So Lindsay Lohan was back in court yesterday for the millionth time, I hear she’s actually doing pretty well with her probation or treatments or whatever, and she brought along her sweet big chesticles. Her outfit is pretty good, just lame enough for court and just tight enough to show of her juicy front meat. I was hoping the judge would sentence her to some sort of all girl, inmate bikini road crew where she would be in charge of the jackhammer but I guess celebrities get special treatment. Maybe next time.
It seems that Nicole Scherzinger is at it again, jumping around on stage in her hot ninja costume. I like it. The woman should make a retro eighties workout video, she’s got the tight body and she’s clearly got the awesome wardrobe. All she needs are a couple of big haired hotties behind her and a crappy VHS video recorder and she’s in business. We can film it in my mother’s rec-room, it’s very retro. I’ll wear a pair of Zubaz pants to mask my erections. Call me.
Internet pinup queen Cindy Margolis starts her workout video, Cindy Margolis Total Fat Burn , with a thoroughly dubious claim: that she hates to exercise and when it comes to fitness, she’s “a beginner, just like you.” Sure, Cindy, and you just woke up one morning with those big inflatable funbags on your chest. But as the video rolls on, it becomes increasingly clear that Cindy really isn’t enjoying her workout- she whines, complains, and nags the instructor throughout the video. She repeatedly asks for water breaks, complains about her arm hurting, and asks how much longer the routine is- just like someone who hates to exercise. Hmmm, maybe those funbags really ARE real! More after the jump!
The stigma associated with being overweight in Western society has spread around the world, even to cultures which traditionally embraced larger figures as the epitome of beauty. The New York Times recently published an article entitled “Fat Stigma Spreads Around The Globe” that blamed this change on the media saturation of the idealized slim body images promoted in advertising and movies. It also pointed a finger at the emergence of public health efforts to promote “obesity as a disease and a worrisome threat to a nation’s health.” What is surprising, according to Dr. Alexandra Brewis, head researcher, is that scores for fat stigma, were high in Puerto Rico and American Samoa, as well as along the Mexican border and in Paraguay, places that have historically held more positive views of larger bodies. She said, “these cultures traditionally view bigger women, in particular, as fertile, generous and desirable…. Of all the things we could be exporting to help people around the world, really negative body image and low self-esteem are not what we hope is going out with public health messaging.’’ This implication – that by trying to promote healthy lifestyles, we are really creating whole societies with body centric issues – struck me, and reminded me of an editorial I read not long ago which questioned Western societies obsession with weight-loss TV shows and ‘real women’ modeling, and asked whether or not our focus on weight is really helping or hurting . I believe, as the new research suggests, that our obsession with weight in the media is in fact harmful, and skews societies expectation of what you “should” look like. You only need to look at the sheer number of weight related reality shows on television and the portrayal of overweight people on prime time shows to see that weight is big business in America. “The Biggest Loser,” “Dance Your Ass Off,” “Heavy,” “Too Fat For 15,” “Supersize v. Superskinny,” “I Used To Be Fat,” the list goes on. These shows claim to be about promoting healthy living and giving people the chance at a healthier life, and they often feature people who have been broken down by their situation and appearance and are desperate to change it, which is the basic premise of the show. However, in reality, are these people’s struggles and very real issues exploited for comedy and entertainment? No one can tell me that the producers of “Dance Your Ass Off” really wanted to help the participants lose weight and get healthy. If that was the case, then the promo clip for the show wouldn’t have focused so much on the contestants in their underwear or in glittery, tight, midriff baring, dancing attire. If “The Biggest Loser” wasn’t trying to shock audiences then the wouldn’t feature food binges or emotional meltdowns every episode. What these sorts of programs aim to do is intrigue the perverse voyeuristic desires of the average audience, rather than help the participants lose weight, and in doing so, they exploit the subjects. By humiliating the contestants by making them stand near naked on the scales, and showing the trainers pushing them and screaming at them until they cry, what is really being promoted is not a positive message of unhealthy people being given their life back, but an underlying feeling that being overweight means, and should mean, that you are fair game for humiliation. Is what is actually being promoted a self-loathing and learned contempt for overweight people? It’s not just weight-loss specific shows that push this subtle rhetoric though. Tyra Banks for instance, pushes the “love yourself, all women are beautiful” message, and has often spoken out about loving bigger bodies, yet at the same time “America’s Next Top Model” featured a girl who proudly proclaimed to have the “ world’s smallest waist ” and she won the series! So what is being promoted as the ideal there: healthy weight or thin to the extreme? It doesn’t really surprise me that the Western obsession for stick-thin has permeated through to other cultures and ways of thinking, however it does trouble me that the anti-obesity message is becoming linked to a hatred of larger figures. The media’s message about weight loss is very contradictory, and it begs the question; how can the obesity epidemic be rectified, if weight-loss strategies are increasingly associated with humiliating overweight people, often on reality television? How To Get Your Diet Back On Track Curvy Vs. Fat? Who’s The Judge? Beyonce Joins Workout Video To Fight Childhood Obesity With Michelle Obama How To Help Your Overweight Child Lose Weight
It seems like a host of celebs have joined the Japan relief effort and donated some of their songs to a digital only charity album. The album will help raise money for Japan which recently suffered from a deadly earthquake. Among those celebrities featured on the album are Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Sade, Cee-Lo Green and now, according to Essence.com , it seems that Beyonce has been added to the track listing as well. Beyonce’s sister Solange is also on board for helping out Japan and recently started a t-shirt line entitled, “Juelz for Japan”, named after her cutie six year old son, Juelz. The t-shirt collection features designs from Juelz himself and all proceeds from the shirts and the albums will go to help the Japan Relief effort. I love to see celebrities giving back to charity! Hopefully their efforts will encourage other people to give to the Japan relief effort as well! Beyonce Thinks Lady Gaga Is A “Selfish Egomaniac” Beyonce Joins Workout Video To Fight Childhood Obesity With Michelle Obama Ne-Yo Responds To Regretting Giving Beyonce’ “Irreplaceable”
I thought I was pretty much done with all the Academy Awards chicks, but when I found these shots of Michelle Rodriguez in a weird looking see through dress I couldn’t resist. This thing looks like my grandmother’s creepy living room curtains. I’m not sure why she would have anything to do with something involving the Oscars , I thought she was done with acting, but she’s always had a decent body so I guess I’d invite her to a party at my place too. I have some VHS cassettes we can watch.
Jobless hottie Sophie Monk seems to be having a good time in Hawaii. We’ve seen her getting laid , we’ve seen her on the beach in her tiny little bikini pictures and now this. Here she is hanging out in her bikini top and short short on what kinda looks like the set of a TV commercial. That can’t be right. I know she’s filming a reality TV show that hasn’t been picked up by any network, but a commercial seems like a stretch. Maybe a sweaty pilates workout video would be a good way to start things off. I’d buy it. For the exercise of course.
I don’t know if this is an older video or not, but it’s a chick in her undies shaking her booty while playing video games. Give her a beer and no sense of smell and she’s the perfect woman. Sexy Gamer Video More AmaTuna
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