Starved of a Realistic Female Body Image? Flesh & Curves this way…

Hi there. Don’t be shy, yes that’s a boobie and a curvy waist you just saw, we’re going to be looking at a lot of those in a moment. For a few minutes today, I thought I’d give you a little time-out from what we’re used to being brainwashed with exposed to all over the…

Girl in Bath Eating Food

I had often seen the above image floating around on the internet on various Tumblrs and always mistaken it for a photograph. But the artist behind these oil paintings is American realist painter, Lee Price. I suppose you could look at these works and say they’re a little sad, but I prefer to think of them…

Introducing, 1960s Slimming Beds

So it’s not yet 11am here in Paris and I’m pretty much wasted on some brandy tea that I made myself earlier to soothe a sore throat. I may have over-poured with the brandy (and may have made do with whisky instead of actual brandy). Soothing has now worn off, alcohol has not. So anyhoo,…

Why Dieting Totally and Absolutely SUCKS!!

Confessions of a Girl on a Teeny Weeny Bikini Mission I have to get something off my chest. But I’m afraid your opinion of me may be slightly altered by what I am about to tell you. After much careful consideration, agonizing thought and deliberation, I have decided to go on a little d ……

The Fruit That Tastes Like Chocolate Pudding

It might seem like mankind has come up with most of the deliciously devilish flavours and midnight snacks for us to indulge in, but if you look a little harder, in many cases I think you’ll find that nature was there first, waiting to tempt us all along… Behold the Black Sapote, a.k.a “the Chocolate Pudding…

The Girl with the Impossible Waist

If you look up “hourglass figure” in the dictionary, Betty Brosmer’s picture should probably be next to it (if you Google it, she’s right there next to Kim Kardashian). Meet the highest paid pin-up girl of the 1950s, considered by many as the first true supermodel, Betty appeared in thousands of magazine including LIFE, Time, Fortune,…

This Raw Food Blogger will blow your Junk Food-Loving Mind

The thing about eating healthy, raw and green is, you don’t really have to be a very skilled “chef” to do it. There’s no risk of over-cooking or sinking the soufflé– when it comes to the rabbit food, you are the master, the crazy inventor, the abstract painter, the mad mixologist. With a little creativity, you…

That Time Barbie Actively Encouraged Starvation Dieting

Playing with dolls that have a weight-loss complex doesn’t particularly spell out ‘fun’ for me, but 50 years ago, Mattel decided this was just what playtime was missing. In 1963, a series of Barbie dolls came with a book entitled How to Lose Weight, which simply advised girls in capital letters: “Don’t eat!”. The dolls’ accessories also…

Vintage Atkins, Torture Machines and Fat-Shaming: Getting Slim the 1950s Way

Here’s a rather eye-brow raising television clip from 1958 showing various diet and weight loss methods of the day. We learn that Dr. Atkins certainly wasn’t the originator of the ‘fat’ diet as we speak to the doctor behind “Eat Fat, Grow Slim”, and receive various slimming tips courtesy of the British Pathé commentator, such as,…

Working Out with Marilyn Monroe

It’s pretty neat when you come across rare photos of one of the most iconic and recognisable faces in history, and it doesn’t get much more rare and interesting than Marilyn Monroe herself, lifting weights in a terry cloth bikini… Marilyn and her guns of steel were photographed here in 1952 by Philippe Halsman for LIFE magazine.…