Change Your Image
snellka
Reviews
Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image (2017)
Thought provoking re: fashion industry
I hesitated to watch as I wasn't sure if it would stir up my emotions about my own body image and daily ups and downs. As someone with a unfortunate past of eating disorder relapses and recoveries (and the consuming isolation and torment that are far from glamorous), this hit close to home but in only a good way. I felt like I related unfortunately to the school girls being interviewed and how they compared themselves negatively, insecurities and worry taking ahold unconsciously. And then I marveled at the beauty of women who weren't a size 0, with mesmerizing bodies, being in a field that dictates the skinnier the better. I found them so cool! Beautiful in every sense of the word! And I couldn't take my eyes off their images, isn't that the point of a model in advertising? People may try to debate the issue to fit their own views but the images portrayed in the media directly influence perception and what society values. The majority of fashion images of females are photoshopped malnourished models but why does it have to be so? Why judge beauty based on size?
Tom Segura: Ball Hog (2020)
Unoriginality Fell Flat
Dirty sex jokes need to have something more than vulgarity to be funny. Shock value of mom dirty sex jokes felt just immature and sophomoric. And the bit about him loving kids vs people love their pets was an eye roll. Boringly typical. Cringe without much else. Nothing ground breaking.