In this blog I hope to track my adventures in fitness, food justice, gardening and body acceptance. I will do so with a critical eye--examining how anti-fat bias, economics, class, sexism, urban (suburban and rural) development deprives us of satisfying movement, and how health is collective and personal.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Price of Beauty: Skin Whitening Creams in Thailand
I'm fairly shocked that Jessica Simpson's new series, The Price of Beauty, is actually half-way educational. Certainly this clip regarding the dangers of skin whitening creams is.
This clip, of her giggling during meditation with a Buddhist Monk is less mature and respectful (but at least she admits to giggling in Church too--I guess she's an equal opportunity spiritual occasion giggler).
Oh, one other segment that could have been better would have been the profile of the Karen Women, who wear neck-rings (see below). I would have liked her to go into further detail how the neck rings compress the ribs and spine and if these women remove them, their neck muscles can't hold up their heads.
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