Body Image

I'm not the only who thinks they've gone crazy trying to make women look a certain way.

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Keira Says No to Bigger Bust

The 23-year-old Says She's Proud of Her Natural Body and Doesn't Want Film Promos Enhanced
By JUJU CHANG, COLE KAZDIN and KELLY HAGAN
July 29, 2008


Call it truth in advertising: Waifish actress Keira Knightly has balked at having the digital wizards enhance her breasts in publicity photos for her new film, "Duchess."
The actress objects to her cleavage being altered in publicity photos.

The sultry star of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Atonement" feels she doesn't need cleavage to be sexy and insists on being portrayed as the A-cup beauty that she is rather than being air-brushed into a more voluptuous C-cup.

"Keira Knightly is essentially giving young women permission to stand up in their communities and their schools and their families and say, 'Look, this is the way I look and it is OK," said "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters" author Courtney Martin.

The 23-year-old's chest has been the subjected to scrutiny before. In promotions for "King Arthur" in 2004, the actress' A-cup was morphed into a C-cup on posters. At the time Knightly admitted, "those things weren't really mine," though she still went along with the publicity campaign. "I think that's incredibly brave and could have a huge impact on young women," Martin said of Knightly's decision.

Documentary

It's been a while since I made this little documentary about this great cause and event. I was thinking about it today and just felt like posting it again. If you're new to this blog and have five minutes to spare, take a look and feel free to comment or email me.



You can watch a lot of my other videos on YouTube.

Quote

"You always pass failure on the way to success."
Mickey Rooney

Does this mean I'm getting close to success? I've gotten pretty good at failure. : )

Picking myself up

They say idle hands are the devil's tools. Well, I'm starting to believe that. In my last post I talked about this mild depression I was suffering from. I got out of it by working on an idea I forgot I had. I scrolled down and read my own blog. (I have now one reader, me!)



I remembered this photo. This image that ended up stuck in my head a while back. I started writing one scene and the story begun. And I do feel better. Now I'm not sulking and feeling sorry for myself, I'm writing about it!

Post Vacation Depression

I feel like I've hit a brick wall. I got back from vacation as was totally loving my life. Now, as I look at it, it all feels so pointless. What have I accomplished, really? I haven't made a cent with my writing, I still work the same day job, I have a lot of debt, I shouldn't even have gone on vacation. I really couldn't afford it, but I missed everyone too much. I'm feeling like a failure right now. What do I really have to show for? It's been so hard to just live my life lately, I don't know what to do to pick myself up.