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• Friday, July 7, 2006 01:37 PM

  boycott on celebrity mags

  Dear Broads at Broadsheets:

  Have to get this off my chest. This is something that I have been thinking about for a while now. I don't usually read the celebrity rags, certainly never buy them, but I do pick them up in the doctors office, when the line at the supermarket is long, etc. However, they are everywhere and in your face, so the covers are hard to avoid. Here's my problem: I AM SICK OF THESE MAGS POINTING OUT EVERY LITTLE LUMP, BUMP, FLAB, PANTYLINE, POOCH, POUCH, AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN GET AN UNFLATTERING PICTURE OF ON THESE WOMEN!!!! WE NEED A BOYCOTT! At the very least, maybe it's time to start running pictures of the editors of these mags (have you seen Bonnie Fuller - she's a perfectly ordinary looking women. In other words: she's a mess!!!) It is misogynistic, hateful, horrible - I'm sick of it!!! And if they're not point out the 'fat' they're suggesting someone's anerorexic! How long are women going to take it? Especially since (I'm willing to bet) women are the biggest buyers of this crap (hey girls: put down People and pick up The Nation). It all ties in with your analysis of the make-over shows.

  This is what I read on Salon that pushed me over the edge. Sorry for ranting. Thanks for listening.

  Eileen Lynch, Hoboken NJ

  eileenlynch@hotmail.com

  July 7, 2006 | Morning Briefing:

  Witherspoon's Star payback: After Star magazine ran a photo of Reese Witherspoon with a slight belly bump last month, Witherspoon threatened to sue the celebrity rag for falsely claiming she was pregnant. This week, Star has made up for the mistake, in its own cruel way: In a retraction of sorts, the magazine is running a huge shot of Witherspoon in a bikini at the beach under the headline: "Reese Mystery Solved: She's not pregnant ... It's bloat!" Circling her tummy with the caption "Just a pouch!" the editors don't pull any punches, opining that "since she is not pregnant, maybe it's just a sign that it's time to hit the gym!" (Women's Wear Daily, Popbytes)

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