tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post6029600690871261676..comments2024-01-26T05:21:36.865-08:00Comments on Motherscribe: Even Laura Ingalls Wilder had body issues...JCKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-45118841706660706222010-11-07T20:21:12.135-08:002010-11-07T20:21:12.135-08:00This leaves me with the thought that a girl's ...<i>This leaves me with the thought that a girl's dissatisfaction with her body lies much deeper than damage inflicted by the advertising media.</i><br /><br />Ah, but the advertising media was alive and well in Laura's time. Young girls' self-images were being manipulated by everything from popular novels to drawings on the cover of sheet music and the mass-produced dolls with golden curls and porcelain hands and feet. Popular culture was mass-reproduced and disseminated then, just not as quickly nor as all-encompassing as now.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-21471427599315459752010-11-07T17:37:01.744-08:002010-11-07T17:37:01.744-08:00Interesting! We certainly can't blame the medi...Interesting! We certainly can't blame the media on self-image issues in the 1800s, but I think there is always a 'cultural norm' that defines beauty...in all cultures in all time periods. Even in the little house in the big woods, apparently.Life As I Know Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492465378321819342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-34994514119849365462010-11-07T09:07:15.469-08:002010-11-07T09:07:15.469-08:00Very interesting point! This has probably gone on...Very interesting point! This has probably gone on all throughout history.Jason, as himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630210317307544165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-7191291738828382762010-11-07T05:55:43.536-08:002010-11-07T05:55:43.536-08:00Hi JCK! I think the best thing we can do is to tr...Hi JCK! I think the best thing we can do is to truly love ourselves, and let our daughters see our self love. The older I get, the more I appreciate all that is me.....all that I am instead of what I am not. I can clearly see that the times I was the skinniest, I was not at my happiest. Just what comes to mind :)It Takes What It Takeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305842633296456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-90922429037814402872010-11-06T23:25:47.456-07:002010-11-06T23:25:47.456-07:00I remember reading a history of eating disorders -...I remember reading a history of eating disorders - they've been around a very long time, pre-modern media. So you make a good point.shrink on the couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271891110211081990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-63614439028103329122010-11-06T21:11:53.832-07:002010-11-06T21:11:53.832-07:00I remember much being made of Ma's waistline t...I remember much being made of Ma's waistline that Pa could span with his hands.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-62822533195363731012010-11-06T18:13:43.695-07:002010-11-06T18:13:43.695-07:00And in Laura's day the slender waist was achie...And in Laura's day the slender waist was achieved with a corset. Ouch!smalltownmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10857871195417461235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271931822987740572.post-65709100342318291322010-11-06T18:10:52.931-07:002010-11-06T18:10:52.931-07:00Love this post! We're in the middle of By the ...Love this post! We're in the middle of By the Shores of Silver Lake.All Aditherhttp://www.alladither.comnoreply@blogger.com