Food for thought (heh)

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A couple weeks ago, a discussion came up on blackfrancine's 30 days meme, about how we all hate Veruca because of the "does it have dressing?" line and how she totally buys into the double standard of men wanting a woman with a healthy appetite, as long as she's thin (a size which typically requires either being blessed with a miraculous metabolism or a severely restricted diet to maintain).

Apparently, it's a popular topic right now, since Lesley at Two Whole Cakes just mentioned it in response to this New York Times article about the phenomenon of "actresses who eat." Most of the Times article is all "WOW what is this crazy obsession with the eating habits of actresses?" It takes them until the very last paragraph to bring up the notion that actresses admitting how hard they work to look the way they do would be a refreshing bit of honesty. I know this may come as a shock to some people, but the "tiny actress with the huge appetite" trend is only encouraging this warped male fantasy. As Lesley points out, "the eating habits of actresses are not interesting because they tell us anything real about these women... They’re there because dudes find it sexy when a pretty thin woman eats."

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... Yep.

Meh.