The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: bulimia

  • Don’t Compare. Contrast!

    A lot of women in America (and, I’m sure, in other places as well) are trained from practically birth to compare themselves to others and find themselves wanting. We can’t live up to those photoshopped models in the fashion magazines. How many of us look in the mirror and are unsatisfied with what we see? I…

  • Am I the Only One Who is Grossed Out by This?

    Every day on the way home from work I pass this billboard. And every day it turns my stomach. Apparently a lot of women must find this image appealing or this company would not use it in their advertising. Let me explain something to you young ladies out there who want to look like this:…

  • The Destruction of Women

    Today I came across this picture on Facebook.   A friend of mine rightly commented, “And this was before Photoshop.” Women used to aspire to have wasp waists. To heck with breathing, we wanted to be desirable! These contraptions caused deformities in ribs and internal organs, weak muscles, and respiratory problems. It also increased the…