To get cross when newspapers show before and after pictures of female celebrities, expressing shock that they have changed or aged?

[CruCru]

There's a thing in the Times about Linda Evangelista, who has some sort of fat freezing thing done and it's gone wrong (I think she's suing). I don't think she looks awful in the "now" photos, just different. However the story is filled with pictures of her in the early 1990s - about 30 years ago. It's completely unrealistic to compare someone with how they looked several decades ago.

Similarly I was at school with a woman who ended up being quite famous and the local paper in my hometown keeps putting photos of her from when she was in her late teens (I follow the paper on FB), triggering loads of comments on how much prettier she used to be underneath. She's in her early forties - she isn't going to look 17 again, no matter what she does.

I agree it's despicable.

The DM are renowned for this sort of thing.

Sometimes they aren't so explicit but you know exactly what they are saying and that's horrible too.

I always remember when Zara Tindall returned to eventing after having a baby and they showed pictures of her "looking healthy".

And the commentary accompanying photos of actresses is always about so and so "putting on a busty entrance" or "making a colourful display or show" when all they were doing was attending a premiere to promote their latest film eg doing their job.

They occasionally photograph men who have put on weight but it's largely women they try and shame.

It's cruel.

Oh and women ‘flaunting’.

‘Flaunting their tanned pins’ when walking to the shop in a pair of summer shorts, for example.

Yes flaunting is another one! Flaunting or cavorting!

Just part of the patriarchy, sadly, men aren’t expected to look 16 when they are 40 odd

I read a marvellous Daily Mash thing during the summer - “Woman puts on bikini but refuses to frolick”. It was brilliant, I’ll see if I can find it.

Here it is.

Agree. They’re putting photos of Linda Evangelista out and about in a coat and scarf with no make up on, yes looking a little heavier than she did when she was a 25 year old frickin supermodel in full make up and fancy clothes on the catwalk.
I mean, I’m totally normal but if you compared two photos of me, one with my hair done and make up on and a nice dress and another with me on the way back from the gym with my hair scraped back and bare face you could comment on how I’ve “let myself go” as well. It’s so shit and I feel so sorry for all famous women who have to go through this.
My dad talks in almost hushed times about how beautiful Brigitte Bardot was in her prime and how she let herself go and I’m like “maybe she didn’t like being treated like a sex object and just wanted to live her life and not give a crap about being sexy and attractive?”

To be fair women are interested in how people age too

People age. There is one solution, don't buy the magazines or newspapers that these articles appear in. If women boycotted this crud and it affected sales, they'd soon get the message.

Mostly there are raves about how good people look when we all know why. And I think some do things just to get publicity.

@Gothichouse40

People age. There is one solution, don't buy the magazines or newspapers that these articles appear in. If women boycotted this crud and it affected sales, they'd soon get the message.

I don't anymore! Or look at them on-line.

The most depressing thing is that there's obviously a market for it, or else they wouldn't do it. This market will include men but I would suggest it's mostly women frequenting the 'sidebar of shame'

To be fair the Linda Evangelista pictures are in the papers because she is suing a cosmetic practitioner because their procedure to remove fat actually gave her more fat.

I think she still looks lovely.

@BalloonSlayer

To be fair the Linda Evangelista pictures are in the papers because she is suing a cosmetic practitioner because their procedure to remove fat actually gave her more fat.

I think she still looks lovely.

I think she looks lovely too, so it is a shame to read that she believes she is 'horrifically disfigured', although I probably should not assume she means her face, as she doesn't mention what part of her body if affected..