Cream And Added Colour

Posted by bittertruth on 28. July 2003 - 15:41

Not only is the "objects of lust" but it*s a sad thing to see when a culture starts to believe that the way they are is not good enough.

I say these folk need some lessons in self-love of their images.

Submitted by adlib on 27. July 2003 - 16:50.

Nice catch. It*s pretty backwards to exploit old cultural mishaps to hawk product. These quotes could have been said in any country though;

Ms Vorimer was particularly critical of the impact the adverts were having on India*s youth.

"They are polluting the minds of the younger generation," she said.

"They think women are the objects of lust - that is a very wrong value.

"Something must be done by the government, and the government has a responsibility to stop all this nonsense."

Submitted by Robblink on 24. July 2003 - 15:46.

Here*s another news link to India*s obsession with lighter skin and lighter skin products

http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3089495.stm

But lets not single out India. Vietnamese women are equally obsessed with light skin, too. Maybe the Americans can reverse this trend by importing more episodes of Bay Watch!

Submitted by dabitch on 7. December 2002 - 3:41.

... eh, I posted some images that were directly linked [my bad, cry foul, bad bad bad me!] from an indian website where they were hosted. Now I can*t find them again. Oh well. Serves me right, it*s not the way to do things....

Submitted by keef_b on 20. November 2002 - 2:13.

Huh?

keef

TIAA

Submitted by dabitch on 12. June 2002 - 17:57.

so after I*ve washed with

http//www.thinkads.com/product/images/fair.jpg

I can cream up with

http//www.thinkads.com/product/images/himalaya1.jpg

fairness cream! Lovely!

Over here - beingan almost see-through pale geek - I battle the scandinavian womens preference for \"tanned\" foundation and creams. Nowhere is there a foundation that matches my pasty-white skintone. So while Indian ladies chemically pale ttheir faces, scandinavian pale girls torch themselves in tanning salons. Seems like the all familiar vanity game...

(images seem to have moved. ops)

[ This message was edited by dabitch on 2002-10-07 1657 ]

Submitted by Robblink on 26. February 2002 - 7:17.

I don*t know if it*s a trend, but I do see enough of it in the media. Ad agencies, media companies, Hollywood and Bollywood are all guilty of Photoshop-ing people to create a false \"ideal\". The beautiful people are air-brushed light, while people portrayed as criminals are darkened (i.e. O.J. Simpson in Newsweek Magazine).

Submitted by dabitch on 24. February 2002 - 16:27.

Not again.... Gosh, hey bittertruth, thats a frontpager if you find any more resources on that. Is it a trend?

Submitted by bittertruth on 12. February 2002 - 10:34.

Cream And Added Colour

Business is booming for fairness products in an India obsessed with fair skin

http//www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fname=Fairness+Cream+%28F%29&fodname=20020218&sid=1 mad

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