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Slim Hopes,Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness | The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. ... Slim Hopes; Advertising & the Obsession with Thinness...
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By Hilary Rowland ... "The media create this wonderful illusion-but the amount of airbrushing that goes into those beauty magazines, the hours of hair and ... This obsession with thinness seems to be a sort of domino effect. One actress looses weight to please the media; next all her co-stars are loosing weight to keep up.
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VHS; 30 minutes; ... Jean Kilbourne is the creator of the award winning film Still Killing Us Softly and a popular lecturer on college campuses. Using examples of over 120 ads from magazines and T.V., Slim Hopes offers a new way to think about demoralizing and life-threatening eating disorders such ... My Library Account...
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In 1873, the French physician Ernest Lasegue published an account of eight female patients who had developed a bizarre aversion to food and were starving themselves. This disease, however, existed before Lasegue came along. ... Home > Society's Unhealthy Obsession with Thinness...
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EMC: Abstract: Slim Hopes: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness ... Jean Kilbourne (Killing Us Softly, Still Killing Us Softly) examines how advertising has "warped" the way women think about their own bodies.
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Summary: In our media-centered culture, we are constantly bombarded by advertisements and messages that suggest that thinness leads to happiness and fulfillment. As a result, individuals, and particularly teenagers, become obsessed with meeting these unrealistically high standards for body shape and size set by society.
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Is the obsession with obesity (and thinness) overblown?; By Emily Bazelon; Friday, May 4, 2007 ; Rethinking Thin The New Science of Weight Loss - and the Myths and Realities of Dieting By Gina Kolata 257 pages.
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Video Cassette - 31 minutes - Color - 1995 ... Dr. Jean Kilbourne offers an in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising imagery and the devastating effects of that imagery on women’s health. Presented in 7 sections: Impossible Beauty; ... The Waif Look; Constructed Bodies; Foo d and Sex;
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Watch online trailers and video clips from the movie Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession With Thinness. View photos and find DVD releases, soundtracks, cast and crew info on the official VH1 website. ... Director: Jean Kilbourne ... In the feminist tradition of Killing Us Softly, Jean Kilbourne's groundbreaking 1979 do...
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