I second the emotion on La Hudson. ~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > > > I have trouble thinking of Kenya Moore and Selma Hayek as "thick", but I hear > you. To me, Jennifer Hudson is thick--and luscious! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:57:35 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > >  > > > > > > > I agree, Keith...what was called curvy, voluptuous, and sexy in the 50's, > 60's, and 70's they now call "thick..." However, regardless of what we see > or hear on tv, 'thick' women are very much preferred on the streets...no > matter what race, creed or color men are... >  "Such music flows on the Fringe and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" > From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie > > > > > > From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 10:55:52 PM > Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Study Finds British Women Want Curves Again > >  > > > > Related to the conversation where I'd noted the Brits seem to use more women > with "real" shapes (at least in "Dr. Who"). Although, even here i see > perceptions have changed. I mean, in what universe is Catherine Zeta-Jones > considered curvy? She's beautiful, but I'd call her slim at best. A related > article I read was talking about something called the "waist-to-hip" ratio, > which supposedly measures a woman's curves. It claimed a WTH of 0.7 indicated > a perfect figure. Then, however, the article said that women with that > "perfect figure" included Selma Hayek, Jessica Alba, and Audrey Hepburn? Huh? > Hayek's got the curves, sho' 'nuff. Alba ain't anything close to what i'd > consider curvacious. Fit, but not Coke-bottle curvy. And Hepburn?? My > goodness, on this scale, the likes of Pam Grier, Kenya Moore, Nichele > Nichols, and other classic voluptuous sisters would be considered overweight! > > So much of this conversation on beauty frankly ignores whole groups of > people. I rarely see African American or Latina women talked about as the > standards, unless it's something stupid like last year's fixation on Michele > Obama's arms. > > At any rate, I hope this is a trend reversing, and more women the world over > realize that being anorexic-looking isn't a standard of beauty worth worth > obtaining. > > ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* > ***** > > > British women 'want to be curvy not thin' > > (AFP) â" Jul 22, 2009 > > LONDON â" British women hanker after a curvy hourglass body shape rather > than trying to be ultra slim, preferring Kate Winslet to Kate Moss, according > to a poll published Wednesday. > > Sixty percent admitted to being either an "apple" or "pear shape," but 75 > percent said they wanted a figure like Catherine Zeta-Jones or Marilyn > Monroe, against only 10 percent who wanted to squeeze into a slim size 10 > dress. > > The findings reflect changing attitudes in Britain -- where obesity is a > growing problem -- among women tired of the so-called Size Zero culture long > fuelled by advertising and the fashion industry. > > "The report shows that women's attitudes to slimming over the last 50 years > have changed with their figures," said Laura Bryant of the food company which > commissioned the poll of 2,000 women. > > "It seems British women have lost their waists but now they are demanding > them back." > > And she added: "They are more concerned about getting a curvy hourglass shape > like their grandmothers instead of being the perfect size 10 which shows a > marked shift in attitude from the 80s and 90s, when success and failure when > slimming was benchmarked against fitting into certain sized clothes." > > A top-10 list of female celebrities whose shape inspired women was topped by > buxom TV cook Nigella Lawson and actresses Helen Mirren, Judy Dench, and > Joanna Lumley. > > The findings might raise eyebrows in neighbouring France, which has the > highest proportion of clinically underweight women in Europe, according to a > study published in April. > > Only half of those French women think they are thin, said the study, noting > that in Britain, Spain and Portugal, the number of women who see themselves > as seriously skinny easily outstrips the number who actually are. > > A study last December found that one in three adults in England will be obese > by the time London hosts the 2012 Olympics. > > Between 1993 and 2004 the proportion of obese people rose "significantly" , > from almost 13.6 percent to 24 percent among men and from almost 17 percent > to 24.4 percent among women, according to University College London > researchers. >
