Jezebel: skinny bitches

Janice Dickinson: "The Fashion Industry Is Not Plus-Size"

Tracie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

The new season of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency premieres tomorrow night, and it seems that the behind-the-scenes people at Oxygen managed to squeeze some plus-size models into the cast this time around, despite the fact that Janice herself is vehemently anti-plus-size. (To her credit, this is probably one of the only things the normally arbitrary and/or all over the place Janice has been consistent on.) Above left, a clip of Janice on Today this morning discussing why she's against larger mannequins.

Barbara Walters Bodysnarks Hillary Clinton's "Larger Bottom"

Tracie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

This morning on The View, the ladies were discussing Hillary Clinton's pantsuits, because Barbara Walters claims to have taken a part in Clinton switching from skirts to her now infamous style. (It had to do with a blizzard in 1996 and an interview or something.) Anyway, in setting up the anecdote, Babs, in so many words, said that the pantsuits were probably a good idea because of Clinton's ill-proportioned ass and thighs. The rest of the women on the panel—Clinton-hating Hasselback included—all got extremely uncomfortable and told Babs to not "go there." Clip above.

Star Jones Keeps The Bitches In Check On Bad Girls Club Reunion

Tracie — Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Last night's Bad Girls Club reunion was so awesome. Even if you never watched the series, you'd still be mesmerized by the sheer insanity of grown women wanting to throw down over every little thing, hurling insults about each other's weight, sexual activity, and yes, mamas. Even Star Jones, who hosted the special and pointed out the groups "mean girls' lunch table" mentality, couldn't resist getting caught up in the drama, and eventually ended up taking sides, although she said she wouldn't. Star handled her shit though, and she was actually really funny. Now if they could just get Tanisha to moderate a View reunion smack down! Clip above.

You Wanna Be On Top

Tracie — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Tonight is the finale of ANTM Cycle 10. (Sad!) ONTD has a great picture post showing what girls from different cycles have been up to (including Cycle 8's Whitney, Cycle 10's Claire, Cycle 7's Anchal, and Cycle 6's Jade, among others). But the woman who stuck out the most was Cycle 10's Whitney, the plus-size model who is in the final three competing for the top spot tonight. It's unclear if these shots of Whitney are recent, but if they are, girlfriend has lost a ton of weight. More depressing evidence that thinness = success? (Click on image for more shots.) [ONTD]

"Hi Tracie! I'm Writing This Story About People Who Grew Up As Chubby Kids"

Tracie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT

I've definitely struggled with my weight, but my troubles started when I was an adult and started (and stopped) doing certain drugs, causing me to yo-yo like Anna Nicole Smith. I've dealt with the extra pounds in both healthy (the gym, Weight Watchers) and unhealthy (prescription diet pills, laxatives) ways. I've learned to accept that my relationships with food and my own reflection in the mirror are kind of like a marriage: I love them, but it takes a lot of work, patience, and forgiveness to get through the day-to-day struggles of living together. So knowing that, imagine my touchiness when I received the following email:

Hi Tracie, So I'm writing this story for [redacted] about people who grew up as chubby kids and became successful, more svelte adults (Obama, Bill Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Meredith Viera, etc.). I want to hear from other people who struggled with weight issues when they were kids. I heard you might be someone to talk about this. If I'm totally wrong or you're uncomfortable speaking on the record, I understand completely! But let me know if you'd be willing to chat for the article, we can talk on background/anonymously as well. I am a former fat kid and know how these things go. Anyway, let me know!

This is seriously one of the most ridiculous emails I've received. I know the girl writing to me didn't mean to offend in any way, and it's really not her fault, but my gut reaction when I first read it was a rubber-necked, "Bitch!" See, the thing is, I was never fat as a child. Check out that picture of me and my sister. I've never looked so svelte in a bikini! But all kidding aside, I guess mainly I was offended by the fact that this woman and some other person had actually discussed how I used to be "fat". I wrote her back and told her that I couldn't help her with her story. But I'm still dying to know who offered up my name, mostly because it just reeks of underminer-ness.

