This an article and comment blog from the LA times about the questionable body politics of the CW's latest installment of 90210. Perhaps the debates serve a more reactionary purpose by primarily making value judgments about vague categorizations (“fat” vs. “thin”), often naturalizing and fetishizing the emaciation of these actresses (that some girls are just “naturally” that thin and/or their labor in maintaining a waiflike structure is effaced), and failing to recognize that “fat” is discursively constructed. Heifer/Lollipop is the new Madonna/Whore…it never ends.
If nothing else, enjoy the diatribes against “fat” (whatever this means) mobilized through both “scientific” research and social insecurities.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
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The current popularity of the heifer/lollipop look seems to be a consolation to the threatened sense of masculinity than the modern man suffers. As women's economic independence increasingly provides them with social mobility and troubles the gender power balance, men find solace in approaching the sexy "girl" image, with far less intimidation and find it possible to prevent their masculinity from being challenged in the way that a womanly, voluptuous woman image would require them to feel.
It's interesting that in economically advanced countries such as Japan and the US, the image of "sexy" is spelled out by this girl of 14 image!
Interesting article.
By the way, the post about "fat" Americans is very condemning, indeed!
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