Self-hatred isn't healthy

There's been another round of non-controversy over the use of mannequins with proportions approximating those of average women rather than unusually thin women. Which rather trivial news has been greeted with hysteria over the prospect that the mannequins might promote unhealthy lifestyles.

( weight and body image and politics )

On an indirectly related note, skud has a brilliant and really fascinating rebuttal to the meme that if you can't find clothes to fit, you can "just" make your own.