January 15, 2009
- 3:00 pm
By Amanda - Wagner
When Oprah high fived Kate Winslet and proclaimed “God bless your real breasts!” I smiled and felt a little bit prouder for women with real breasts everywhere. Not everyone has huge, perky, volleyballs on their chests and it’s about time someone recognized it. Maybe it’s silly that it took a reminder from Oprah Winfrey that breasts move, but after the article in the New York Times yesterday, it looks like more women need to be reminded.
The latest figures show that “the number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on youths 18 or younger more than tripled over a 10-year period, to 205,119 in 2007 from 59,890 in 1997.” That is an astronomical number!
I know I shouldn’t be surprised being I can name more than a few people who have been offered a pair of silicone implants wrapped in a red bow come graduation day, but that number really shocks me.
I understand that beauty and perfection have been something that women have constantly strived for and I also understand that cosmetic surgery has become more acceptible in our society. I mean, just turn on the television and I bet you can find at least three makeover shows on right this minute, and at least one re-run of Dr. 90210. Still, maybe we should be wondering why young girls are inceasingly begging and pleading for new noses, breasts, chins, teeth, ears, tummies and every other resize-able, reshape-able body part. Read More »
Tags: adolesence, beauty, body image, cosmetic surgery, Dr. 90210, implants, kate winslet, lipo suction, nose job, oprah, plastic surgeon, Plastic Surgery, self esteem, teenagers, tummy tuck, under the knife
November 6, 2007
- 4:52 pm
By CC Staff
Tags: arkansas, Blind Date, buzzword, chocolate gold, crazy, delusional, diamond, dreams, electric car, first lady, flilf, golf cart, hybrid, internet, kat von d, Kim Kardashian, la ink, mother, nose job, nude, oral sex, paris hilton, playboy, Sex, tattoo, Tom Cruise, Video, virgin, virginity, wife, you tube, YouTube, zeitgeist
September 27, 2007
- 11:38 am
By Lauren - University of Michigan
In a recent interview with US Weekly, The Hills “star”, Heidi Montag, tells the world that she would rather die than be flat chested with a big nose.
When asked about her nose job and breast augmentation surgery (which she has until now kept quiet about), Heidi contributed this incredibly deep and emotional response:
“But surgery is a very big deal. Right before I went in, I was like, What if I don’t wake up? Oh, this is scary. Then I thought, I don’t care. If I don’t wake up, it’s worth it. I just wanted it so badly.”
Well, it is nice to see that Heidi has her priorities straight. I mean, forget about all those people dying all over the world. All the starving children in Africa. The oppressed women in the Middle East. The AIDS epidemic.
Those people don’t know pain!
Try living with an A-Cup and be forced to wear push-up bras that cut into your skin! Maybe then you’d know real pain! You think having your face ravaged by flying shrapnel in Iraq is a problem? Try having this thing on your face. Read More »
Tags: aids epidemic, boob job, boobs, breast augmentation surgery, elective surgery, flat chested, Heidi Montag, Lauren Conrad, mtv, nose job, pain, Plastic Surgery, push up bras, reality TV, spencer pratt, starving children in africa, superficial, the hills, Us Weekly