tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post3120318363029559015..comments2023-06-17T09:04:33.154-04:00Comments on Oh, You're a FEMINIST?!: The Madonna "Diet"Radical Remindershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09155472776262393597noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-86637623673448161032008-05-05T22:29:00.000-04:002008-05-05T22:29:00.000-04:00Amelia - thanks for your candor. I agree, lots of ...Amelia - thanks for your candor. I agree, lots of girls and women in America suffer from disordered ideas about food and body image issues. Also, i agree, body image was my first interest in feminism and i don't write about it nearly as much as i though i would - maybe we keep away from the issues that hit too close to home?<BR/><BR/>phd, the way i measured feminist identity in my thesis was through a feminist consciousness scale. it evaluated participants before and after they had completed an intro to WS class. I also did ask a yes/no question about prior expose to feminist theory.<BR/><BR/>nap, thanks for stopping by :) and i agree with you - there must be something else going on there...<BR/><BR/>daisy, thanks for the link - i notice she's from CT (as am i!!!) :)Radical Remindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155472776262393597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-49436817027166001812008-05-05T17:07:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:07:00.000-04:00BTW, let me introduce you to my wonderful friend K...BTW, let me introduce you to my wonderful friend Kim, who also blogs about these issues:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://bastantealready.blogspot.com/2008/04/cold.html" REL="nofollow">This is not the way [you] want to die</A>Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354486841414802245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-59219229297217564132008-05-05T16:52:00.000-04:002008-05-05T16:52:00.000-04:00Yes, excellent post.My first thought when she brok...Yes, excellent post.<BR/><BR/>My first thought when she broke her arm was that she was calcium deficient... if she isn't careful, at her age (and I am about the same age as Madonna, but rest assured--I don't look N-O-T-H-I-N-G like that! lol) she could break more bones or end up a frail old woman with painful curved-back problems and easily-fractured hips. Us big gals have thicker bones as we age, so there is a plus side. <BR/><BR/>There is a calorie restriction movement (www.walford.com) that believes we extend our lives by calorie restriction. There seems to be some evidence for that... but they take a TON of nutritional supplements as well. (This is my profession, which is how I know.) If Madonna is taking supplements too, she needs to <I>make sure people aware of that,</I> as Dr Walford did.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354486841414802245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-15547759091758924022008-05-05T02:24:00.000-04:002008-05-05T02:24:00.000-04:00I've long been under the impression the diets and ...I've long been under the impression the diets and exercise regimens printed in magazines as purportedly being what Star X eats and Celebrity Y does to "stay fit" are totally bogus and the product of publicists.<BR/><BR/>So the idea Madonna (and others) PRETEND and CLAIM to do these things is in some way even more messed up and manipulative than it would be if they actually did eat only <700 calories/day. <BR/><BR/>Curiously, these "celebrity diets" typically fail to mention Adderall or other pharmacological assistance to help maintain their typically thin, and sometimes emaciated physiques. <BR/><BR/>Thanks. Good post. New here and glad to have stopped by.<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-56779439777917227802008-05-04T19:04:00.000-04:002008-05-04T19:04:00.000-04:00I don't know much about this line of research, but...I don't know much about this line of research, but were you controlling for feminist ideals and influences while growing up? Vs. feminist ideals in the present? <BR/><BR/> Like many women, my dieting and thin-idealization started in my adolescence when I poured over glamour magazines (the antithesis of feminism) despite my parents repeatedly telling me I looked wonderful at my (normal) weight. <BR/><BR/>My body image issues have improved with embracing feminism but those old themes linger. <BR/><BR/>Re: Madonna, I'm guessing this is her "lose weight" diet and not her typical day in the life of Madonna diet? I can't imagine functioning on such little food.shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526275581987963914.post-65323819037116038102008-05-03T22:16:00.000-04:002008-05-03T22:16:00.000-04:00Very interesting post.I have never had an eating d...Very interesting post.<BR/><BR/>I have never had an eating disorder, but as Courtney Martin put it in her book (Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters), I do suffer from extremely disordered ideas about food. Eating is an ordeal for me, because every time I put food into my mouth, I feel guilty and disgusting. I also suffer from extreme body image issues.<BR/><BR/>The worst part is that I need food on a very regular basis because of my type 1 diabetes. It is difficult for me, because as a feminist, I have all these great role models, but I can't help but feeling influenced by people like Madonna who (I completely agree) do have a responsibility to the public to promote healthy ideals, and they often fail to do that.<BR/><BR/>Media and body image were the first feminist issues that I ever tackled, but interestingly, I have not touched on them very much in my own blog. That's so strange...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great post.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.com