Re: And the press strikes back...

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:55:55 -0500, drusilla <me@xxxxxx> wrote:

Remember what Jo wrote about stupid girls? well, the press has already
read it and... well... Ciaran from Mugglenet can express it better than I.

"*Paper criticises Jo's piece on our skinny-obsessed world*

The Mail on Sunday yesterday criticised JK Rowling's recent article
about our skinny-obsessed world and how magazines glorify being thin.
The headline of the controversial article reads: "If you loathe the
'skinny obsessed' world so much, JK, why did you make evil Dudley
Dursley so FAT?" That sentence sums up the entire article's point:
Almost every hero or heroine in the books is thin - with the exception
of Molly Weasley who, the article says, is "plump" in a maternal way -
and "young girls' preoccupation with being slim will only change when
they have plump or fat role models. And no one is better placed to
effect that change than the most powerful woman in publishing today - JK
Rowling."

So,because more people read Jo's work then the mags combined, it's
Jo's job to provide role models for girls? No. it's the mag's jobs
to represent the truth. Those photos are airbrushed and photoshopped
up the yin yang. Try a little journalistic integrity. On second
thought, try a lot. a nice fat helping of it.
.

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