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People are Talking About Beth Ditto's Nude Magazine Shoot

Posted by Colleen Kane

 
Beth Ditto, singer of the Gossip, just became more badass by baring her ass for the cover of LOVE magazine. 
 
It's not the first time-- she's also appeared nude on the cover of NME, who she told women weren't to blame for the size 0 ideal. 

"Blame gay men who work in the fashion industry who want these women as dolls. Men don't know what it feels like to be a woman and be expected to look a particular way. The Beckhams are part of the machine; Paris Hilton is part of the machine."

Beth has stripped for On Our Backs as well.  A post about this on Perez Hilton inspired 533 comments so far that we shan't read, presumably many of them pejorative and semi-literate, and 270 on Popeater. 
Thoughts?


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Posted Feb 17 2009, 01:48 PM
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Apollo said:

More power to her. I don't know nearly enough about the fashion industry to comment on her statement about gay men but it seems like a little bit of scapegoating.

February 17, 2009 2:43 PM

asb76 said:

Yeah because being obese is just as good for your health as anorexia or bulimia.  Only 63% of Americans are overweight and childhood obesity has tripled in the last 20 years.  Hoorah for overindulgence, heart disease, diabetes and strokes.

February 17, 2009 3:15 PM

Maxwell Hammer said:

She's cute. Fat chicks need love too.

February 17, 2009 3:41 PM

blondage said:

Contrary to popular belief, you can be a big girl and still be healthy. Although obesity is often a result of poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle, in most cases it doesn't automatically predispose you to illness and disease unless you are morbidly obese and your organs are being strained as a result. I don't think that Beth Ditto falls into that category. She is fat but proportionate and seems to lead a relatively healthy and active life. Some people are just bigger than others and we really need to start accepting that. Plus, she's sexy as hell! :)

February 17, 2009 6:16 PM

Lisa said:

Um, yeah, being obese is a hell of a lot better for your health than anorexia or bulimia.  Obesity is going to take twenty or thirty years to kill you...anorexia/bulimia can do it in one or two.  

February 17, 2009 9:47 PM

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Colleen has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

Colleen Kane has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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