tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post1334336169886322678..comments2024-02-13T05:20:46.558-05:00Comments on A CUP OF JO: The Venus ProjectJoanna Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-68204657335568147952012-06-23T00:12:07.374-04:002012-06-23T00:12:07.374-04:00Great site!!! this information really helped meGreat site!!! this information really helped meprice per head onlinehttp://www.priceperheadcostarica.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-59901348588861366952012-03-06T09:30:39.635-05:002012-03-06T09:30:39.635-05:00Both curvy and skinny/fit body types are beautiful...Both curvy and skinny/fit body types are beautiful (and natural).<br />The problem with todays standards is that you should be both skinny AND have big breasts.. And that's hard to achieve without liposuction and/or a boob job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-3550677710617944312012-02-26T10:57:48.473-05:002012-02-26T10:57:48.473-05:00I thought the photo shopped images were intended t...I thought the photo shopped images were intended to show how advertizing has influenced our concept of feminine charm. I stumbled across these images after reading, "I'm Fat ... So What?". <br />My wife is XX weighted. We hold hands and stop to kiss pretty much everywhere, and I am very proud of her. We met on the internet and she was very nervous about meeting me in person. I had suggested that we kiss immediately to get any awkwardness out of the way. That was 12 years ago and we have never stopped kissing.jankantiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-26644482112481971632012-02-22T18:09:47.782-05:002012-02-22T18:09:47.782-05:00i like them better with the curves! I love this. a...i like them better with the curves! I love this. after having a baby I have TONS of stretch-marks ALL OVER my stomach, and a little sag in the belly. :( I feel so gross, but my husband tells me I'm beautiful. :)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555907857085318255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-10952261375003782922012-02-21T14:02:50.048-05:002012-02-21T14:02:50.048-05:00I think these are wonderful works of art. I love t...I think these are wonderful works of art. I love the way they used to paint back in the day. Visit my blog to find out about creative techniques in art through videos and photos at http://aleksandraromashko.com<br />thank youAleksandra Romashkohttp://aleksandraromashko.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-38303979618799523462012-02-19T23:30:14.509-05:002012-02-19T23:30:14.509-05:00It is not so much the size and weight of the women...It is not so much the size and weight of the women being compared, as it is the photo shopped women are SMALLER--and take up less space in their area of the painting. It causes the proportion of the background vs the subject to be somewhat off balance...Peter Lee Rabbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215131377203661086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-36423650364111004042012-02-19T22:54:35.644-05:002012-02-19T22:54:35.644-05:00obviously the new ones are much hotterobviously the new ones are much hotterMr. Trollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-46480537955403833122012-02-18T00:35:22.881-05:002012-02-18T00:35:22.881-05:00The originals look like women who've had babie...The originals look like women who've had babies, the photoshopped versions like barely post-adolescent girls. This makes me realize that the female body is no longer appreciated by popular culture in terms of fertility, childbearing. We're all supposed to be little girls forever, just starting to come into our women's bodies, not women whose bodies have actually been used for something reproductive. What happens to the second part of life? Do we wait for it forever and just don't get it at all? Or when we get it, do we become no longer fit to be seen? It's pretty unwholesome, I'd say. Other art celebrates the beauty of the young girl and her body (Degas' ballerinas, for example), but this is the art of the mature woman, recognized for the beauty of her body. The originals are better, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-77845635023008237322012-02-16T20:20:54.333-05:002012-02-16T20:20:54.333-05:00That is offensive!That is offensive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-31339627332625689342012-02-16T18:31:30.550-05:002012-02-16T18:31:30.550-05:00These are a fascinating commentary but i cant help...These are a fascinating commentary but i cant help of contemporary artist Orlan who uses her own body as a case study for these issues.<br /><br /><br />xo em::The Beetle Shack::https://www.blogger.com/profile/09703082768846184281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-48499232307497863372012-02-16T12:11:15.934-05:002012-02-16T12:11:15.934-05:00I know I shouldn't say this but the photoshopp...I know I shouldn't say this but the photoshopped versions are much more pleasing to the eye. I know I will get some pretty bad feedback on this comment but the photoshopped versions look healthier and fitter to me which is nothing to be ashamed of. This is just my personal opinion.<br /><br />Maria xx<br /><a href="http://www.cheekypinktulip.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">www.cheekypinktulip.blogspot.com</a><br>Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399447884850622679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-66906016856552361142012-02-15T23:20:03.257-05:002012-02-15T23:20:03.257-05:00My small breasts and wide hips are proof that I wa...My small breasts and wide hips are proof that I was born in the wrong time. Take me back to the days Venus was considered perfection.Bows and Sparrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680888725500210434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-34278332776547636892012-02-15T19:49:34.090-05:002012-02-15T19:49:34.090-05:00the originals are works of art just the way the ar...the originals are works of art just the way the are. I'm sure the artist would not have appreciated this.. nor would this beautiful woman. Love the originalsJaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572237660264603922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-77353445041109183102012-02-15T17:36:14.149-05:002012-02-15T17:36:14.149-05:00Wow! A great way to demonstrate how messed up body...Wow! A great way to demonstrate how messed up body image has become in our culture... I prefer the originals too! Unfortunately, I think it's still hard to recognize curves as positive qualities when