Thanks to The Curvature for cluing me into National Organization of Women’s Love Your Body Day! In honor of this you can choose to be:
A.) Pissed off (by watching a very good slideshow from NOW that follows in the Jean Kilborne tradition.) All the beauty image nonsense that we gripe about illustrated beautifully.
or
B.) Happy/Accepting/Celebratory (”This Little Bod of Mine, I’m Gonna Let it Shine…”). Think about all the marvelous things your body does for you. I give mine such a hard time, seriously taking it for granted (sorry body). If you prefer option B, I recommend the Shape of a Mother blog, that bluemilk introduced to me, kudos Shape of a Mother for showing us what real bodies actually look like. If you are a self-helping kind of gal, you might like to also take the I Love My Body Pledge. And without a doubt, no matter who you are, watch the Mika video for Big Girl.
(btw — BOTH A and B highly recommended. Send all that trash talk outward)
Okay, so I need to get to work, but sometimes you have moments, you know?
I get Blender magazine. Not maybe what you’d expect, but people are funny. At any rate, this was the cover photo that I found on my doorstep today:
In case you do other things with your leisure time, that’s the former lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls (and also former member of “Eden’s Crush” — remember them?) who is now releasing her solo album. At any rate, I grabbed it just as Thing 1 said, what was on that “maz-a-geen”? I said - nothing - just a picture that was pretty inappropriate. “I saw it” she giggles. Most of the time the cover is fine, but I’m pissed at Blender, and at myself.
I distracted her with a different piece of mail – from her younger cousin — she opened it - it was a thank you card. This thank you card to be specific: Read the complete Post.
Dove’s newest viral video “film,” Onslaught is making the rounds. In case you haven’t seen it, it’s certainly well worth the 1 minute and 15 second time investment. Check it out here.
But, poor Onslaught is getting shredded by the feminist blogosphere, and yesterday even some of my very, very faves like Jill over at Feministe and Two Knives… had at it — both making extremely good Read the complete Post.
She picked Charlotte’s Web! SQUEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s another princess-free Halloween! SQUEEEE!!!! I did NOT use coercion or bribery of any sort — and I have survived even this without ever uttering one bad word about princesses to my daughter. I save those for you all. And the people I work with. And my students. And my husband. And the mail carrier. And the dog… Read the complete Post.