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absinthexiii
absinthexiii Posts: 38 Member
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This was posted by CNN this morning. Was the magazine right to ask this woman to cover up in her "after" photo? Or were they just being hateful jerks? What do you guys think.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/08/now-intv-birmingham-shape-magazine-asked-woman-cover-up.hln.html

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  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    This morning both the woman and the editor-at-large were on the Today Show. The editor explained that the writer was freelance and gave the woman the wrong information when asking her to cover up. The woman will be in a future Shape magazine article (in her bikini) along with other women showing and talking about losing a large amount of weight.

    http://www.today.com/health/woman-whose-weight-loss-bikini-pic-went-viral-gets-shape-2D79644325
  • absinthexiii
    absinthexiii Posts: 38 Member
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    Awesome! That's good to know! I think she did a fantastic job! She deserves a little recognition, and to help motivate others who need to lose large sums of weight :smile:
  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
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    I think that the comment that "realism doesn't sell magazines" is on point, sadly. Good for her for sticking to her guns. Sad world.

    I saw this today:
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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    I think that the comment that "realism doesn't sell magazines" is on point, sadly. Good for her for sticking to her guns. Sad world.

    I saw this today:
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    QFT...so much truth
  • absinthexiii
    absinthexiii Posts: 38 Member
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    Unfortunately so true
  • Jestinia
    Jestinia Posts: 1,154 Member
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    And imagine how much money and energy we'd free up to spend on other things.
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
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    So Shape decided to backpedal and try to do damage control and I still think it's a crap magazine.

    ET correct magazine title. Self, Shape, it doesn't matter. None of them are really helpful to women.
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
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    This was posted by CNN this morning. Was the magazine right to ask this woman to cover up in her "after" photo? Or were they just being hateful jerks? What do you guys think.

    http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/08/now-intv-birmingham-shape-magazine-asked-woman-cover-up.hln.html

    I wouldnt say hateful jerks. If so, then you would have to say the same about the MFP mods.

    Why are some pics allowed (many in bras and panties) and others are not???

    If its not attractive its a success story, but if its attractive its pornography?

    Hypocrisy comes to mind, not really being jerks.


    ETA: Why wouldnt Shape magazine want to show the REALITY of it? Then they wont have to worry about the fine print and say *results not typical (like in numerous other ads). There are plenty of threads asking about extra / loose skin after weight loss. This was also an opportunity Shape magazine missed out on to address those issues and help other people who have those concerns.
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    So Shape decided to backpedal and try to do damage control and I still think it's a crap magazine.

    ET correct magazine title. Self, Shape, it doesn't matter. None of them are really helpful to women.

    Pretty much. Backpedal and throw the freelance writer under the bus to make it look like the actual magazine had nothing to do with it. It was a very awkward segment to watch.
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
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    Magazines perpetuate a certain aesthetic, and as was quoted (via social media) in the interview, "The image is realistic, but realism doesn't sell fitness."

    I would love to see the reality, and all of us here are steeped in it via the Success Stories forum, but the people selling the magazine know that their readership are more interested in magic pills and miracle cures that don't exist... There's no room for saggy skin in that delusion.

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