Re: Why the Bottom is Back

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Oh I can thank heaven for the fact that I have no problem here, my

butt is pretty nice, that was one area god gave me something in ha ha

ha

Butt implants, that is gross, could you imagine sitting on those

things all the time, YUCK!

In @y..., " ~*Patty*~ " <fdp@l...> wrote:

> Implants for the butt???? Oh, pleeeeeeeeze.....!

>

> Why the bottom is back

>

> by Lowri

> Ask a woman which part of her body she hates the most, and, unless

she's so fearsomely well-adjusted and has learned to love herself all

over - in which case she's unlikely to answer your question because

she's too busy sitting on a yoga mat, chewing on an organic carrot

stick and meditating - then topping the self-loathing list will be

her bottom.

>

>

>

> Pert and perfect: Kylie shows off her bum

>

>

> More on this Story

>

> The cheat's guide to a better bottom

> (24 Jun 2002)

>

> outstripped in all departments

> (24 Jun 2002)

>

>

>

> Witness what we do to punish our posteriors. When not attempting to

reduce our behinds by pounding the StairMaster, we tackle our

cellulite by binding ourselves in tight bandages and slathering our

botts with hugely expensive creams. And as for those massage mitts

that feel as if you're rubbing your bum with a giant Weetabix, you've

got to be really desperate, haven't you? But the bottom line is we

are desperate - about the state of our rears.

>

> I know a woman who gets out of bed with her partner in the morning

and, rather than walk across the room to the door, hugs the walls all

the way round, her bottom pressed to the wallpaper. This is so her

other half is prevented from getting a clear view of her rear. Never

mind that, after three years, he is well acquainted with it. She is

sure that he will run screaming from the room if he ever sees her

posterior naked in daylight.

>

> The truth is, men have always rather liked the plump, round, even

wobbly female bottom. Straight men, anyway. Gay men, aka fashion

designers, have historically viewed anything beyond a 36in hip

measurement as grounds for drowning, in much the same way that

witches were doused in the village pond during the Middle Ages. These

days, they recommend reverse dousing - a course of colonic irrigation

and Carol Vorderman's detox diet.

>

> Now, however, something peculiar has happened. The bottom has

become summer's new erogenous zone. Fashion has discovered that when

it comes to bottoms, big is best after all. The hippest trousers to

be seen in right now are hipsters so low-slung they practically fall

off the hips. And, if you haven't got a bum, that's exactly what they

will do - fall off. It is flesh that makes the shape work, both

practically and stylistically.

>

>

>

> Kournikova: her rear is far better than her tennis!

>

>

> Plus, if you can't boast a perfectly peachy bottom naturally, there

are a host of new cheats on the market. Trendy label Miss Sixty is

selling 'Secret Roxy' jeans designed to lift and enhance the

buttocks. Need more help? Gantz, the guru of body-shaping

lingerie, has come up with a welter of lift-and- separate pants.

They're not garments you'd want to advertise. They make Bridget

's knicks look dainty, but they work.

>

> For the really determined, not to mention rich, there is a mass of

new cosmetic surgery options. Old bottom implants were hard and

uncomfortable - remember, you've got to sit on these. A new silicone

implant has now been developed in Brazil - where else? - and is said

to be more natural, pliable and sit-onable. They're not cheap,

though.

>

> If that won't do the job, then the G-string fat transfer - where

fat is taken by liposuction from the thighs or stomach; or the

Pitanguy lift - in which skin folds on the bottom are removed and the

stretched buttocks uplifted with liposucted fat - certainly

will. 'Our surgeon specialising in bottoms is in great demand,' says

of the London Cavendish Clinic. 'Bums are as

important as boobs these days.'

>

> But why this sudden obsession with bottoms? At its most basic,

designing clothes is about managing nudity; choosing what to reveal

and what not to reveal. The notion of newness, the engine that drives

consumer spending, is fuelled by a constant shift in focus. One

season, it will be all backless frocks, and the next, the mini is

back. The current bottom fascination could therefore be read as the

latest turn of the fashion wheel. We've done breasts, done tummies,

now it's the turn of the bum.

>

> The influence of pop music and culture has also been important. The

buttock boom can be dated to a picture of J-Lo taken in 1998 for

Vanity Fair. In just a pair of tiny pants and high heels, Ms 's

rear exploded the taboo on large bums. The next year, the not-too-

waiflike-at-the-time Van Outen won the Rear of the Year award.

And where J-Lo led, Kylie and Destiny's Child have followed. Never

mind whether Kylie can sing or not, these days you never hear the

Aussie chanteuse mentioned without some reference to her buttocks.

>

> Still, bottom mania is about more than just fashion. Put bluntly,

it's about sex. We have entered an era of unparalleled sexual

permissiveness. And if you think that's an exaggeration - what about

the Sixties and all that stuff that went on under those kaftans? -

you need only compare the public reaction to Angus Deayton's coke-and-

hooker 'shame' to the Profumo scandal. Deayton's career has, if

anything, been enhanced by his new louche image. You can just hear

taxi drivers chuckling: 'He's a lad that Deayton, isn't he?' Even

women haven't gone off him, even if we wish he hadn't chosen a call

girl who needed her roots doing.

