2008

On hiatus.

NYTimes : In Novels for Girls, Fashion Trumps...

“If you are creative and dissident you should ignore the free...”
— Nawal El Saadawifeminist...

currently working on my film treatment.

“Our history will be what we make it. […] To a very...”
— Edward R. MurrowRTNDA...

I’m sorry, but a long, long time ago, when I was in...

The Beauty Myth & Teenage Girls : Gossip Girl

The Guardian (UK) : Now, the Backlash

NYTimes : A Girl's Life

ScienceDaily: Cosmetic Surgery Procedures To...

NYTimes Blog: Many Normal-Weight Teens Feel...

Sexism Watch : Wimbledon

“It actually seems like the situation is getting worse, with women players struggling to get a...

Amy, the artist formerly known as buxom

Sexism Watch: International Herald...

The original article: A daughter of France’s ‘lost territories’ fights for...

currently reading…

“A woman who wishes to conform to her culture’s ideal, in...”
— Kim Chernin, “How...

Beautiful, but different: The quiet, fat...

“What we need to know to make democracy work for all...”
— Bill Moyers speaking at the...

June '08 - Status Update

I have finished the research/writing part of the film. I have done An Inconvenient Truth/Al Gore...

The Beauty Myth: Then and Now. Left: Elle Magazine, French...

Repubblica (Italian newspaper) has an interesting image...

Enemy #1 – Toys for Girls Above: model Kate Moss, a lot...

After downloading the excellent Pitchboards ‘08...

Censoring Women's REAL Bodies

“In Women and Self-Esteem, Linda Sanford and Mary Ellen Donovan report that the majority of...

Viva Zapatero

This is a bit off topic – has nothing to do with looksism/body dysmorphic disorder, the cosmetic...

“There’s one part of you which should definitely...

I ♥ Mark Kermode

  By tradition, every Saturday morning I download BBC Five Live’s Movie Review podcast by Mark...

"Your Body, Your Voice, Your Power"

Photoshopping – Extreme Edition : Sarah Jessica Parker...

Photoshopping – Extreme Edition : Sarah Jessica...

“My Beautiful Mommy” Book – “A new picture...

Technically Speaking.

Lately, I’ve been asked quite often how/when the actual filming will take place. I have been...

Price difference for Sony EX1 Professional Camcorder…...

Yay! A Little Step Forward (Airbrushing...

On a depressing day that saw Italy’s wealthiest man / king of all media / no. 1 weasel come...

Implants Out

The Observer (UK) : All the pout with none of...

The Independent (UK) : Botox: The Brain Pain

via The Joy of Tech

Times UK : Looks Aren't Everything? Don't Kid...

today, working chez moi. a look at ads from mademoiselle...

“People measure themselves against a mythical ideal and then...”
— “Beauty Bound” by...

Stats, Stats, Stats – Botox

According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), in 2007 the number one...

from postsecret.blogspot.com – 04.05.2008

L.A. Times : Cosmetic surgery business sags...

books, books, books… as well as magazines that...

Week 5 : Almost There / "The Sound of...

The research part of the film is almost over – as I have already read more than a dozen seminal...

The Times (UK) : Miss Bimbo website promotes...

Currently reading Ariel Levy’s “Female...

“Is Your Face Paying the Price of Success?”  (as...

from PostSecret, 3/16/2008

The next book on my reading list – Alex Kuczynski’s...

From the NYTimes Archives: Study Finds TV...

The Beauty Myth's Next Victims – first, there...

NYTimes: Never Too Young for That First...

in paris, chez moi. reading naomi wolf’s “the...

my new favorite blog: Photoshop Disasters

Week 2 : This Week's Action Plan

#1 – Library Research.  - At the American Library, peruse copies of “The Beauty Myth,”...

“Women are illusionists. They fake light-heartedness,...”
— Germaine Greer, “The...

Imagining Ourselves

The Times (UK) : The latest modelling look:...

“What is pathological behaviour in a man is required of a...”
— Germaine Greer, from...

from earlier today. reading lots of books for research. @...

from earlier today. reading lots of books for research. @...

Week 1 : Day 3 : Brainstorming Topics

There are many many issues related to the topic of the beauty myth and its harmful consequences....

“Imagine an American society where quality and meaning of...”
— Elayne A. Saltzberg & Joan...

Week 1 : Day 3 : Statement of Purpose /...

While trying to narrow down the focus of the film, in order to come up with a thesis/argument, I...

“To men a man is but a mind. Who cares what face he carries...”
— Ambrose Bierce (1958)

Week 1 : Day 2 : Gestating

Currently in the process of doing research for the documentary. Dug up 10 year old books from a...

“On ne naît pas femme, on le devient. (One is not born a...”
— Simone de Beauvoir