Dolly Parton Is Looking Scary Skinny

Tracie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EDT

We love the crap out of Dolly Parton, and she was totally cute as the mentor on last night's American Idol, but we have to say we're a little bit worried about her. First she had to postpone her tour because of back problems from her large breasts. Then, when we watched the extra interviews with Dolly on American Idol's website, she looked thinner than ever. In her autobiography, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, she admits to a dieting technique of chewing food, then spitting it out. Dolly, please swallow! We don't want your life to be finished business! After the jump, a still picture of her looking frail.

Earlier: Dollly Parton Enthusiasts Give New Meaning To the Word "Fanatic"

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

Slut Machine — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:30:00 EST

So somewhere along the line Rachel Bilson got thin—way thin. Too thin. This photo should put it in perspective for you: Rachel Bilson with four regular, non-celebs. (Click on image for larger version.) [ONTD]

Skinny Bitches Are Breaking Our Health Care System

Anna — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:30:00 EST

Well, they're not, actually; that was just a way to draw your eyes to this item! But on a day when both the economy and the failing health care system are in the forefront of voters' minds, we were fascinated by the following news now all over the wires: overweight and obese individuals are easier — and cheaper — to treat. Dutch researchers writing in the journal the Public Library of Science Medicine report that the healthier the person, the more expensive their medical care over the course of their lives: about $417,000 for the thin and healthy, $371,000 for the obese and $326,000 for smokers. Logical, yes — smokers and the morbidly obese don't tend to live particularly long lives — but the findings, taken from mathematical models of three (hypothetical) groups of 1,000 people, may a big bucket of heavy cream on the argument the obesity epidemic contributes to higher health care costs.

Oh, and about that obesity epidemic: Science Daily reports that, after examining the average population weight gain in the United States over the past 42 years, British doctors are arguing that claims about the problem "often exceed the scientific evidence" and that "the categories of normal, overweight and obese is entirely arbitrary and at odds with the underlying evidence about the association between body mass index and mortality." Health economists and epidemiologists counter that the associated health care problems associated with obesity — diabetes, heart disease, elevated blood pressure — are not only well-established but growing. Whatever the experts say, the least we can do today, if not get on a treadmill and eat a spinach salad with steamed chicken, is exercise our right to vote.

Actually, A Long Healthy Life Costs More [MSNBC]
Fat People Cheaper To Treat, Study Says [Breitbart]
Is The Obesity Epidemic Exaggerated? [ScienceDaily]

Vintage Soda Ad Shames Women Into Drinking Tab

Slut Machine — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:40:00 EST

Above is a 1970s TV spot for Tab, and it's probably the creepiest soda commercial we've ever seen. As the first diet soft drink of The Coca-Cola Company (and the second diet soda ever), Tab was marketed to women as a way to keep slim, and thus, keep a man. As the voice over says, "When you can't be with him, be in his mind. Be a mind sticker." Then a spooky voice sings, "Don't you want to have a good shape?" It's like the Tab marketers are trying to scare women into saying, "Yes! Uncle! Uncle! I want a good shape!" Tab has had its ups and downs over the years: First it was sweetened with cyclamate, which was eventually banned by the FDA, then it was sweetened with saccharin, which eventually was required to carry a warning label that it may cause cervical cancer. (Just like HPV!) Since 1984, Tab has been using a blend of saccharin and aspartame to create its low-cal goodness.

Tab (soft drink) [Wikipedia]

Posh Spice Likes Big Cocks, Small Frocks

Slut Machine — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:30:00 EST

The Spice Girls and designer Roberto Cavalli — who created the costumes for the group's reunion tour — were interviewed by Suzy Menkes for the International Herald Tribune yesterday. The girls discussed which of the designs they loved, with Ginger and Baby praising Cavalli for designing clothing for women with curves and Menkes agreeing it was good that there was no size zero in the group. Posh quickly replied, "I am a size zero. I don't mind being a size zero." Then Menkes asked Posh what she thinks about her husband David Beckham's underwear billboard ads. "I'm proud to see his penis about 25 feet tall. It looks great! It's huge." Oh, Posh! Without you, the Spice Girls be kinda bland.

