For some reason (actually many reasons that I won't get into), the "Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" is constantly playing on loop at my house. The show is chock full of "chaos" "drama" and "disorder" (one bulimic model is caught with cheesecake under her bed!). In the season finale of this season, Janice's son tries to bring plus size models into the house. Janice freaks out. This clip from "The Soup" really points to a lot of the issues that are highlighted in our readings. But the clip doesn't do justice to how shocking and disturbing the actual episode is. Janice is incredibly explicit about her hate of "plus" and actually cries and insults these women. One of the plus size models tries to give her a hug, Janice tells her to "go on a diet," when the woman explains that she lost 100 pounds, Janice tells her to lose more.
On the Today Show, Janice declared her position as anti-plus size, saying, "America may be plus-size, but fashion isn't." And ends the show with, "a shout-out to the girl's in the gym, keep up the good work on the tread-mill!"
What a role model. My question is, are we supposed to want to have that face?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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