This is a short post about a this photo, pointed out to us on PhotoshopDisasters.com: In what ways do you believe that this photoshopping job does or does not exemplify the “perfect bride” neurosis so currently popular? I’d note these qualities: * The super-pale, almost ash-grey skin * The impossibly small waist, about the diameter [...]
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Fat Wedding 7: Photoshopping the Bridal Weight Neurosis
Posted by bigliberty on January 27, 2009
http://biglibertyblog.com/2009/01/27/fat-wedding-7-photoshopping-the-bridal-weight-neurosis/
Fat Wedding 6: “Bluff and Buff Your Way to a Better Bridal Body”
Here’s part 6 in the Fat Wedding series, an exposé of the stresses and pressures on a bride to “look her best” (read: be skinny/ier) for her “big day.” You & Your Wedding – Mind & Body The introduction to the “mind & body” articles is “Get body and beauty confident with our special section.” [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 28, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/28/fat-wedding-6-bluff-and-buff-your-way-to-a-better-bridal-body/
Fat Wedding, Part 5: Horror Show
This is a “pulse-taking” of bridal motivations to lose weight, how much they want to lose in what time-span, and what they say they need to do and why. I searched for “lose weight wedding” in Google. These are from hits on the first search resuls page. 43 Things.com – lose weight for the wedding [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 25, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/25/fat-wedding-part-5-horror-show/
Fat Wedding, Part 4: “The Bride Wore Very Little”
Image from NYTimes.com This is going to be a short one in the Fat Wedding series. I read this NYTimes article last week and have been meaning to get around to talking about it. I’m picking out this article in particular NOT because it out-and-out rails against fat brides, or gives you a diet plan, [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 25, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/25/fat-wedding-part-4-the-bride-wore-very-little/
Resolutions for Life – Part 3
Okay, TheWeddingChannel.com, you’ve pissed me off. Please see this page for reference. I know that Part 2 focused on their “Beauty List,” but after reading the above article I felt so indignant I had to make them Part 3, as well. Damn, even Brides.com didn’t go as far as these assholes. Playing on the anxiety [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 17, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/17/resolutions-for-life-part-3/
Answers to All My Wedding Questions! – Part 2
TheWeddingChannel.com Disclaimer: to get a sense of TheWeddingChannel’s approach to “bridal fitness,” take a gander at this page, which features the timeless introductory anecdote: “They’re coming. Somewhere on the planning calendar between This Engagement Party and That Bridal Shower, fittings for that big, dreamy dress will be scheduled. And if you’re like most brides, you’d [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 17, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/17/answers-to-all-my-wedding-questions-part-2/
Getting Married? How Are You Planning to Lose Weight Before Your Big Day? – Part 1
I got engaged this Christmas, and I’m fat. You might wonder what the connection is (beyond a trollish, “Heh, you mean fattie mcfatfat actually got a MAN NO WAY!!”). But as anyone who has entered this phase in her life and as much glanced at bridal magazines on the rack would know, there’s significant pressure [...]
Posted by bigliberty on February 11, 2008
http://biglibertyblog.com/2008/02/11/getting-married-how-are-you-planning-to-lose-weight-before-your-big-day-part-1/
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