Body Image

[thessalian]

Jennifer Connelly: Mulholland Falls era.

Jennifer Connelly: now.

...WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED? In 1996 ... I mean, I'd hit that. But now look at her! What happened to her boobs? She was ... I believe the term I've seen used once was 'racktacular'. Not too much, but enough to be ogle-worthy. Now she looks like a freakin' praying mantis! The only people I can really see wanting to hit that are seriously hardcore necrophiliacs.

(Edit: Apparently she had a double mastectomy six years ago, so smaller cup size owing to reconstruction, although Google nets me nothing about this, though there is a rumour about breast reduction surgery. Whatever the case, this in no way invalidates anything else I'm saying here - look at her arms! Look at her legs! Hell, look at her face!!! You can see the shape of her skull in her face!)

So ... anorexia? Hard-core drug habit? Cancer? WHAT? I mean, am I wrong in thinking that that's not just unattractive, but horrifying?

My mother used to obsess about my weight when I was younger, and my relationship with food used to be a bit weird. This is the sort of thing that makes me glad I never had it worse, and that I stuck to my guns with the "I'd rather be fat than miserable, thank you" line. Because seriously, I'd rather be my roly-poly Bogganish self than look like that.

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Re: Jennifer Connelly

[thessalian.livejournal.com]

I don't know if having had a kid would have been a detriment to her breast size, but fair enough as far as the mastectomy goes. Doesn't change the fact that she looks like a freakin' skeleton. It's not just the chest; it's everything. The legs and arms are particularly horrifying, but you can see the shape of her skull, damnit, and she used to have such a nice, soft face.