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Well, France, you've done it. Thanks to you, women throughout the world will now have to find a new way to make themselves feel bad. How dare you try and pass a bill making it illegal for magazines and advertisers to promote extreme thinness. I mean, what are you trying to do? Raise our self esteem? The nerve!
For the sarcastic impaired, I'm being, um...well, sarcastic. Actually, I think its a potentially good idea that someone, even if it is France (motto: "We hate stupid Americans") is finally doing something about the extreme thinness craze that has pervaded mainstream media since, well, for as long as I can remember.
If you haven't heard yet, according to a recently posted CNN.com story, France's lower house of parliament has just adopted a bill that bans Web sites, magazines and other organizations from "inciting extreme thinness."
Of course, many in the fashion industry are against this bill, (surprise, surprise) which will go to the...
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