To wonder where Margot Robbie's internal organs are.... see Vanity Fair cover

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This is not an intention to body shame - but I find the cover shot of Margot Robbie on Vanity Fair quite shocking. And unnecessary 😥
I have been just as thin, and was classed as underweight and diagnosed with an eating disorder.
I hope I'm not the only one who wonders what the next level for stars might be, if this is an aspirational "look". And for us regular humans.

Unnecessarily spiteful comment.

That’s a normal, toned waist. Just because you don’t have it, it doesn’t mean it’s something out of the ordinary

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shes obviously sucking it in

her stomach isn’t concave

As I said earlier in the thread - the thread title was facetious - so I suppose might be seen as inappropriate by some. However, it seems I am not alone in my view.

There is no word other than thin, for this appearance - and I did say "appear", and "too thin". I showed it to a male friend - who is very involved i health and fitness and a triathlete - and he said that she is being presented to "appear too thin or with a distorted body shape" - so some men might agree as well, rather than find the image (regardless of who it is) UNappealing.

Body-shaming is such a broad term - and, to repeat, when I was a very very small size four, with prominent ribs, a thigh gap and no boobs and ridiculously skinny arms, plenty of people had something to say - and I don't really remember labelling it as body-shaming. There was whole spectrum of opinion, all of which was uninvited. (And I was not on a magazine cover - although had modelled slightly years before then, as a much healthier size and appearance....comments about my image back then were more or less expected.)

Locally to me, there is a tanning "salon" with photos on the window. A year or two ago, someone commented on the photo of the man (these cover the whole window), and how skinny he seemed. It was a local facebook group, and caused uproar. The thread was pulled.

I will take a picture later, and put it on here - see what people think about that (I do not want to be labelled sexist, misogynistic as well as everything else).

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Body-shaming is such a broad term - and, to repeat, when I was a very very small size four, with prominent ribs, a thigh gap and no boobs and ridiculously skinny arms, plenty of people had something to say - and I don't really remember labelling it as body-shaming. There was whole spectrum of opinion, all of which was uninvited.

Well this is just bizarre. Apparently you didn't mind people make comments to you, when you also had an eating disorder. And up don't consider those comments body shaming.

Well the good thing is, it's not up to you to decide that rude and uninvited comments aren't body shaming.

I think she looks strong, healthy, and beautiful! It’s a beautiful photo. It’s okay to be health conscious and enjoy exercise. If I posted a similar photo of an overweight woman being similarly negative and judgemental id be flamed, so why is it okay to be negative and judgemental about women of a lower (but still healthy) weight?

I do not have prominent ribs like that no matter how hard I try, nor how hard I suck my stomach in.

I'm a size 10 and I do. It was actually something I was self conscious about as a teenager

I really don't think the term "body shaming" was as widespread (back) then.... I thought it was rude, but there just wasn't a term for it that would encompass all of the remarks...... From "too thin" to "look well" to being out and out TOLD that I was anorexic (which I was NOT, and that was by my charming stepmother, who played a part in my eating issues).

And, as has been said, and as I am semi-guilty of myself, there is far more likelihood of comments being made about a slender physique, than one that has more flesh. I can make a comment about Melissa McCarthy or - I don't know who it is - the model being used for images in TK Maxx, who is the opposite shape of MR.... BUT I still would not specifically be "body-shaming"...
Is it then to be argued that any comment about the shape of someone is body-shaming?

And it was even further back in time when I was literally on display as a very part-time model - and on those occasions I was used specifically for my figure.
When I had ribs like MR, no-one would have seen them, whether they were paying me or not.

And, being on the cover of a magazine will inevitably invite comment - surely!
I also think that one of the images in the article inside the magazine is unnecessary as well 😳

She looks great. I work in sports and fitness and know many healthy women with physically demanding jobs with bodies like hers.

My DD is also often told she is anorexic or flat chested. We are Asian, so we are all built that way. Our ribs show when young. Even if we don't diet or exercise. She wears crop tops in summer so they are visible and invite unsolicited advice.

I don't really understand why having been the victim of such comments yourself, you obsess so much about MR. If not body shaming, it seems obsessive.