The Spice Girls Talk About Cavalli [IHT]

How To Eat Like A Hot Chick: A Guide To Perpetuating Your Issues With Food

Slut Machine — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:40:00 EST

How to Eat Like a Hot Chick isn't really sold as a diet book, but as a "guide to enjoying your food, embracing your body and celebrating yourself like only a true Hot Chick can." According to authors Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent — who were pushing their book on Today this morning — you can eat anything you want, as long as you take like two bites, and then gorge on leafy roughage so you crap it all out. Seriously, they recommend that you eat a pound of spinach for dinner. (They should re-title it How to Shit Like a Hot Chick.) It doesn't take a nutritionist to realize that the eating habits Lipper and Vincent are suggesting are pretty unhealthy. Look at that still! Fries, creamy pasta and chocolate cake! Fo realz? The best part about this entire thing though, is the one girl who suggests that women eat few pieces of cheese for lunch, saying, "It'll be fun! It'll feel like you're at a fun nightclub or something." Clip above.

Lily Allen: A Few Sizes Smaller, Scared of Karl Lagerfeld

Tracie — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:30:00 EDT

We love a Lily Allen interview because the girl doesn't have much of a filter, but she's got a knack for talkin' smack, particularly about the fashion industry and magazine editors for perpetuating unrealistic standards of beauty. So it's a bit weird that she's noticeably shed a few pounds and will be performing at the Swarovski Fashion Rocks concert next month — clad in Chanel. However, in today's Times of London, it's evident that she's still her same old self:

I have lost quite a bit of weight but I didn't feel any pressure to do it. It wasn't even intentional, it was more that I split up with my boyfriend and I've been mucked up ever since.

She also opens up about being afraid to meet Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld:

I was absolutely petrified when I first met Karl [Lagerfeld]. All the PRs were pushing me into going and I was like, what am I doing? And I was really shitting myself.

Shitting herself? Maybe that's how she lost the weight!

I've Done Prom Dresses To Death [Times of London]
Earlier:

Lily Allen Gives A Blow, Gets A Boot

http://jezebel.com/gossip/top/lily-allen-gives-a-blow-gets-a-boot-282862.php
Related: Lily Allen's Escape to New York [NY Magazine]

'The Fashionista Diaries': More To Hate!

Tracie — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:00:00 EDT

You guys wanted it, so here it is—a Stephanie Trong clip-reel from Wednesday night's episode of The Fashionista Diaries. Whereas Seven House PR mentor Mandie "Cunt Face" Erickson deals with the assistants by alternating between verbal mockery and ostracism, Stephanie Trong, the former executive editor of Jane, utilizes the far more subtle tactics of bitchy verbal intonation, body language, and facial expressions. Enjoy/cringe!

Earlier: newVideoPlayer("fashionista_gawker.flv", 475, 376);

'Every summer, thousands of hopefuls apply for assistant positions. The chances of landing them are slim. And finding the perfect fit? Even slimmer.'

That's the voice-over for the intro of The Fashionista Diaries, the new reality show from the creators of The Hills that debuted last night on SoapNet. The show revolves around six assistants trying to make it in the fashion industry and assigned to three different companies: Flirt Cosmetics, Seven House PR, and Jane magazine (R.I.P.). The girls at Flirt are capable and boring. The girl assigned to Jane is the most likable. The second Jane assistant is Andrew, who says he got into fashion to meet girls. Except, he has sculpted eyebrows. (You do the math). The best part of the show, however, is the interplay between Nicole (the fish-out-of-water, real-life Ugly Betty from Queens) and Bridget (the pretty, thin, privileged socialite), both of whom work at Seven House PR for Mandie Erickson, a woman who really can only be described in two words: Cunt Face. See for yourselves, above.