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Bob Gruen, Rock and Roll Photographer - The Sex Pistols Photos ©2001 Bob Gruen - No image or material on this site may be reproduced, copied or distributed in any way without written permission from Bob Gruen Watch this clip from Killing us Softly 4 Mamamia Advertising doesn’t just sell us products. It tells us who we are. It tells us what’s desirable. What’s NORMAL. So says Jean Kilbourne who is internationally recognised for her pioneering work on the image of women in advertising. I have been known to bang on a bit about body image, photoshopping andretouching. [Thank you Nik Howe for sending me this] *UPDATE: For those men who genuinely don’t understand why women like me and Jean Kilbourne bang on about this stuff and wonder why we can’t just ACCEPT that magazine images are re-touched and get over it, read this. Imagine you’re at a dinner party. And if you’re offensive, you’ll be blacklisted and all your comments will go directly to spam. If you wish to remain anonymous, please simply use 'Anonymous' or 'Guest' as your user name and type in guest@mamamia.com.au as the email.

Explaining the Patriarchy In the constellation of things that are hard to explain, patriarchy falls somewhere in between “quantum mechanics” and “proper semicolon use." Although I haven’t found a magic patriarchy-explaining bullet just yet, I have found a magic bullet explaining the experience of “waking up” to it in the form of one of my Very Favorite Comics, Sinfest: If you saw the move “The Matrix” when you were young and impressionable, like I did, and you’re also one of the “lucky” people who’s been awakened to the wonderful world of profound injustice in one way or another, this comic probably resonates with you. The plain definition of patriarchy is a system run by and for men, but in practice it’s so much more than that – it encompasses sexism, racism, ableism, and too many other -isms to count. If you want a well-organized and pocket-sized approach to learning about patriarchy, you should probably read “The Dialectic of Sex” by Shulamith Firestone.

Three-Week Body Makeover The secret to dropping pounds and inches quickly is high-intensity walking workouts. But don't panic—you don't have to run for miles or lift 50-pound dumbbells. What's high intensity for someone who's less fit may be low for you, or vice versa. The point is to push out of your comfort zone so you boost your calorie burn an extra 25 to 50 percent in the same amount of time—and incinerate another 75 calories over the course of the day to boot. This firm-up plan consists of three parts: a walking workout to burn fat, body shaping with weights, and tummy-toning calisthenics. Firm Up Plan At-a-GlanceHere is an overview of what you'll be doing. Monday: Easy walk, Body shaping (basic)Tuesday: Interval walk, Tummy toningWednesday: Easy walk, Body shaping (light weights)Thursday: Interval walk, Tummy toningFriday: Easy walk, Body shaping (heavy weights)Saturday: Speed walk, Tummy toningSunday: Long walk Week 1: 30 minutes Week 2: 35 minutes Week 3: 40 minutes Ad Keywords:

The Tunnel House Dan Havel and Dean Ruck took two condemned homes and created a trippy work of art. Unfortunately, this fluctuation in the space-time continuum was itself demolished. Eat the Damn Cake » this one is your real body We act like we have a couple different bodies. There’s the one you’re in now, and then there’s the one that’s your real body. It might be from the past or the future. It’s mysterious, but thoroughly detailed. The real body gets obscured by the obnoxious, floppy, hungry, unflattering current one. I caught myself thinking like that when I gained 20 pounds in college. (source) My body never regressed gracefully into its precollege state. But sometimes I feel like I am looking through someone else’s eyes at myself. And when I decided to get a nose job, it was the same. It’s easy sometimes to imagine flicking the imperfections off, like flies, like splotches of dried mud. But let’s get real. Enough apologizing. Enough waiting. There is only one real body. Screw waiting. Do you ever feel like you’re waiting for a better body? Unroast: Today I love the way I look in a long necklace. Kate on January 20th 2012 in beauty, body

PLUS Model Magazine's Katya Zharkova cover highlights body image in the fashion industry By Tamara Abraham Updated: 12:08 GMT, 12 January 2012 A magazine dedicated to plus-size fashion and models has sparked controversy with a feature claiming that most runway models meet the Body Mass Index criteria for anorexia. Accompanied by a bold shoot that sees a nude plus-size model posing alongside a skinny 'straight-size' model, PLUS Model Magazine says it aims to encourage plus-size consumers to pressure retailers to better cater to them, and stop promoting a skinny ideal. Size 12 (U.S.) model Katya Zharkova, 28, stars in the shoot, which has a powerful statistic accompanying each image. Size matters: PLUS Model Magazine has shot size 12 Katya Zharkova pose with a 'straight-size' model to demonstrate the difference between them One, printed alongside a photo of the Russian beauty holding a tape measure across her rear, reads: 'Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. The article has also generated an equal share of agreement, though.

Incredible Space Pics from ISS by NASA astronaut Wheelock Go Discovery! It was October 23, 2007 at 11:40am EST when I had my first ride to space on Discovery. She’s beautiful… just sad that this will be her last voyage. On September 22, 2010, with the departure of the Expedition 23 crew, Colonel Douglas H. We thought that we should put some of the space photos together as a tribute to him and the whole ISS crew. The following space photos are all visible on Astro_Wheels’ twitpic account, and we are eternally grateful to him for sharing these space photos with the world. Incredible Photos from Space: ‘Earthshine’… The Space Station basking in blue Earthshine as the rising sun pierces our razor-thin atmosphere to cover the Space Station with blue light. NASA astronaut Douglas H. Incredible Photos from Space: Isle Juan de Nova In the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and the African mainland. Incredible Photos from Space: Aurora Borealis In the distance on this beautiful night over Europe.

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