>

> We live in a time when chain stores sell PVC hot pants, and Fern

Britten and discuss the merits of battery-operated sex

toys on daytime TV. In this environment, a scoop-necked top with a

Wonderbra underneath - the image of Nineties fashion - looks tamely

barmaidish. Swap it for a post-millennium teenage girl in a pair of

Britney-inspired super-low-slung hipsters that bare her hip bones and

show off her builder's bum. Now, is that rude enough for you? As if

we need any vindication, research by men's magazine FHM found that

red-blooded boys much prefer a curvy rear to a pair of breasts.

>

> For those of us whose tummies can't hack hipsters - yup! you need a

flat tummy as well as a pert posterior; think Halle Berry - the big-

is-beautiful bottoms thing is a mixed blessing. Real, grown-up women,

the sort who have big bottoms without implants, tend to have big

other things as well - big tummies, big thighs and flabby upper arms.

These, sadly, remain off the fashion menu. The idea is you look like

Barbie who's done a few thousand squats. Kournikova is probably

as close as it gets. But not all celebrities are pleased to play

their part in the big-bottom phenomenon. Kirsten Dunst - who had to

wear protective padding for scenes in Spider-Man - says: 'I look

awful. And it's all that padding on my butt.' Similarly,

s was outraged by her digitally enhanced rear on promotional

posters for the upcoming Undercover Brother: 'I thought, " What the

hell did they do to my a***? " '

>

> It's reminiscent of the time when the Pamela cleavage

seared across the international consciousness. It didn't make The

Roly Polys into sex goddesses. The message from Pamela was that it

was fine to have huge breasts, so long as the waist was tiny and the

hips non-existent. That said, after a decade of Kate Moss Twigletism,

it is heartening to see even a partial celebration of female flesh.

So, the next time you find yourself wondering: 'Does my bottom look

big in this?' Don't just whisper 'Yes.' Say it loud and say it proud.

[Guest guest]

I totally agree! YUCK!

MM

Martha Murdock, Director

National Silicone Implant Foundation | Dallas Headquarters

" Supporting Survivors of Medical Implant Devices "

4416 Willow Lane

Dallas, TX 75244-7537

----- Original Message -----

From: " carrie_heer " <idagirl@...>

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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:28 AM

Subject: Re: Why the Bottom is Back

> ---

> Oh I can thank heaven for the fact that I have no problem here, my

> butt is pretty nice, that was one area god gave me something in ha ha

> ha

>

> Butt implants, that is gross, could you imagine sitting on those

> things all the time, YUCK!

>

>

>

>

> In @y..., " ~*Patty*~ " <fdp@l...> wrote:

> > Implants for the butt???? Oh, pleeeeeeeeze.....!

> >

> > Why the bottom is back

> >

> > by Lowri

> > Ask a woman which part of her body she hates the most, and, unless

> she's so fearsomely well-adjusted and has learned to love herself all

> over - in which case she's unlikely to answer your question because

> she's too busy sitting on a yoga mat, chewing on an organic carrot

> stick and meditating - then topping the self-loathing list will be

> her bottom.

> >

> >

> >

> > Pert and perfect: Kylie shows off her bum

> >

> >

> > More on this Story

> >

> > The cheat's guide to a better bottom

> > (24 Jun 2002)

> >

> > outstripped in all departments

> > (24 Jun 2002)

> >

> >

> >

> > Witness what we do to punish our posteriors. When not attempting to

> reduce our behinds by pounding the StairMaster, we tackle our

> cellulite by binding ourselves in tight bandages and slathering our

> botts with hugely expensive creams. And as for those massage mitts

> that feel as if you're rubbing your bum with a giant Weetabix, you've

> got to be really desperate, haven't you? But the bottom line is we

> are desperate - about the state of our rears.

> >

> > I know a woman who gets out of bed with her partner in the morning

> and, rather than walk across the room to the door, hugs the walls all

> the way round, her bottom pressed to the wallpaper. This is so her

> other half is prevented from getting a clear view of her rear. Never

> mind that, after three years, he is well acquainted with it. She is

> sure that he will run screaming from the room if he ever sees her

> posterior naked in daylight.

> >

> > The truth is, men have always rather liked the plump, round, even

> wobbly female bottom. Straight men, anyway. Gay men, aka fashion

> designers, have historically viewed anything beyond a 36in hip

> measurement as grounds for drowning, in much the same way that

> witches were doused in the village pond during the Middle Ages. These

> days, they recommend reverse dousing - a course of colonic irrigation

> and Carol Vorderman's detox diet.

> >

> > Now, however, something peculiar has happened. The bottom has

> become summer's new erogenous zone. Fashion has discovered that when

> it comes to bottoms, big is best after all. The hippest trousers to

> be seen in right now are hipsters so low-slung they practically fall

> off the hips. And, if you haven't got a bum, that's exactly what they

> will do - fall off. It is flesh that makes the shape work, both

> practically and stylistically.

