posted on August 11, 2000 02:34:58 PM
Interesting New York Post article sent by someone at AW. Thanks. I enjoyed reading it. Thought others might be interested too.
posted on August 11, 2000 03:08:21 PM
I can soooooooooo relate:
"They say they're sorry for...(Blah,blah)... their ultravixen looks plastered on billboards that made countless American women feel inferior - and fat."
It's that last part... I've always felt guilty about that too. Some of us are just cursed.
posted on August 12, 2000 04:10:26 PM
Congrats Tokay! Such a warm and fuzzy thing. Babies are FANTASTIC. (Birth I don't care for, lying flat on my back for 2 or 3 months before I don't care for.) Babies are just great. If you get extras...send them to me.
T
posted on August 12, 2000 11:42:52 PM
I read that article and found the information to be very interesting. I was particularly struck by the fact that these two ladies feel they made so many other women feel "inferior and fat", they seem to feel they had a great deal of influence.
Did they actually do any kind of study to see whether they had any direct influence on anyone or have they simply taken that for granted. Now they worry about a third Playboy spread "alienating women".
I have to wonder, how many women read Playboy and look at those layouts of other naked women? As for their admiration of Hugh Hefner, they say no one would have listened to what they have to say now without that exposure. If Playboy and Hugh Hefner had not been around, would they have submitted their bodies to this type of abuse, would their present campaign be necessary? Kinda like the chicken/egg question, huh?
I'm glad these ladies came to their senses, and hope they continue their healthy lifestyle.
posted on August 13, 2000 01:32:22 AM
I am not sure they have come to their senses yet. I think they are on the right track...yet ever so slightly derailed.
Still it was interesting. I was wondering if this was one of the "successful" ones (two actually) that CS had mentioned. I found it interesting that they did seem to recognize and admit to some degree the harm that their industry does to women (themselves and in general)...and yet they seem blind as to Hugh Hefner's role in it.
That's what I got out of it anyway. Food (no pun intended) for my brain.
For once Jada, we seem to gaze from the same vantage point ever so slightly. Cheers.
T
Jada, I did interpret their comment about which you asked, did they do a study (can't see your exact quote, sorry) to indicate that they meant more the industry impact as a whole rather than THEM personally. But of course I can't ask them directly without a great deal of effort.
[ edited by jt on Aug 13, 2000 01:36 AM ]
