“Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing. ... I don't blame men for this. Men seem to go for us no matter what size and shape we are. I blame capitalism. No, really. The consumer must constantly be in a state of anxious low self-esteem so that she will constantly buy lipsticks and girdles to make her feel cuter.” MenFeelsTryingSelfMatterStatesBodySeemsSelf EsteemShapesLowsCapitalismIdealsNo Matter WhatBlameSizeEsteemConsumersAnxiousConsumerismLipstickLow Self EsteemPhantomsBlame MeGirdlesAirbrushing Author:Cynthia Heimel
“Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity.” BodyArmsSkinsRegardThirtyToneOne WomanSeventeenEquanimitySkin Tone Book:Sex Tips For Girls: Lust, Love, and Romance from the Lives of Single Women Source: Sex Tips For Girls: Lust, Love, and Romance from the Lives of Single Women
“Contrary to popular cable TV-induced opinion, aerobics have nothing to do with squeezing our body into hideous shiny Spandex, grinning like a deranged orangutan, and doing cretinous steps to debauched disco music.” BodyStepsOpinionTvsContraryFitnessCablesHideousDiscoGrinningDerangedSqueezingAerobicsCable TvOrangutansSpandexDisco Music Author:Cynthia Heimel
