Jessica Simpson Show Her New Curves
A confusing body of evidence
ACTS of self-empowerment come in many shapes and forms for women, but some are only skin-deep.
Gender equality has come a long way, but it is not achievable without some seriously discerning social critique.
Women are faced with mixed messages every day. Magazines encourage girls to "love yourself for who you are" alongside covers directing them to "stay slim this silly season".
Lose weight fast! Embrace your curves! Beauty equals happiness. Eat to stay full (and thin).
Mainstream perceptions of feminine beauty are sickeningly contradictory.
Victoria's Secret lingerie models are called "Angels", while women are advised to "avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised".
Magazines publishing images of what they call "real" women, "plus-sized models" (size 10 and up) and "stars without make-up" or going "Photoshop-free" may give the idea that we are winning the battle against unhealthy body image.
Celebrating women who embrace their curves for the public gaze is a recent trend in publishing.
Love magazine's first glossy cover featured a nude Beth Ditto.
Jennifer Hawkins appeared on the cover of Marie Claire , nude and unaltered.
And Glamour magazine's "the woman on P. 194" is still doing the rounds on Facebook, with her fleshy belly rolls and stunning smile.
These naked, curvy photo shoots may be diversifying sexual objectification, but they are not overcoming it.
Kim Kardashian released nude photos without digital alteration for Harper's Bazaar and felt so empowered that she tweeted about it (just quietly, her other job is spruiking diet pills).
"It's flattering that men think I could be sexy. I would like it if taking my clothes off meant that other women feel they can do the same," said model Daisy Lowe, whose eight-page nude magazine spread was celebrated as a rallying cry to women's empowerment, because she has " finally come to terms with not having a typical model's shape".
Jessica Simpson Show Her New Curves - News
We spoke exclusively with hairstylist Ken Paves (yes, the man behind Jessica Simpson, Fergie, and Lady GaGa's manes), former model-turned-makeup artist Kristopher Buckle (clients include Renee Zellweger, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Demi Moore) and celebrity
Mark Anthony is one big idiot for letting her go. Jessica Simpson - Jessica has always been a self-proclaimed “top heavy” gal and we are fine with that. Now that she is preggers she has learned to embrace her curves and show them off.
From the Breck Shampoo girl to Bond girl, Kim Basinger first posed nude for 'Playboy' in 1983 to promote her new film 'Never Say Never Again.' Downtown Julie Brown, of MTV VJ fame, posed nude for 'Playboy' in August 1998. She must love attention .
this new breed of positive, self-help media that normalises diversity for women sells. Tyra Banks has been promoting a "Beauty Inside and Out" campaign. Jessica Simpson is setting off on a global tour for her TV show The Price of Beauty,
JESSICA SIMPSON, on suggestions that she would be undergoing breast-reduction surgery. Translation: ''I'm not stupid enough to think that I'm rich and famous because of my intellect.'' The fallout: Widespread relief from Simpson fans who adore and-or