According to New York Post, head honchos from The Food Network have been less than complacent about Nigella's alleged weight gain. “Her director is now doing back flips to not show her below the waist, and deflects viewer vision by focusing on her cleavage/tongue/eyes more than ever,” claims an unidentified insider.
“In my experience, the weight thing is an almost totally female problem. I never feel bad about my weight around men, only women. Women act like it is somehow a moral failing to have hips," Lawson confides in an interview for TimesOnline.
Lawson goes on to say, “Everyone is so critical. All must be sacrificed to the great god of skinny. You must say no to everything. Life has to be pretty fabulous, surely, if you can afford to turn down occasions of pleasure?”
“I think it is a fear of flesh, maybe of vulnerability and softness," theorizes Lawson. I think she is on to something. I wonder if the reason we have become afraid of being soft and vulnerable is because women fought for so long to be taken seriously. Now that we are in a greater position of power, we feel that we must keep up a hard, controlled exterior to maintain our spot. Our bodies have to reflect an image of discipline and determination in order to be taken seriously. What do you think?
Why?
31 March 2008
The Food Network Upset About Nigella Lawson's Weight Gain
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Chef Ramsay once poo-pooed a chef because he was too thin. "You should have a belly!" He looks pretty muscular, but he definitely has a belly--yet proudly takes off his shirt EVERY episode. I love it. Even though there's less pressure on men re. looks, there are still pressures... probably more than we realize.
I find the Food Network thing weird, though. They have this southern chef who is large, and she makes these inSANE foods (like a dessert with chocolate and icing sugar and caramel and nuts etc. all in one, it's hilarious.)
Re. the softness thing... have to think about it.
Obviously the Food Network is dellusional. What makes Nigella's shows so enjoyable is the fact that it is obvious she eats what she prepares on the show.
Am I really to believe that Giada DeLaurentis eats any food at all?
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