Comments on: Foxy Brown http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jenna http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268735 Jenna Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:35:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268735 <p>I think SI did it for diversity,using it as a marketing ploy, aiming to please a certain demographic while offending another .</p> I think SI did it for diversity,using it as a marketing ploy, aiming to please a certain demographic while offending another .

]]> By: Harbeer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268730 Harbeer Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:18:41 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268730 <p>All else aside, the photo from Rajasthan evokes the chorus of this song: http://vimeo.com/7965537</p> All else aside, the photo from Rajasthan evokes the chorus of this song: http://vimeo.com/7965537

]]> By: Gargoyle http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268284 Gargoyle Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:51:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268284 <p>The ideological/cultural/etc etc angles are all self-evident so I just have a comment from a purely artistic point of view. If they'd just swapped the location and wardrobe for Brooklyn Decker and Sonia Dara, the photographs would have had so much power, would have entered a different league! As it is, Indian model in India - wow, imaginative. Urban(e)/semi-nude Indian hottie among the dusty cultural colourfuls - wow, original. How disappointing.</p> The ideological/cultural/etc etc angles are all self-evident so I just have a comment from a purely artistic point of view. If they’d just swapped the location and wardrobe for Brooklyn Decker and Sonia Dara, the photographs would have had so much power, would have entered a different league! As it is, Indian model in India – wow, imaginative. Urban(e)/semi-nude Indian hottie among the dusty cultural colourfuls – wow, original. How disappointing.

]]> By: Mr Cooper http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268261 Mr Cooper Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:40:00 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268261 <p>I cannot think of anything creative to say to link the complexion of this Honey and the premise of this article but<a href="http://littleindia.com/news/123/ARTICLE/6044/2010-02-10.html"> whatever</a></p> I cannot think of anything creative to say to link the complexion of this Honey and the premise of this article but whatever

]]> By: Facebook Diva http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268259 Facebook Diva Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:07:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268259 <p>True blah. I think what bothers me a lot more is the objectification. Especially writing from India, where Kingfisher calendars show Indian women [thin ones] in "foreign" beaches, "foreign"-looking hair, a "foreign" Five-Star-like tan. That is exotic too. So it is less of a race thing. More of a gender thing. We won't want girl children growing up with these images. Consent is not the issue. Neither is thinness- though the Spain-article was reassuring Sameer. I just ate another pakora. But the deeper concern is the impact of a media trend of objectizing a women [even assuming a "perfect fat" is in and not a perfect thin] the mind, on a generation, on the destiny of half the human race. It sounds so new, but it is the older argument ever against nude women in the media. It is a losing battle in India. Every movie has a soft porn content. See the Catch 21 remake trailers. Sometimes I feel things are better off "abroad" for Indian women. I will stop as this is not a blog post.</p> True blah. I think what bothers me a lot more is the objectification. Especially writing from India, where Kingfisher calendars show Indian women [thin ones] in “foreign” beaches, “foreign”-looking hair, a “foreign” Five-Star-like tan. That is exotic too. So it is less of a race thing. More of a gender thing. We won’t want girl children growing up with these images. Consent is not the issue. Neither is thinness- though the Spain-article was reassuring Sameer. I just ate another pakora. But the deeper concern is the impact of a media trend of objectizing a women [even assuming a "perfect fat" is in and not a perfect thin] the mind, on a generation, on the destiny of half the human race. It sounds so new, but it is the older argument ever against nude women in the media. It is a losing battle in India. Every movie has a soft porn content. See the Catch 21 remake trailers. Sometimes I feel things are better off “abroad” for Indian women. I will stop as this is not a blog post.

]]> By: Sameer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268253 Sameer Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:50:37 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268253 <p>You know I wonder how little they eat. I wish someone would give a burger. It could be beef, chicken or veggie burger. There was a time not too long ago when if a someone in India told you you put on some weight it was a compliment. Not any more. It is good if the change is for a healthier life, but not if the pendulum swings the other way. I applaud Spain. They started rejecting models who are too skinny to combat negative body image.</p> <p>"MADRID, Spain - Spain’s top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny — an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.</p> <p>Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the models’ body mass index — a measure of their weight in relation to their height — and 30 percent of the women flunked, said the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain.</p> <p>The association said Friday it wanted models at the show running from Sept. 18-22 to project “an image of beauty and health” and shun a gaunt, emaciated look...." <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14748549">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14748549</a></p> You know I wonder how little they eat. I wish someone would give a burger. It could be beef, chicken or veggie burger. There was a time not too long ago when if a someone in India told you you put on some weight it was a compliment. Not any more. It is good if the change is for a healthier life, but not if the pendulum swings the other way. I applaud Spain. They started rejecting models who are too skinny to combat negative body image.

