Tori Spelling's Dramatic Weight Loss: Actress Speaks Out (Photos)

Tori Spelling Discusses Her Dramatic Weight Loss and Her Skinny Frame in Her New Book Uncharted TerriTORI Tori Spelling's weight loss has been the subject of much in the tabloid media these past few months, and now...

Germany's Biggest Women's Magazine Bans Models From Its Pages

Germany's most popular magazine for women, Brigitte, will no longer feature professional models on its pages. Instead, it will use images of "real life" women. Brigitte's editor-in-chief Andreas Lebert told the Guardian that the magazine will stop using skinny models from the...

'Governator' Schwarzenegger mocks 'skinny' Obama

Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger mocks Obama on his physical appearance at a campaign rally for McCain. Schwarzenegger who we all know was once a Mr. Universe and starred in action films such as...

Quebec Drafts Charter to Ban Skinny Models From Runway

Christine St. Pierre, the Quebec Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, announced her plans to create a charter that would ban ultra-thin models from runways and magazines.  ""We have to...

'90210' Starlets Called 'Too Thin for TV'

Leave it to a teen-focused entertainment series like 90210 to continue the relentless promotion of a distorted, 100-pound image of beauty to its vulnerably impressionable youth audience. And although this not...

Skinny models under fire at fashion weeks

With the return of fashion weeks around the globe, the narrative around models' weight has also rebounded.  In recent years some fashion weeks have banned too-skinny models from the runway in an effort to...

The skinny on why men are buying more clothes than women

The AP, an unlikely fashion authority, ran an article yesterday that suggests men are spending more on clothes than women. The writer says it's due to a quick and dramatic shift in men's styles toward tighter and...

Torture? We Don’t Know What Real Torture Is!

Opinion" [LINK to video of "tortured" Canadian boy who fought for al Qaeda, watch this first and then read.] Truthfully, I have been questioned much harder by school administrators than this kid, who quite possibly killed an American soldier, was. [Side note: the school...

The Rise and Fall of Barack Obama

"The skinny kid with the funny name from Hawaii had a great run.  By forcing all four other candidates off the ballot, including the woman who had reached out to help him, he maneuvered his way into the Illinois State Legislature.  There, he found an extortionist...

Florida Passes Saggy Pants Law

I know skinny pants are all the rage and everything...but how do you enforce that kind of style conformity? Oh right. That's how:"The Florida Senate wants public school students to pull up their pants. Lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that could mean suspensions for students...

Top Reasons Why Lesbian Must Be Thin!

"A study done by American Journal of Public Health stated that lesbians are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death.1. Men do not care about appearance as much as women. ...

Disturbingly Skinny Models on Paris Haute Couture Runways

While reviewing Paris Haute Couture Fashion week photos, some literally striked me and required some time to digest. It wasn' t about the avangard shapes or bold colors; it was about some of the models the clothes...

BigT’s Roundup - Monday Ed. (11-5-07)

There is a reason for this picture. If America is the hyperpower then Gisele Bundchen is the hypermodel of the world and when she demands a certain perk in her contract then everyone bounces to attention. The...

France Will not Put a Ban on Skinny Models

French Health Ministry has reviewed the issue of skinny models on the French catwalks and suggested that such models need special attention, but they will not be banned from the podiums, as the French Health Ministry officials said on Friday. After two Latin American models...

Sharon Stone or Paris Hilton? Boyish glamour has edge

"Do you prefer the girly-girl look of Paris Hilton or the womanly-strong look of, say, Sharon Stone? Well, girly is definitely over, as pink and frilly clothes are being replaced by a more graceful, womanly look. Elegant femininity is now being challenged by a contrasting...
 

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