Comments on: Appearances Can Be Devastating http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/ A seduction in words Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Millenia Black http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/#comment-447 Millenia Black Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=276#comment-447 I think it's ridiculous. Mariah looks fine. It's those free-base-looking chicks they need to rag on! Lindsay Lohan. Nicole Richie. Calista Flockhart. Laura Flynn Boyle. You know the lot. It's just ridiculous vanity. And shame on the idiots that succumb to the shallow pressure. Isn't that like an oxymoron or something? Shallow pressure? LOL But - that's <I>exactly</I> what it is. I think it’s ridiculous. Mariah looks fine. It’s those free-base-looking chicks they need to rag on!

Lindsay Lohan. Nicole Richie. Calista Flockhart. Laura Flynn Boyle. You know the lot.

It’s just ridiculous vanity. And shame on the idiots that succumb to the shallow pressure.

Isn’t that like an oxymoron or something? Shallow pressure? LOL But - that’s exactly what it is.

]]> By: Charlene Teglia http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/#comment-446 Charlene Teglia Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=276#comment-446 Who said "A waist is a terrible thing to mind"? So many more important issues to worry about. Hope you're bundled up, Lauren! It's ccccoooolllddd over here. Who said “A waist is a terrible thing to mind”? So many more important issues to worry about. Hope you’re bundled up, Lauren! It’s ccccoooolllddd over here.

]]> By: lili-g http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/#comment-445 lili-g Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=276#comment-445 It's not necessarily unhealthy to be that "thin." No more unhealthy than it is to be that "fat." For some people it's natural. For others it's a health issue beyond their control. The insult works both ways - it's insulting to tell someone they're too fat, and it's equally insulting to tell someone they're too skinny. Both hurt. I have no sympathy for Hollywood people, they make their living in the spotlight. It’s their choice. Media is a machine that follows the wants of its people. People want trash talk, that’s what they get. It’s not necessarily unhealthy to be that “thin.” No more unhealthy than it is to be that “fat.” For some people it’s natural. For others it’s a health issue beyond their control.

The insult works both ways - it’s insulting to tell someone they’re too fat, and it’s equally insulting to tell someone they’re too skinny. Both hurt.

I have no sympathy for Hollywood people, they make their living in the spotlight. It’s their choice.

Media is a machine that follows the wants of its people. People want trash talk, that’s what they get.

]]> By: Karen Scott http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/#comment-444 Karen Scott Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:05:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=276#comment-444 I totally agree with you, the press are the first people to point to somebody like Nicole Richie and Lindsey Lohan and condemn them for being too thin, then turn around and criticise them if they put too much weight on. Methinks a lot of the self-esteem issues most Hollywood types have can probably be put down to the gutter press. I totally agree with you, the press are the first people to point to somebody like Nicole Richie and Lindsey Lohan and condemn them for being too thin, then turn around and criticise them if they put too much weight on.

Methinks a lot of the self-esteem issues most Hollywood types have can probably be put down to the gutter press.

]]> By: Candice Gilmer http://www.laurendane.com/blog/2006/02/15/appearances-can-be-devastating/#comment-443 Candice Gilmer Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:47:00 +0000 http://www.laurendane.com/blog/?p=276#comment-443 I agree with you... people need to get a grip. We all have body issues, I know I do... But society as a whole won't get a grip until we realize how unhealthy it is to be that "thin." I live in the midwest, and frankly, Jen Aniston or Calista Flockhart would get blown away on a breezy day... I agree with you… people need to get a grip.

We all have body issues, I know I do… But society as a whole won’t get a grip until we realize how unhealthy it is to be that “thin.”

I live in the midwest, and frankly, Jen Aniston or Calista Flockhart would get blown away on a breezy day…

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