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Paper criticises Jo's piece on our skinny-obsessed world The Mail on Sunday yesterday criticised JK Rowling's recent article about our skinny-obsessed world and how magazines glorify being thin. The headline of the controversial article reads: "If you loathe the 'skinny obsessed' world so much, JK, why did you make evil Dudley Dursley so FAT?" That sentence sums up the entire article's point: Almost every hero or heroine in the books is thin - with the exception of Molly Weasley who, the article says, is "plump" in a maternal way - and "young girls' preoccupation with being slim will only change when they have plump or fat role models. And no one is better placed to effect that change than the most powerful woman in publishing today - JK Rowling." Since Jo published the fascinating article, entitled "For Girls Only, Probably...," on her official site, it was readily covered by global media outlets, receiving mixed but mostly positive feedback. However, The Mail's article is rather inaccurate in parts. For example, it calls Hermione "ravishing and trim," but I have never seen Hermione described as such in the books (except in The Yule Ball), and in general we could say that Hermione isn't too attractive (with her bushy hair and long front teeth), possibly making her a role model for similar girls. I believe The Mail uses the above description simply to suit its argument. Also, the newspaper fails to mention Snape and Malfoy, who are both described as thin and are both evil characters in the books. Check out some scans of the article below, courtesy of reader Marie or you can read a typed out version here, thanks to Sorting Hat. - Scan 1 - Scan 2 - Scan 3 Want to let the paper know how you feel? Email letters@mailonsunday.co.uk. Posted by Ciaran on 04/10 | comments [1384] | send to friend | submit news |
