh, and the hairless woman is only a recent shift ...Oh, and the hairless woman is only a recent shift in style. Thirty years ago it was ok to have pubes...<BR/><BR/>The amount of body hair is a function of style, just as hairstyles shift and clothing shifts. 1800's you didn't shave. 1920's you shaved. 1930's you didn't shave. 1970's you went sasquatch. 1980's you molded your crotch into fluffy sculpture...lol.The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-62959022721391593962007-08-06T22:18:00.000+03:302007-08-06T22:18:00.000+03:30Guess who around the blogosphere has that body typ...Guess who around the blogosphere has that body type naturally? Yes, Ma'am, that's me. I do have hips though. I dislike the notion that my body type is unwomanly. It's not. I am what I am.<BR/><BR/>I've had strangers talk to me about anorexia and bulimia. I've been followed to restaurant bathrooms to make sure I didn't throw up my meal. I've been told I couldn't have possibly had healthy The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-87826759961608481462007-08-05T21:02:00.000+03:302007-08-05T21:02:00.000+03:30What is it that attracts adult males to the shaved...What is it that attracts adult males to the shaved woman? The "Brazilian" wax? Hairless, women look like little girls, and yet, this is an acceptable attraction. As is the attraction to Catholic school girl uniforms worn by women, or women with pigtails in their hair, their lips rounded around a cherry lollipop - everything possible to make her look like a child.<BR/><BR/>Our society tlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02386605461351101870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-21868244445097984132007-08-05T18:08:00.000+03:302007-08-05T18:08:00.000+03:30My twelve year old girl has just started to blosso...My twelve year old girl has just started to blossom. But I realize when I look at her that she looks older than 12 because she looks like those models, even though she's not tall yet. I worry about the attention she will get in the street and I want to keep her safe, but I can't keep her tied to me.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-32270427734011907032007-08-05T18:05:00.000+03:302007-08-05T18:05:00.000+03:30One of my women's studies professors once said tha...One of my women's studies professors once said that the image promoted so strenously by the fashion industry as the paragon of feminine beauty was that of an adoscent boy (slim hips, skinny waist) with a pair of boobs attached.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009988766976677275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-35838140190209536212007-08-05T02:34:00.000+03:302007-08-05T02:34:00.000+03:30It also has the effect of making all females sexbo...It also has the effect of making all females sexbots, no matter their ages, which is just creepy.Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-7479269408137426702007-08-05T02:33:00.000+03:302007-08-05T02:33:00.000+03:30I've always thought that Germaine Greer pretty muc...I've always thought that Germaine Greer pretty much nailed this one in "The Female Eunuch," but I read it, oh, 30 years ago, so I might have misremembered.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think that's also why the emphasis on no body hair, no pubic hair, etc.: the only visible markers of adult sexuality become the breasts, and, in many cases, they become inflated to unrealistic proportions. I think this Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.com