tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post88950714786098040..comments2023-09-17T00:52:27.888+10:00Comments on Girl With a Satchel: Mags: Is naked necessary?Erica Bartle (nee Holburn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-82438649054866330752010-01-07T19:28:12.143+11:002010-01-07T19:28:12.143+11:00Hi xenien, thanks for your comment.
As always, yo...Hi xenien, thanks for your comment. <br />As always, you add to the debate. The point I was trying to get at, but might have missed, is that going nude is not necessary for promoting positive body image, not that magazines shouldn't feature nudity altogether. This is such a subjective issue!<br />Cheers,<br />EricaErica Bartle (nee Holburn)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-29039257351092872142010-01-07T19:07:35.237+11:002010-01-07T19:07:35.237+11:00I love your blog, Erica - my many comments over th...I love your blog, Erica - my many comments over the years attest to this - but I find the vein of prudishness that it manifests very tiresome. Nudity hardly dominates women's publishing - how can it, when most women's publishing revolves around selling clothes? - and I can't think of any women who would see the publication of nude images as somehow demeaning. <br /><br />Calling nudity "not necessary" is, to me, a demeaning gesture, for it somehow implies that the naked female form is not worthy of celebration.<br /><br />If I were a woman, I think I would be offended by your trivialising of the female body.xenien_xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397863398386912877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-43059129645660340182010-01-07T12:56:31.181+11:002010-01-07T12:56:31.181+11:00i think nudity in a magazine is okay, as long as t...i think nudity in a magazine is okay, as long as they are done in an artsy way like what french vogue does most of the time. <br /><br />i'm with fiona on this one. <br /><i>"I'd rather see people naked than in unflattering clothes, but then would rather see people in clothes that suit their body type than naked."</i>Vinda Sonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599827814023570465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-17050116119722106082010-01-07T12:33:13.126+11:002010-01-07T12:33:13.126+11:00Erica, I think your piece is spot on.
As much as...Erica, I think your piece is spot on. <br /><br />As much as I enjoy nude photography (I do. It's not necessary, no, but nudity can be very beautiful, as art through the ages can attest. I'll happily look at Jen, Bianca and Sadie. Beautiful.) I do however think there are bigger issues to consider than our stretch marks and the 'integrity' of accepting our wrinkles, and more important and cooler heroines to celebrate than simply those who have a taken a public position of acceptance on the visible aspects of aging. If they are women of achievement, I won't care if they have stretch-marks or not, or how they feel about showing their bodies. Notable women are more than the sum of their (airbrushed or un-airbrushed) parts. <br /><br />x Tara<br />http://blog.taramoss.com/Tara Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061941678048818408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-84917557465546743562010-01-07T11:20:14.410+11:002010-01-07T11:20:14.410+11:00looked at a sportsgirl catelogue - I hope they'...looked at a sportsgirl catelogue - I hope they're using models in the (low but) healthy weight range? <br /><br />And on the trend of naked being the new black to sell mags - I'd rather see people naked than in unflattering clothes, but then would rather see people in clothes that suit their body type than naked.Fionahttp://littlelioness.netnoreply@blogger.com