superodalisque
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good to see some people working in our direction
full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/27/women-weight-minister-jo-swinson
excerpt:
Women should support each other over weight, says minister
Jo Swinson says women could do more to help each other ignore media pressure to be thin
"Women should not be so willing to criticise each other for being supposedly overweight, Jo Swinson, the equalities minister, has said.
She said unrepresentative images of thin women were too pervasive in advertising and the media, and has written an open letter to magazine editors saying that if they promote post-Christmas "miracle diets" they could be endangering the health of their readers.
Swinson, who is also a business minister, started campaigning on the issue of body image anxiety long before she entered government. Although in interviews on Thursday she largely focused on criticising the media, she also said women could do more to help each other ignore media pressure to be thin..."
full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/27/women-weight-minister-jo-swinson
excerpt:
Women should support each other over weight, says minister
Jo Swinson says women could do more to help each other ignore media pressure to be thin
"Women should not be so willing to criticise each other for being supposedly overweight, Jo Swinson, the equalities minister, has said.
She said unrepresentative images of thin women were too pervasive in advertising and the media, and has written an open letter to magazine editors saying that if they promote post-Christmas "miracle diets" they could be endangering the health of their readers.
Swinson, who is also a business minister, started campaigning on the issue of body image anxiety long before she entered government. Although in interviews on Thursday she largely focused on criticising the media, she also said women could do more to help each other ignore media pressure to be thin..."
