>Last but not the least, images of plain & stocky middle-aged Asian 
>men are fashion crimes of immense proportions. 
Just imagine the plain & stocky middle-aged Asian women! Here's a hint - you should go spend some time in the orient, in Japan maybe? And actually look around, talk to some people while you are there.
>The capitalist 
>aesthetic demands that we worship the Thin, (Very) Young, & Beautiful 
Last I looked, pedophilia (really worshiping the "very" young) was still punishable. Strike two.
>This 
>is symbolically appropriate because both in modelling & sports eating 
>disorder is very common, and eating disorder follows the logic of 
>capitalism: Binge & Purge.  Or Scarcity and Desire Unlimited.
You failed pop psychology, didn't you? Talk about simplifications used to malign. Outright misrepresentation. Calumny. Show me a model who binges and purges, I'll show you a person with mental problems in the land of plenty - this is in contrast with 20 million plus who were starved to death for no better reason than because they wished to run their own lives.
>Yoshie
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