Comments on la somnambule: Body image(s)

I really enjoyed reading your piece, not that the ...

2006-09-05T09:02:00.000+01:00

I really enjoyed reading your piece, not that the choice of topic is enjoyable as it is of serious importance, but you summed up how millions of women globally feel every bloody day. Hit the nail on the patriarchal manipulative pig head.

Advertising is one of the most powerful media sectors and although people will brush media theories aside does brainwash and manipulate people's

This is an interesting topic, the psychology of ho...

2006-08-16T13:27:00.000+01:00

This is an interesting topic, the psychology of how people adjust their expectations when surrounded by the unreal and unnattainable.

It leads, amongst other things, to a dreadfully distorted image of ourselves/other women's bodies, and I think most people don't even realise how prevalent and insidious this is.

Have you seen "How to Look Good Naked" on C4 ? It's an annoying

I'm not sure how tags work here so I'lljust give y...

2006-08-15T22:06:00.000+01:00

I'm not sure how tags work here so I'lljust give you a link you can copy and paste into your browser..

http://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php

this is a website full of pics of normal boobs!! Amazing! I got there from BitchPhD's link to this one:

http://shapeofamother.blogspot.com/

both sites are fantastic. I have found my body at both!

Apart from that

Why do I compare my body to other women?Because we...

2006-08-15T20:15:00.000+01:00

Why do I compare my body to other women?

Because we are bombarded with images of so-called female perfection/imperfection every day and socialised into believing our self-worth comes from the standard of our physical appearance.

Which is why, as you said, discovering feminism can go a huge way into shrugging some of this bullshit off. You just have to keep telling