a look at how multi billion dollar industries (cosmetics, dieting, cosmetic surgery, pornography, mass media) set impossible beauty standards and reap large profits by making women feel insecure about their appearance. contact: aseachange [at] gmail [dot] comTumblr (3.0; @aseachange)http://aseachange.tumblr.com/http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/44642778http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/44642778Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:30:00 +0200NYTimes : In Novels for Girls, Fashion Trumps Romance: “Heroines no longer become women through...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41994365http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41994365Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:05:21 +0200“If you are creative and dissident you should ignore the free market…seek small publishers...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41637273http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41637273Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:39:47 +0200<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/F6BTRnQunb7khhfiMvHJ7jpz_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>currently working on my film treatment.</p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41612655http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41612655Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:19:21 +0200“Our history will be what we make it. […] To a very considerable extent the media of...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41443062http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41443062Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0200<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/F6BTRnQunb5x73wqjV72iJWo_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m sorry, but a long, long time ago, when I was in high school (mid-late 1990s, private school), I – or my friends for that matter – would have never, ever envisioned spending $768 on a handbag. <br/><br/>The mere idea of making such an extravagant purchase would have never even crossed our minds. <br/><br/>I also spent every high school summer studying English in Los Angeles, meeting and befriending other teenage girls and boys from the U.S., Germany, Japan, Spain, Turkey – you name it. And we never ever lusted after such things. We didn’t even discuss fashion or luxury items. Period. “Mom, I saw a $768 bag on Rodeo Drive, can I have it?” would have been met by incredulity – and would have probably generated a good scolding.<br/><br/>I remember noticing a shift in attitudes while I was a junior in college in the U.S. An enormous sea change in the way freshman and visiting high school girls dressed. I would see 18 year olds obsessed with Marc Jacobs and designer handbags. Not to mention expensive Juicy Couture items. This puzzled me for a while. Then the girls pining over these things became younger and younger. Middle school girls. And after a while it just became the norm.<br/><br/>The triumph of capitalism. Yippie! (not) </p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41442379http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41442379Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:39:00 +0200The Beauty Myth & Teenage Girls : Gossip Girl: “Thanks to the point-and-click shopping on its...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41440887http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/41440887Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:23:00 +0200The Guardian (UK) : Now, the Backlash: The sex industry is booming, the rape conviction rate is...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/40548631http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/40548631Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:17:26 +0200<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/movies/29scot.html">NYTimes : A Girl's Life</a>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/40401532http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/40401532Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:11:35 +0200<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624110844.htm">ScienceDaily: Cosmetic Surgery Procedures To Exceed 55 Million In 2015, Study Predicts</a>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39911675http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39911675Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:03:52 +0200<a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/many-normal-weight-teens-feel-fat/">NYTimes Blog: Many Normal-Weight Teens Feel Fat</a>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39675096http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39675096Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:32:47 +0200“It actually seems like the situation is getting worse, with women players struggling to get a...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39637413http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39637413Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:52:06 +0200Amy, the artist formerly known as buxom: “She burst on the music scene three years ago...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39636991http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39636991Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:47:36 +0200<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLiFtLhSSJo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PLiFtLhSSJo&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Beauty Myth: Men’s Edition.</p> <p>Welcome to the club.</p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39628394http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39628394Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:57 +0200 The original article: A daughter of France’s ‘lost territories’ fights for...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39626766http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39626766Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:42:00 +0200<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/F6BTRnQunai5lm3jQC0tp9rO_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>currently reading…</p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39311960http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39311960Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:29:00 +0200“A woman who wishes to conform to her culture’s ideal, in this age of feminist assertion, will...http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39295532http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39295532Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:20:00 +0200<a href="http://blogs.news.com.au/fullychic/index.php/news/comments/beautiful_but_different_the_quiet_fat_revolution_of_ms_velvet_damour/">Beautiful, but different: The quiet, fat revolution of Velvet d’Amour</a>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39162245http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39162245Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:24:42 +0200<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-IrhRSwF9U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g-IrhRSwF9U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>“Sexism Sells - But We’re Not Buying It”</p> <p>from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.womensmediacenter.com/">Women’s Media Center</a></p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39135648http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39135648Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:25:04 +0200<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7Gb1jvlmqQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E7Gb1jvlmqQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.girlsinc.org/">Girls Inc.</a> PSA</p>http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39049067http://aseachange.tumblr.com/post/39049067Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:03:43 +0200