Pink, Alecia Moore, lovingly refers to her obliques as "tranny abs" in a recent edition of Allure magazine. There is a one page layout consisting of "10 Lessons" we can learn from Pink on how to be as fit as her. I'm not sure why this article hasn't gotten more publicity because it contains some alarming quotes from Pink. Allure sets up the "10 Lessons" by stating that Pink "jogs for an hour and does another hour of yoga each day."
Lesson #1: A Little Obsession Doesn't Hurt
"I'm very dedicated to staying in shape when I'm on tour. In fact, last year my crew staged an intervention to try to get me to stop going to the gym so much." It's possible she is being sarcastic, but the context this quote is presented in the article implies that she is serious. The title of Lesson #1 plays into the idea that it is normal and healthy to be obsessed with how you look. It may be prevalent, but that doesn't make it healthy. Allure should know better, especially since they talk about Hilary Duff's diet obsession in the same issue.
Lesson #6: Accept Your Personal Quirks
"It would be nice to stretch myself a few inches...I wish I looked more feminine...I wish my legs weren't so muscular...there's nothing more beautiful than that feminine, curvy shape with the pouch in the middle. But that's not how I am." Actually Pink, that is how you are. Or at least how you would be if you didn't exercise so much you had a fitness intervention. Why does Allure think it is okay to call this lesson "Accept Your Personal Quirks" when the quotes following it are anything but? Allure should have called this lesson, 'Pick Apart Your Body'.
Lesson #7: Make (and Break) Your Own Rules
"Mostly I eat lots of greens, tofu, and fish...I allow myself one piece of cheese with one cracker a day...You do have to cheat now and then." I hardly call that cheating. Even the use of the word cheating indicates that she is constantly restricting food. Once again, Allure tries to make Pink seem healthy by saying she is not super anal about following rules. But, she is.
This article is just another example of magazines playing to our insecurities. Buyer beware.
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03 May 2008
Pink Gets Intervention From Concerned Friends
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4 comments:
you're so right, this is a perfect example of how damaging weight obsessions are normalised and encouraged among would-be healthy women. if i came across this article in a magazine, i would recognise this..... but it would still affect me and leave me feeling a bit worse than before i read it. i would either feel fat and start to question my non-dieting lifestyle or else just waste some of my energy feeling annoyed about it. knowing that other people are also reading this kind of crap for how it really is is so fantastic. woo! lets keep it up! sarah, x
I'm so confused?. Didn't Pink have that song out a couple of years ago about how stupid the media's portrayal of skinny, perfect woman is? I think it was called "Stupid Girls." So why is she admitting to being obsessed with her body and eating habits? These people make no connection between their personal choices and the songs/movies/whatever they try to sell. And the sad thing is, so many women don't ever make this connection. They just eat up whatever they are fed. Great Post!
pfft. I've always thought PINK had the figure of an adolescent boy anyways. Not exactly what I'd call womanly.
Ick. Can't say as I'm too fond of the term "tranny abs" either. And the comment about a single cracker with cheese being a "cheat" is so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. I agree, if things really are as they are presented in this article, then she has gone beyond healthy and into obsessed. Not that most celebrities have the capacity to withstand the crushing pressure to be thin at all costs.
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