When I had ribs like MR, no-one would have seen them, whether they were paying me or not.
My ribs look like hers when I lift my arms over my head. I will not be hiding my body on the beach on holidays or anywhere else because I have ribs. I am healthy. It's really no big deal. It's just a body.

My DD is also often told she is anorexic or flat chested. We are Asian, so we are all built that way. Our ribs show when young. Even if we don't diet or exercise. She wears crop tops in summer so they are visible and invite unsolicited advice.

Its awful really, I'm 35 now always been tiny ,flat chest, no hips to speak of and people still comment frequently on my body or speculate on my eating habits... "Jesus you must eat next to nothing you're tiny" etc.
It can get infuriating and sometimes I want to reply and say something equally hurtful back like, "What about you, you must never stop eating the size of you!!"
But of course I'd be an evil cow if I did and it would do no good so I wouldn't..

She's gorgeous but I think it's an awful picture - why is she sucking her stomach in so much? It wouldn't surprise me if there's some use of make up going on there to 'enhance the look' - whatever it is. I don't really know what they're going for here and I say that as someone with a BMI under 18.

This thread is just turning into a stream of slagging off women who are thin. Women come in all shapes and sizes. I’m 5ft2 and a size UK 6, I don’t have a thigh gap (they don’t actually exist btw, unless you stand with your legs slightly apart, or use photoshop) I work out a lot, 4 times a week, this includes a 7 mile run once a week and lots of weight training. I have abs because I do loads of sit ups and sit ups using weights. I’m a 34C so I do have boobs, albeit not massive ones. I’m very fit and strong, far from a weak anorexic. I eat what I like, I don’t diet as such, I just try to eat lots of fruit and veg but I certainly don’t ever turn down a chocolate cake! If I suck my stomach in it looks like MR’s in this photo. It doesn’t particularly look nice but it sucks in just as much as this. I’ve had 2 kids. I certainly do not have any eating disorder. There’s an awful lot of green eyed monster coming out in this thread now, and I think you need to have a good think about what body shaming actually is because you’re doing a heck of a lot of it in this thread.

Why the assumption that it’s deliberate? Some people are naturally like that. I was until 30, when we had our first child. No effort involved - though I was active and busy - just was.

Different story afterwards 🤣

What is the relevance of what one man, who we don’t know anything about except that he has done a triathlon, thinks about the image and whether men, presume you mean straight men, find the picture appealing. You may not wish to sound misogynistic but you seem to have a lot of internalised misogyny.
Have no idea what you mean about the Facebook group and the tanning shop pics.

She looks great.

You can see my ribs like that when my BMI is around 22. Some people just have that shape.

@Eyerollcentral
You might understand when I post the picture.
As I said, I am not just noticing the image/s of famous women; men's images can be used - in my opinion - unwisely (in today's world).
I do not consider myself to be misogynistic, internally or otherwise.

Hmm, yes, he is straight - should I go and ask a gay male friend and my lesbian sister, just make sure I am covering all bases?

Becuase she doesn't look that way in the pictures that accompany the article inside the magazine. Ergo - deliberate. The picture - not the reason for the ribs.....

I seriously did not post this because I am envious. Of all the places I have put on weight, actually my waist is not one of them...
And I did NOT call Margot Robbie anorexic or sick 🙄

Hmm, no, not obsessed at all.....

Are you basing that remark on the fact that the thread is still active, and that I am responding to some of the comments. That does not equate to obsessed; how ridiculous.

She looks fantastic. She's got a healthy looking body.

You don’t need to canvas any man’s opinion about the image that’s the point. Who cares if a man doesn’t find the image appealing, it’s a fashion magazine aimed primarily at women. The fact that you thought it was a killer blow to say a man even says x, y and z demonstrates a paternalistic approach to the evaluation of women’s bodies. Also have you seen most female triathletes? Margot Robbie would not look overly slim beside them. All the ones I know are ultra lean and toned. Surprised your friend thought this image so distorted when presumably he must see a lot of very slim and healthy women through his hobby.
With each post to be honest you are demonstrating you have a lot of internalised misogyny. Whatever the sexuality or sex of the viewer. You don’t need to canvas opinion about whether or not Margot Robbie is attractive in the picture. The conversation started out that it was an unhealthy body image and now you’ve devolved it in to hot or not.