More on the feminine form

[annwfyn]

I've just been looking at the results of my poll on the feminine form of yesterday.

It's been quite an interesting thing to look at. pierot, and a few others, by the way, claims that my results have been hideously skewed by the types of pictures I used. The very skinny girls were all catwalk models, striking catwalk poses, which Jeremiah feels are fairly non-sexual. The next size up of girl were mostly glamour models and lingerie poses, so you've got pretty girls looking sexualised. The larger girls were mostly candids, which naturally look less good. This is depressingly true, but I was rather limited by the pictures that google images could give me. Maybe when I've got a bit more time I'll try another poll and spend a bit more time looking for pictures which are closer to each other in terms of poses/style etc.

I also thought that the results were also pretty massively skewed by people's personal preferences in terms of style etc. Girl #9 (who was correctly identified by Darren as Toccara from America's Next Top Model) received dramatically fewer votes than the two girls on either side of her, and I think maybe that was the style in which she was posed, and her overall look. In general, the two Black girls received surprisingly few votes - I'm not saying it all comes down to racism, but I think they both represented a certain type of look which the folks on my flist don't seem to go for.

Girl #8 and Girl #10 both did well, and were probably the two most 'goth friendly' pics on my flist - one looking a bit like a 1950s pinup in terms of clothes and pose, and the other doing her sepia and slightly mopey thang.

For those who are curious, the winners of my poll were....













I'm also pondering my own responses to the photos I put up - especially my slightly weird response to very slim girls, which I may go into in a more filtered post, for I fear I have a mean, rude and sometimes judgemental lizard brain. I'm also pondering my own very odd body image perception and the way my perception of myself varies so very very much.

And finally, I'm cursing my boyfriend's sense of smell. pierot commented last night that he doesn't like most perfumes, because he can normally smell the base product used in them. He dislikes most commercial perfumes, because he can smell the ethanol. He doesn't like most BPAL scents because they smell of oil and soap. He likes a few - the more complex, spicey scents - but about 80% of them just don't work for his nose.

This makes it so very tricky to buy scent. Currently I think we're down to one BPAL scent he has decided he actively likes on me. Some days I just despair...

Comments

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

I think maybe that is just a difference in perception. I think she looks uncomfortable at that weight.

looks much more like the kind of weight and shape she's comfortable at to me.

[silver-blue.livejournal.com]

Ricci looks wierd in that, one of those "I've dieted too much and now look a bit like an alien." (although not as extreme as some I've seen)

Which is a pity, because when she's not all skinny she's got masses of sex appeal.