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Blind Side, The (2009)
Planet 51 (2009)
Twilight Saga: New Moon, The (2009)
Red Cliff (2009)
Messenger, The (2009)
Oh My God (2009)
2012 (2009)
Pirate Radio (2009)
Box, The (2009)
Fourth Kind, The (2009)
Men Who Stare at Goats, The (2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by S...
Christmas Carol, A (2009)
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)
Amelia (2009)
Antichrist (2009)
Astro Boy (2009)
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant...
Saw VI (2009)
Motherhood (2009)

Fantastic Mr. Fox, The (2009)
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Old Dogs (2009)
Princess and the Frog, The (2009)

Armored (2009)	12/04/09
Brothers (2009)	12/04/09
Everybody's Fine (2009)	12/04/09
Last Station, The (2009)	12/04/09
Serious Moonlight (2009)	12/04/09
Transylmania (2009)	12/04/09
Up in the Air (2009)	12/04/09
Single Man, A (2009)	12/11/09
Invictus (2009)	12/11/09
Lovely Bones, The (2009)	12/11/09

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The S...	12/23/09
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parn...	12/25/09
It's Complicated (2009)	12/25/09
Sherlock Holmes (2009)	12/25/09
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond...	12/30/09
Case 39 (2010)	01/01/10
Crazy on the Outside (2010)	01/08/10
Daybreakers (2010)	01/08/10
Leap Year (2010)	01/08/10
Youth in Revolt (2010)	01/08/10

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POP CULTURE FROM A SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
BY Anonymous Page 4 Page 1 What's Wrong With Me? Page 2 The Steel Engraved Lady Page 3 The Corset YOU ARE HERE>Page 4 Illness as Fashion Page 5 The Voluptuous Woman 1 Page 6 The Voluptuous Woman 2 Page 7 The Gibson Girl, The Flapper, and Today
ILLNESS AS FASHION
FRAIL WAS POPULAR The frail, pale, and reclusive popular image of woman totally influenced the way woman perceived herself. To fulfill this weak and pale image of beauty, women were never seen eating in public because it was medically believed that their frail physiology could not take much sustenance. Physicians believed that women did not have the physical constitution for meat and potatoes. Women's d diets often consisted of tea and toast. It was considered coarse behavior for young women to appear to enjoy eating in public.
DOCTORS PROMOTED THE MYTH Physician's belief that women were susceptible to maladies due to their weak constitutions reinforced the popular notion of women's physical delicacy. Even their "small" brains were susceptible to the harshness of the world. In the early 18^th century there was a disease called "neurasthenia." It was considered to be a by-product of the new urban environment in which people were now forced to live to find employment. The symptoms were numerous sensitivity to weather changes, insomnia, depression, feelings of hopelessness, pulse palpitations, headaches, chills, heat flashes, dilated pupils, and sweaty hands. Continued Page 5 The Voluptuous Woman

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