Mel C Attacks Medias Record

MEL C ATTACKS MEDIA FOR TREATING WOMEN BADLYFormer SPICE GIRL MELANIE CHISHOLM cites the media's harsh treatment of female celebrities as the chief cause of her depression.The British singer became so low soon after she launched her solo career in the late 1990s because she was constantly confronted with newspaper stories scrutinising her appearance and sexuality. And eventually she lost the will to make music - or even face the outside world.But Chisholm has learned to accept she did nothing to warrant such nasty media treatment - it was simply because she is a woman.She says, "It's a tough world whoever you are, but particularly for women. Being in the public eye as a woman magnifies the impact of those specifics, and a lot of media attention was focused on my particular issues, body image chief among them."As a result, I suffered depression, which robs you of everything - self-respect, motivation, inspiration, the lot."