and I found it to be disturbing too.  I think I found it disturbing because because the images were so graphic, but this entry adds a whole new angle to my perspective.  

just FYI, these were supposed to be crimes perpetrated by other models. I'm not dismissing your point, but it certainly isn't advocating that men beat up women. And fashion has always been a place where the insane and obscene are popular.

the fact that it was suppose to have been perpetuated by other models is not the point.  The end result is- The glamorization of violence against women.  However innocent your comment, it reflects this societys attitude toward the topic as a whole- dismissing it, and making excuses that at the end only add fuel to the fire...by making the "excuse" that it was dine by other women, you are basically saying that promoting violence against women is okay under certain circumstances....just my thoughts...

So I wrote to Tyra, but she might be too wrapped up in defending the fact that she has been enjoying a few meals (good for her!!)to respond. Unfortunately, her message of R-E-S-P-E-C-T for women really loses it's punch when she approves and appears in an episode with such insensitive promotion and complete disregard of the horror of violence that is all too real for too many women

Disgusting and obscene as this episode of "America's Next Top Model" may have been - luckily I missed it - I can't say I'm surprised.  I've long been nauseated by the blatant hypocrisy of Tyra Banks and her self serving brand of pseudo feminism.  Anyone who watches either of her shows knows that she has a history of exploiting young women for her own gain, as evidenced by an episode of her talk show a few months ago where she purported to go undercover to expose how young would-be models are preyed upon by ruthless photographers and modeling agencies by - wait for it - setting up phony photo shoots where the girls were videotaped in nude and provocative poses, all while an "uncomfortable" and "emotional" Tyra watched on monitors backstage, along with millions of her viewers, before swooping in to save the poor naive girls from a degrading situation which she herself orchestrated.  Perhaps our government should take lessons from the Spaniards, who recently banned a Dolce & Gabana campaign where a female model was pinned to the floor by a male model while 2 or 3 other (male models) stood by and watched, because it was perceived to glorify violence against women.  Surely this episode of "ANTM" was more offensive and indecent than a 10 second glimpse of Janet Jackson's nipple no?

I wrote a similar article on the "ethnic switching" episode of ANTM, which was offensive as well.

Great writing by the way. And thanks for introducing me to the "about face" site. All your links were really great actually. thanks.