> >

> >

> >

> > Kournikova: her rear is far better than her tennis!

> >

> >

> > Plus, if you can't boast a perfectly peachy bottom naturally, there

> are a host of new cheats on the market. Trendy label Miss Sixty is

> selling 'Secret Roxy' jeans designed to lift and enhance the

> buttocks. Need more help? Gantz, the guru of body-shaping

> lingerie, has come up with a welter of lift-and- separate pants.

> They're not garments you'd want to advertise. They make Bridget

> 's knicks look dainty, but they work.

> >

> > For the really determined, not to mention rich, there is a mass of

> new cosmetic surgery options. Old bottom implants were hard and

> uncomfortable - remember, you've got to sit on these. A new silicone

> implant has now been developed in Brazil - where else? - and is said

> to be more natural, pliable and sit-onable. They're not cheap,

> though.

> >

> > If that won't do the job, then the G-string fat transfer - where

> fat is taken by liposuction from the thighs or stomach; or the

> Pitanguy lift - in which skin folds on the bottom are removed and the

> stretched buttocks uplifted with liposucted fat - certainly

> will. 'Our surgeon specialising in bottoms is in great demand,' says

> of the London Cavendish Clinic. 'Bums are as

> important as boobs these days.'

> >

> > But why this sudden obsession with bottoms? At its most basic,

> designing clothes is about managing nudity; choosing what to reveal

> and what not to reveal. The notion of newness, the engine that drives

> consumer spending, is fuelled by a constant shift in focus. One

> season, it will be all backless frocks, and the next, the mini is

> back. The current bottom fascination could therefore be read as the

> latest turn of the fashion wheel. We've done breasts, done tummies,

> now it's the turn of the bum.

> >

> > The influence of pop music and culture has also been important. The

> buttock boom can be dated to a picture of J-Lo taken in 1998 for

> Vanity Fair. In just a pair of tiny pants and high heels, Ms 's

> rear exploded the taboo on large bums. The next year, the not-too-

> waiflike-at-the-time Van Outen won the Rear of the Year award.

> And where J-Lo led, Kylie and Destiny's Child have followed. Never

> mind whether Kylie can sing or not, these days you never hear the

> Aussie chanteuse mentioned without some reference to her buttocks.

> >

> > Still, bottom mania is about more than just fashion. Put bluntly,

> it's about sex. We have entered an era of unparalleled sexual

> permissiveness. And if you think that's an exaggeration - what about

> the Sixties and all that stuff that went on under those kaftans? -

> you need only compare the public reaction to Angus Deayton's coke-and-

> hooker 'shame' to the Profumo scandal. Deayton's career has, if

> anything, been enhanced by his new louche image. You can just hear

> taxi drivers chuckling: 'He's a lad that Deayton, isn't he?' Even

> women haven't gone off him, even if we wish he hadn't chosen a call

> girl who needed her roots doing.

> >

> > We live in a time when chain stores sell PVC hot pants, and Fern

> Britten and discuss the merits of battery-operated sex

> toys on daytime TV. In this environment, a scoop-necked top with a

> Wonderbra underneath - the image of Nineties fashion - looks tamely

> barmaidish. Swap it for a post-millennium teenage girl in a pair of

> Britney-inspired super-low-slung hipsters that bare her hip bones and

> show off her builder's bum. Now, is that rude enough for you? As if

> we need any vindication, research by men's magazine FHM found that

> red-blooded boys much prefer a curvy rear to a pair of breasts.

> >

> > For those of us whose tummies can't hack hipsters - yup! you need a

> flat tummy as well as a pert posterior; think Halle Berry - the big-

> is-beautiful bottoms thing is a mixed blessing. Real, grown-up women,

> the sort who have big bottoms without implants, tend to have big

> other things as well - big tummies, big thighs and flabby upper arms.

> These, sadly, remain off the fashion menu. The idea is you look like

> Barbie who's done a few thousand squats. Kournikova is probably

> as close as it gets. But not all celebrities are pleased to play

> their part in the big-bottom phenomenon. Kirsten Dunst - who had to

> wear protective padding for scenes in Spider-Man - says: 'I look

> awful. And it's all that padding on my butt.' Similarly,

> s was outraged by her digitally enhanced rear on promotional

> posters for the upcoming Undercover Brother: 'I thought, " What the

> hell did they do to my a***? " '

> >

> > It's reminiscent of the time when the Pamela cleavage

> seared across the international consciousness. It didn't make The

> Roly Polys into sex goddesses. The message from Pamela was that it

> was fine to have huge breasts, so long as the waist was tiny and the

> hips non-existent. That said, after a decade of Kate Moss Twigletism,

> it is heartening to see even a partial celebration of female flesh.

> So, the next time you find yourself wondering: 'Does my bottom look

> big in this?' Don't just whisper 'Yes.' Say it loud and say it proud.

>

>

>

>