Tag: bodyimage
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Body Image Issues in Middle Age and Duckfacing
Since I hit forty, I have this tendency to pull a very peculiar pout with my mouth when anyone asks me to pose for photographs, and I end up looking like a duck. Like this: Fortunately (or unfortunately), I do know from where this problem emanates. You see, unlike the majority of women who have body…
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Who Do You Dress For In Middle Age?
If you answered that question with a resounding ‘ME’, read on. There’s always so much gumpf in the media about how women look, or should look. English: Dita Von Teese photographed by Steve Diet Goedde (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The great news for women this week was that pubes are making a comeback – but according…
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You Can Be Just As Sexy As Scarlett Johansson In Middle Age
So Scarlett Johansson is the sexiest woman alive, according to Esquire Magazine! For the second time. I can only assume that my nominations got lost in translation. Scarlett Johansson met with nearly 600 service members at Camp Buehring, Kuwait Jan. 20 during her five-day United Service Organizations (USO) tour to the Gulf region. (Photo credit:…
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18 Penises Next Time, Please
Body (Photo credit: Wendy Nelson Photography.) The great thing about genitals is that they get people talking. I know that if I put the word ‘penis’ in my headline, for example, my number of views will increase. The continued fascination with and criticism of women’s bodies churns on – we are still being told what…
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Public Swimming Pools – Ten New Rules
swimming pool (Photo credit: freefotouk) A polite message to my fellow swimmers, because it has come to my attention that when one swims to a near Olympian standard in a public pool, it is unfortunately necessary to share one’s water space with members of the public, who may not, necessarily, share the same rigid discipline…
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New Year, New Body
A swimmer swimming (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Now that the boxes have been unpacked, the mail has been redirected and we’ve discovered our new favourite local eateries, I’m running out of excuses for not doing any exercise. January is traditionally the month where I make another feeble attempt to retrieve my wedding day body. New year,…
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Too Much Junk In The Trunk
It’s killing me to admit it, but I’ve now got too much ‘junk in my trunk’ to wear surf fashion. My unwilling bodily metamorphosis into middle age is cramping my enjoyment of retail therapy in a big way. I’ve lost the ability to recognise what looks good on this new bulkier frame that my hormones…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 