Kind of Random!
I realize there are a TON of websites like this out there, but I thought it was pretty funny the fact that I came across it as I was searching for a chorizo recipe for my dad. Instead of getting pages like cook.com, I was given this http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/m/beauty/make-up.html The recipe looked nothing like what I was looking for but out of curiousity, I decided to click on it. To my surprise, the women were all air brushed (even the every day women featured on the site!), the recipes I looked at were all about being healthy (which I am all for, but these seemed for the wrong reasons...like compensation for watching TV and eating at the same time!). After browsing the sight a bit-mostly the beauty section and a little gossip, I noticed they had a blog section. I started reading around and found things to be pretty typical. One blog really stood out to me though, a woman wrote about her dieting. Title "In My Head-Striving for Perfection" I instantly got curious. She only had two postings but they both surprised me. The first explained how she is dieting to reach size 14 by New Years starting at a size 16/18. This sounds reasonable but the way she is going about it makes her sound desperate. She limits herself to one meal a day between 4 and 6 pm and water the rest of the day. I hope she doesn't shorten herself of necessary calories or nutrients just to reach a "socially accepted" clothing size. I don't know, I guess after class today and discussing "Real Life" television and the people portrayed in these shows, I found it amusing coming across this web site the way I did and how they give beauty tips and lifestyle tips to reach something that is completely constructed. Hopefully women realize that the images shown with "perfect complexions" are not real. I think it is great that there is advice to assist women in need, but is it really necessary to show an example of something that is not possible?