I am not sure how to post this elsewhere, if this isn't the right place for it.
It is ostensibly an article about a theatre show, but the story is fantastic.
http://tinyurl.com/aqr4k
Here are a couple quotes taken out of context:
And the parameters are constantly changing. Not that long ago, Ensler recalls, full-figured women were praised and celebrated.
"I think this thin obsession began with Twiggy, which coincided with the start of the women's movement. As female empowerment began to rise, this idea of skinny women got injected into the culture. It was like how can we make women disappear?"
She slams her hand on the table in front of her. "Because after all, what is this skinny woman thing about? It's about women NOT BEING HERE!
"One day in the early 70s, I saw a bunch of anorexically thin manikins in a department store window and it suddenly dawned on me: `Oh my God, this is about killing women. This is about doing women in. This is about the end of women. That's what this skinny thing is all about.'"
This is another:
"Yes, now I can look at this body and I say, `I love it for what it is,' but it's taken a lot of work to get there and a lot of undoing of all the underlying pieces my mother, my father, the fashion industry, everyone."
It is ostensibly an article about a theatre show, but the story is fantastic.
http://tinyurl.com/aqr4k
Here are a couple quotes taken out of context:
And the parameters are constantly changing. Not that long ago, Ensler recalls, full-figured women were praised and celebrated.
"I think this thin obsession began with Twiggy, which coincided with the start of the women's movement. As female empowerment began to rise, this idea of skinny women got injected into the culture. It was like how can we make women disappear?"
She slams her hand on the table in front of her. "Because after all, what is this skinny woman thing about? It's about women NOT BEING HERE!
"One day in the early 70s, I saw a bunch of anorexically thin manikins in a department store window and it suddenly dawned on me: `Oh my God, this is about killing women. This is about doing women in. This is about the end of women. That's what this skinny thing is all about.'"
This is another:
"Yes, now I can look at this body and I say, `I love it for what it is,' but it's taken a lot of work to get there and a lot of undoing of all the underlying pieces my mother, my father, the fashion industry, everyone."
