The notion of
skinniness (and whiteness) thus becomes decoupled from model bodies; the skeleton becomes both a symbol of transgression and a fetishistic object of desire in its own right.
But to me she's walking a dangerous line between kooky and celebrating super, super
skinniness.
We also find that amongst women groups the ideal BMI category is characterised by normal low weight, where we can see a non-statically significant increase in the desire for an increasingly slimmer body as age increases; these findings are similar to Herrero and Vina (2005) and indicate that the current aesthetic model for women, characterised by
skinniness, is internalised early on, before the age of 10, and remains throughout adolescence.
Contributing editor Joan Nathan has the skinny on French-Jewish cooking, though
skinniness is perhaps the last thing reading it will lead to.
At the same time, Sinatra's legendary
skinniness in the first two decades of his career suggest a fragility that Crosby's stocky frame clearly lacks.
American critics commonly attack Barbie for setting abnormal
skinniness as a beauty standard and for suggesting that clothing is a topic that should dominate girls' concerns.
"We may have had a kind of unfair advantage," said Confer, referring to the lack of, uh,
skinniness amongst her squad.
WebMD's coverage includes links to stories about anorexia's prime targets, the possibility of the eating disorder being genetically inherited, how anorexia attacks the human body and whether Web sites celebrating
skinniness are a part of the problem.
There's no denying Lohan has lost weight since Herbie: Fully Loaded was made, and many have cited her parents' marriage breakdown as the main cause of her
skinniness.
The sudden appearance of weight-loss clinics in cities like Delhi and Mumbai, providing a new outlet for an intense concentration on
skinniness, is a principal marker of identification with this new ideal.
The affectionate gross-out of these distressingly opulent icons was mirrored and reversed in Venice Witch, a bronze stick figure clad in Stevie Nicks beads and roller skates, her clawlike labia and long-nippled dugs, pursed lips and gnarled hands the only modulations to her crazed
skinniness.
In the prefatory sonnet to the 1605 Quijote that is a dialogue between Babieca and Rocinante, Babieca says that Rocinante's
skinniness is the fault of Don Quixote's squire.