Friday, April 17, 2009

Scarlett Johansson Speaks Out

Scarlett Johansson felt she needed to speak out about unsafe media portrayal of body image.

"I'm a petite person to begin with, so the idea of my losing this amount of weight is utter lunacy. If I were to lose 14 pounds, I'd have to part with both arms. And a foot. I'm frustrated with the irresponsibility of tabloid media who sell the public ideas about what we should look like and how we should get there."

"The press should be held accountable for the false ideals they sell to their readers regarding body image — that's the real weight of the issue.

Go here to read her full article

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