we look at our own bodies because of all the imagery we see that suggests otherwise.Bryna Faye Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928059111516670141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-18177198493753375052012-02-15T16:53:20.641-05:002012-02-15T16:53:20.641-05:00excellent project. Makes me appreciate the power a...excellent project. Makes me appreciate the power and strength of hips and a delicious body, and the visual lack of those elements in a more slender body.redfrizzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-31776856272852562792012-02-15T16:49:49.484-05:002012-02-15T16:49:49.484-05:00excellent project. Makes me appreciate the power a...excellent project. Makes me appreciate the power and strength of hips and a delicious body, and the visual lack of those elements in a more slender body.redfrizzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-31247763714340895812012-02-15T16:31:31.884-05:002012-02-15T16:31:31.884-05:00I am a slender woman. I stopped reading the commen...I am a slender woman. I stopped reading the comments above because they were very hurtful. No matter what your body type, women struggle with body image. I am trying to gain weight so that people will stop making rude comments to me about my size. When you make comments like "You're so skinny, it makes me sick" all it really does is reveals your own insecurities and makes me feel insecure. Thanks ya'll for making me feel bad for being just the way I was made. <br />For the record, I DON'T CARE WHAT SIZE YOU ARE! What I care about is the smile on your face and the kind words that exit your mouth.ELeedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027357490230763271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-5164868792007706672012-02-15T15:44:00.701-05:002012-02-15T15:44:00.701-05:00Indiscutiblemente mejor las originales, donde va a...Indiscutiblemente mejor las originales, donde va a parar.Carmen de la Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195260656593788769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-66878306110917769032012-02-15T15:24:54.327-05:002012-02-15T15:24:54.327-05:00I much prefer the originals as well....
-meg
mysi...I much prefer the originals as well....<br /><br />-meg<br />mysideispinker.blogspot.comMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294386532838198962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-8626866427812709872012-02-15T13:57:42.986-05:002012-02-15T13:57:42.986-05:00Wow. Looking at these made me realize that the ph...Wow. Looking at these made me realize that the photoshopped versions all look pre-pubescent! What is our society thinking?!Calliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655162928011486548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-4727886385346321852012-02-15T13:53:34.254-05:002012-02-15T13:53:34.254-05:00First off: woman in all shapes and sizes are beaut...First off: woman in all shapes and sizes are beautiful. None are less womanly than the other.<br /><br />But: at the moment, thin is in. Do we ever see models that look like the originals? Ever? (Aside from the occasional "special" plus-size spread, which is honestly not helpful since it's setting larger woman in a different frame... wouldn't be seen as ok if there was a "special" spread of black models, when all the others were white... or Asian or Indian or anything, really.)<br /><br />The reason that's a problem: when I hit my late twenties, I went from a thin figure to one that looks like the original paintings here. NOT because I got less healthy; I work out more and eat better than I did in my early twenties. But my body changed anyway; I got larger hips, breasts, and a little softness in the tummy. Because you never EVER see models that look like that in the media, I actually thought that I had ovarian cancer or something like that because I couldn't stop being "bloated." Because everyone has flat stomachs in the media, and mine wasn't flat anymore... so clearly I must be sick somehow. <br /><br />I have a strong, muscled body under my curves (probably unlike the originals in the paintings), and I think it would be nice to see representations of that out in the media. Because size 12 should be considered just as beautiful as a size 2.Sara-harenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-62419335821578466132012-02-15T13:39:01.307-05:002012-02-15T13:39:01.307-05:00Honestly I do prefer the originals! They are the o...Honestly I do prefer the originals! They are the only ones that show us real life, real bodies and real women! Back on those days life was tough so I really don't get it at all!<br />Have a nice day!!portugalnocoraĆ§Ć£ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06501008199966413606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-11011584913537145152012-02-15T12:28:39.033-05:002012-02-15T12:28:39.033-05:00Yes, the size 0 trend did get taken way too far bu...Yes, the size 0 trend did get taken way too far but whilst we sit here complaining about people taking thin to the extreme (which I agree is an issue) we seem to have forgotten that the <b>majority</b> of Americans are actually OVER weight which is also unhealthy, and unhealthy is never attractive.<br /><br />On a lighter note, i think both the originals and edits are beautiful, the edits don't look underweight at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-79031909065275736452012-02-15T11:52:18.753-05:002012-02-15T11:52:18.753-05:00The reason I find it is thought provoking is becau...The reason I find it is thought provoking is because to me it shows just how easy it is to Photoshop nowadays, and the fact that most images that we see in the media are not the 'real deal' - they are altered. I don't care is someone is skinny, 'plump', curvy, or fat - but they (the media) should just show people like they are. The only thing Photoshop should be used for is pimples and lighting, not deforming shapes.Krystelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033063373039046159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-66207188283055041222012-02-15T11:35:28.377-05:002012-02-15T11:35:28.377-05:00I think this is awful. These body types shouldn...I think this is awful. These body types shouldn't be compared - there are women who look like the originals, and there are women who look like the photoshopped ones... and they are all "real" women. We should embrace all women and all healthy body types and not pit skinny and curvy women against one another.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999969537611365637noreply@blogger.com