ok. here's the dish: i watch celebrity trash tv if a few conditions all happen to coincide: that is, if i get home early, am tired, and just want to veg on the couch for a lil break.. mindlessly..
so i saw this story prolly last week and again it was told today. the show does that a lot-- always keeping us updated on the latest.. as any reliable news source does.. .. ..ha..
here's the story/'controversy': is this miss universe contestant [or winner?] too thin?? skeletal or beauti-full?
the aussie flew all the way to nyc to clear the air/defend herself to none other than the well-respected[?] diane sawyer.. ..c'mon, diane, you can do better than this.
they quote her height and weight, which i'm not too concerned about-- numbers, that's all they are.. but just look at her. look at her. if she was ok, would she be getting all or any of this attention? now, i don't follow the miss whatever pagents and couldn't care less about them but since it is being brought up, it should duly be noted that despite the idiocy of even its existence, it nevertheless does have some impact or some saying on the social standard defining what beauty is.. i mean, just think of all them young [and old] influenceable lasses out there.. sad.
so the stick figure flies halfway across the world for the televised interview. she's asked if she thinks she's too thin and/or if she has an eating disorder. she gets emotional. pauses. needs to recollect herself as a fake/non-existent tear [doesn't] appear because the allegation is so hurtful. finally she is able to respond and says she is perfectly healthy and has never had an eating disorder and was never anorexic or bulimic in her life.
i mean, it's one thing when you've got the trashy celeb shows informing the public of stories like this but it's kind of another, i think, when you've got diane sawyer doing the same. i mean i know even newscasters too are just fye [for your entertainment] but have they no shame to at least try to fake it? or did i give them too much credit and in which case they too really are that ignorant.
so like i said, the story airs her height/weight [data] and her word.. as if that were to serve as confirmation?.. ok, you're not?.. just checking.. ..if every addict/mentally disordered patient could get away with that.. hmm.. ..i wonder what the mental health industry would be like today.. or if it would even exist at all.. d'nile. it aint' just a river, as they say.. what the researchers [of the tv show] should've done is.. maybe they're job?. so the tv personality could've asked better questions, like:
--well, it seems that you fall way below 'normal' weight, granted which is sometimes subjective but in this case it's drastic.., would you be willing to gain, say, 10 lbs? [which is still considered low].
--if you'd be willing, why don't you?. OR. why aren't you willing/what's the 'fear factor'?
--[well, you're already denying the fact that you look/are skeletal, so i won't ask you again..] umm..
--do you have your period?.. i know this is prolly something one wouldn't be able to ask a guest on network tv, but it's relevent.!. [..and i rarely use exclamation points when i write..]
ummm.. aside from dsm iv, what else?..
--how much do you work out?
--how can we confirm how much you say you actually intake per day/week?
--would you be confident that if we took a blood/urine sample everything will test normal?
--how often do you weigh yourself?
ummm..
--my those are lovely locks.. how much of them are actually yours?
--my those are lovely nails.. are they just as lovely[/strong] underneath that polish?
--umm, is it cold in here or is it just me?...
the list goes on. and now while i understand the limits of airtime, i think out of all of them, if they really cared-- for her and the education of their viewers-- they could have asked/challenged her to gain ~10 lbs or so and see what would happen. ..or at least, that's what i would've liked to see.. or they could've gone risque and asked if she's menstruating and then have gone onto a followup story about the number of celeb women having twin babies--> using fertility treatment--> why so many need it--> umm.. just throwing this out there.. too low weight?.. ..yet stunningly gorgeous and praised..
ho hum..
may the world/media set the right example for all them young[and old]'-uns out there..
peace.
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