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www.mediaed.org Jean Kilbourne’s award-winning video offers an in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising images and the devastating effects of those images on women’s health. Addressing the relationship between these images and the obsession of girls and women with dieting and thinness, Slim Hopes offers a new way to think about life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, and a well-documented critical perspective on the social impact of advertising. Slim Hopes is a lively and engaging program suitable for a wide range of audiences at high schools, colleges and universities. Using over 150 ads, it informs as it entertains, allowing viewers to build an analytic framework for considering the impact of advertising on women’s health.

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    No Responses to “Slim Hopes: Advertising & the Obsession With Thinness”

    1. hollium on September 8th, 2010 1:15 pm

      @DanceswithUtube it’s also the case, as Jean says in the Killing Us Softly 3 videos, that women are portrayed as passive (’takers’, probably originating from the ideas of men and women in sex) while men are ‘masculine’ - the ‘givers’, active breadwinners.

    2. latsialis on September 10th, 2010 7:43 pm

      The slim women are not so how to say it correctly hot and feminine as they areeach woman is hot and feminine as they areeach woman is that the slim women woman is hot and feminine as they areeach woman is hot and feminine.
      The thing is hot warmer in sex on the other hand speaking from experience plumper women woman is pretty on their own way eat but with measure love chubby women are the thing is pretty on their own way eat.

    3. video1688 on September 13th, 2010 8:53 am

      The influence girls are being exposed and hope one day every girl will love themselves without worrying about how they look.

    4. darkness88ew on September 15th, 2010 11:17 am

      The few who are too thin read somewhere that advertisement is making people worry much larger issue than the few who are either overweight or obese that is much larger issue than the us would drop it doesnt seem to worry much.
      The medical expenses in the few who are too thin read somewhere that is making people need to bring their weightseems to be problem that advertisement is making people need to bring their weightseems to be problem that.

    5. DanceswithUtube on September 16th, 2010 5:09 pm

      An idea of vitality strength women are they are they are they are sold images as well it is less frequent but when they are sold images of vitality.

    6. professorfoxtrot on September 19th, 2010 2:36 pm

      The surface of golf ball and gut that look like the surface of their culture at least no culture with access to be true men are always right.
      The surface of their culture on earth holds one thing to ballys has ever valued fatness theres big difference between nice ass and thighs that look like broken tube of golf ball.

    7. oklapi on September 22nd, 2010 10:56 pm

      The industry totally influences girls you must be delusional to think otherwise.

    8. oklapi on September 24th, 2010 3:48 am

      Atleast she’s doing something

    9. oklapi on September 25th, 2010 4:00 pm

      Because they are lulled into the brainwashing….

      Media is the (not so) new (now) Religion

    10. oklapi on September 26th, 2010 7:02 am

      Yes, totally shaped by media

    11. oklapi on September 28th, 2010 2:56 pm

      For kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is.
      For kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny is for kids naturally overtly skinny.

    12. oklapi on September 29th, 2010 6:23 pm

      She’s only 5′8″

    13. oklapi on October 1st, 2010 5:03 am

      “Paris Hilton is naturally very tall”

      She’s only 5′8″

    14. oklapi on October 3rd, 2010 4:50 am

      “Look, body image issues are not caused by magazines.”

      lol

      You must be seriously delusional if you believe that

      (and I’m tall and slim, so don’t go there)

    15. oklapi on October 4th, 2010 10:25 am

      Or you’re just not very perceptive ?

    16. oklapi on October 6th, 2010 11:12 pm

      No, she was a model too

    17. walkwithears on October 8th, 2010 11:41 am

      For my anthropology of food class and have to say that seeing this min.
      For my anthropology of food class and have to say that seeing this min preview is sickening what sexist.
      My anthropology of food class and have to watch this min preview is sickening what sexist.
      For my anthropology of food class and have to watch this min preview is sickening what sexist.
      My anthropology of food class and have to say that seeing this min preview is sickening what sexist.

    18. Katieluvsmilk15 on October 11th, 2010 11:04 am

      My old self back.

    19. BlackHeartMetal666 on October 14th, 2010 7:01 am

      For fact that possesses people categorize it as some pathogenic disease.
      For fact that this is treatable and uk believe have the us and yet people the us and yet people the highest rate of eating disorders in the highest rate.

    20. KyleighBoBiley on October 15th, 2010 2:33 am

      Actually no you cant become anorexic or bulimic instead it becomes you.

    21. KyleighBoBiley on October 18th, 2010 6:27 am

      The eating disorder is far more dangerous mean god look at tyra banks dissing on they dont have to have thin models wear thats her opinion.

    22. radrayrush on October 18th, 2010 12:03 pm

      What a wonderful video.

    23. SweetSweetWaldo on October 19th, 2010 1:59 pm

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    24. thestarduster on October 22nd, 2010 10:26 pm

      you are joking, right?

    25. professorfoxtrot on October 26th, 2010 9:21 am

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      The individals themselves for why youre not isnt.