“MADRID, Spain – Spain’s top fashion show has turned away a slew of models on grounds they are too skinny — an unprecedented swipe at body images blamed for encouraging eating disorders among young people.

Organizers of the pageant, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, used a mathematical formula to calculate the models’ body mass index — a measure of their weight in relation to their height — and 30 percent of the women flunked, said the Association of Fashion Designers of Spain.

The association said Friday it wanted models at the show running from Sept. 18-22 to project “an image of beauty and health” and shun a gaunt, emaciated look….” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14748549

]]> By: blah http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268249 blah Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268249 <p>Facebook Diva - It seems like she has an interest in the fashion world and the fashion industry. Lots of girls do, and want to be models for that reason, but few are lucky enough to be born with the right genes. I imagine it's a good career choice if she wants to be a designer or some other kind of fashion bigwig someday, because it gives her an inside look. Especially since she seems to have a lot of family support, other options, etc. She won't get drawn into the dark side of modeling like all the cokehead eastern euro models.</p> <p>Good for her, although it definitely isn't something that I'm personally comfortable with. The objectification bothers me more than the exotification. Anyone who says that this is 'empowering' will get a swift e-kick from me.. I hate how that word has been co-opted for sexist and objectifying purposes.</p> Facebook Diva – It seems like she has an interest in the fashion world and the fashion industry. Lots of girls do, and want to be models for that reason, but few are lucky enough to be born with the right genes. I imagine it’s a good career choice if she wants to be a designer or some other kind of fashion bigwig someday, because it gives her an inside look. Especially since she seems to have a lot of family support, other options, etc. She won’t get drawn into the dark side of modeling like all the cokehead eastern euro models.

Good for her, although it definitely isn’t something that I’m personally comfortable with. The objectification bothers me more than the exotification. Anyone who says that this is ‘empowering’ will get a swift e-kick from me.. I hate how that word has been co-opted for sexist and objectifying purposes.

]]> By: Facebook Diva http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268238 Facebook Diva Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:29:20 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268238 <p>That is comforting delurker. Maybe eventunally posing nude will be just one of those things even for senators' pasts. Like having run a personal blog or joined a yoga class. As long as this is gender-neutral I am not outraged. But it seldom is. Separately, imagine Sachin Tendulkar in Dara's outfit on the magazine.</p> That is comforting delurker. Maybe eventunally posing nude will be just one of those things even for senators’ pasts. Like having run a personal blog or joined a yoga class. As long as this is gender-neutral I am not outraged. But it seldom is. Separately, imagine Sachin Tendulkar in Dara’s outfit on the magazine.

]]> By: delurker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268237 delurker Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:15:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268237 <p>Facebook Diva, a dude who posed completely nude (Dara has not...yet) is now the junior senator from Massachusetts, and his education credentials are probably nowhere near where hers will be when she's done. Maybe she could ride this all the way to the presidency!</p> Facebook Diva, a dude who posed completely nude (Dara has not…yet) is now the junior senator from Massachusetts, and his education credentials are probably nowhere near where hers will be when she’s done. Maybe she could ride this all the way to the presidency!

]]> By: Facebook Diva http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2010/02/09/foxy_brown/comment-page-2/#comment-268235 Facebook Diva Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:52:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=6099#comment-268235 <p>what is also shocking is her education. why would padhee-likhee girls get naked for a magazine. what validation does dara need which education and living presumably free in a free-ish country couldn't provide. it's her choice and all. ofcourse. but it's disappointing.</p> what is also shocking is her education. why would padhee-likhee girls get naked for a magazine. what validation does dara need which education and living presumably free in a free-ish country couldn’t provide. it’s her choice and all. ofcourse. but it’s disappointing.

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