

Anderson is describing how she and G came to work together. Here’s the excerpt:


If Gwyneth wasn’t feeling great about her body, fine. She has every right to work towards getting it to a point where she’s satisfied. My problem here is the language, and phrases like this:

“significant problem areas”

“outer thigh problems”

“I felt so badly for her”

Moses Martin was born April 2006. Here are some shots of Gwyneth taken September 2006. She’s breastfeeding and she may not be as tight and toned as she is now…but would you use the words “significant problem areas” and “outer thigh problems” to describe this? Would you FEEL BAD FOR HER???

I’ve never had a child, never mind two, and I can tell you I still don’t look like this. So you can imagine how bad my “significant problem areas” are. And how sh-t my “outer thigh problems” are. You should feel bad for me. Should you feel bad for me?

I don’t want you to feel bad for me.

Because it’s nothing to feel bad about.

Language like this though, to describe a woman’s body, and HER body at that, is ridiculous. And it’s destructive. Because if Gwyneth Paltrow has “significant problem areas”, what hope is there for everyone else?

It’s also a damaging message to send because it reinforces that the ideal body type is long and lean and not curvy. We’ve been through this with Tracy Anderson. Genetically we were not all created to look just one way. Creating the expectation that we should and that we can…

How is this moving us forward?

How is this setting us back?

Click here to read the full Tracy Anderson piece. Thanks again Belinda!