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defrogSpeaking of busts, over at the Daily Beast, Meghan McCain has raised one of the most important issues facing America, and one that President Obama completely ignored in his SOTU address: boob hypocrisy.
She’s got a point. Granted, she doesn’t make it very well. And I don’t know that it’s a question of fake vs real, if only because how favorable people look upon boob jobs depends a lot on (1) the size of yr community and (2) the scale and quality of the work (i.e. if you can tell they’re fake, or if you upgrade from a B to a EEE cup, mockery is more likely to ensue). And it’s fair to say that Meghan has a conflict of interest in play here (though at lest she admits it up front ... so to speak).
But I do think it’s fair comment that modern women of all sizes and nationalities are caught between the pressure to have more cleavage and being branded sluts for showing it off. (Though it could be worse – in Australia, the Moral Authorities have apparently decided that erotica should only feature busty women because A-cups are the equivalent of child porn. Nice one, Moral Authorities.)
Also, while I’m not particularly interested in defending Jessica Simpson for anything, I think all the OMG BOOBS jokes say a lot more about the people making the jokes than it does about her.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Insert John Ashcroft joke here.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I actually have no idea who Heidi Montag is.
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She’s got a point. Granted, she doesn’t make it very well. And I don’t know that it’s a question of fake vs real, if only because how favorable people look upon boob jobs depends a lot on (1) the size of yr community and (2) the scale and quality of the work (i.e. if you can tell they’re fake, or if you upgrade from a B to a EEE cup, mockery is more likely to ensue). And it’s fair to say that Meghan has a conflict of interest in play here (though at lest she admits it up front ... so to speak).
But I do think it’s fair comment that modern women of all sizes and nationalities are caught between the pressure to have more cleavage and being branded sluts for showing it off. (Though it could be worse – in Australia, the Moral Authorities have apparently decided that erotica should only feature busty women because A-cups are the equivalent of child porn. Nice one, Moral Authorities.)
Also, while I’m not particularly interested in defending Jessica Simpson for anything, I think all the OMG BOOBS jokes say a lot more about the people making the jokes than it does about her.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: Insert John Ashcroft joke here.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I actually have no idea who Heidi Montag is.
Deep in the valley,
This is dF
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on 2010-01-30 02:58 am (UTC)Once again our bugfuck crazy censorship board has done Australia proud...
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on 2010-01-30 05:36 am (UTC)You aren't missing much, except perhaps the WORST PLAYBOY SPREAD EVAR.
It was bad. On top of being blah to look at, it was just... ugly.
Anyway, hooray for real boobies! And chicks with curves!
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on 2010-01-30 02:21 pm (UTC)I was about to ask you. I just guess she's some reality TV personality (usually the case when I had no clue AT ALL).
In any case, I see no difference in women showing off their high quality fake breasts or their enhanced wrinkless-free face - from a fellow woman's POV: they paid good money for it, let them flaunt it.
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on 2010-01-30 05:06 pm (UTC)Meghan misses with the comparison, but her thoughts are in the right place. Heidi has been dragged through the mud (right or wrong) for her plastic surgery, not hailed. I don't know that Jessica Simpson has been attacked for showing any cleavage (outside of the usual crowd, who generally voted for Meghan's dad, so okay fair point). Jessica has been attacked for not being a skinny-mini, and if she did lose weight, she would probably be attacked for that, too.
Still, yeah, it's all a problem, and I'm not telling you something you don't know. Too fat. Too thin. Too many wrinkles. Not enough breasts. Too much/not enough butt. Then, if it's 'fixed', the surgery doesn't look real.
Oh, I'm so lucky I was born a male blogger and not a female entertainer.