Last night, it's like one in the morning, and I'm bored. Normally X Files is on Sci Fi, but they're doing this Battlestar thing, so no go on that. What to watch, then? I decide that I will watch whatever shitty movie is on Lifetime Movie Network. Fun, right? The movie was heinous. Bad acting, bad writing, bad hair. I giggled.
But the commercials. Oh my fucking god. Weight loss pill. Special K protein water. Slimming elastic corset thing. Weight loss pill. What the fuck? Isn't Lifetime all about helping women? I remember at least two Lifetime movies about the dangers of anorexia and poor body image. I'm sure there are more. So why the hell would they air these craptastic ads telling women they're pieces of shit unless they have washboard ribs?
Lifetime needs to stop this shit. Seriously. I'm totally going to write to them. I'll try to be nice.
Showing posts with label sexism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sexism. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Special K
So I'm watching tv, right? And this ad for Special K comes on. This woman reaches for something, and a button pops off her blouse. Now, my first thought is, "Oh shit, get your needle and thread honey! It's sewin time!" But Commercial Woman's first thought is, "I need to lose weight."
What?
This skinny bitch does not need to lose weight. She is skinny. Her weight appears healthy, at least to me. But oh, wait! This isn't a health issue, this is an image issue. I forgot, the only reason a woman could want to lose weight is to look good, because the only thing she's got going for her is her looks. She is, after all, a woman.
I am so fucking tired of seeing skinny women (and it's almost always women, with the exception of Jared from Subway) in weight loss commercials. They are already skinny. They do not need to lose weight. Gah. I'm gonna go eat some cookies.
What?
This skinny bitch does not need to lose weight. She is skinny. Her weight appears healthy, at least to me. But oh, wait! This isn't a health issue, this is an image issue. I forgot, the only reason a woman could want to lose weight is to look good, because the only thing she's got going for her is her looks. She is, after all, a woman.
I am so fucking tired of seeing skinny women (and it's almost always women, with the exception of Jared from Subway) in weight loss commercials. They are already skinny. They do not need to lose weight. Gah. I'm gonna go eat some cookies.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Women can't legally be president!
Linkage. (thiefed from feministing)
This guy is so full of shit it's not even funny. The only part of the Constitution he references in this article is the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It's like he thinks the Constitution is all amendments or something. Well, turns out, there's a little section before the amendments that says who can and can't be president.
Now, throughout Article II, the president is referred to as "he," but that by no means limits the presidency to a man. This was written back in the day, before women's lib and all, so the language used was predominantly masculine. The pronoun used for all humanity back then was also "he." Does this mean the founding fathers believed all the people in the world were male? No. It means they wrote how they were taught, from their male perspective.
So does the Constitution specifically prohibit a woman from becoming president? Well, here are the requirements, let's see:
This part of the Constitution, listing the requirements to hold the office of President of the United States, does not use the word "he." It uses "person." The language is entirely gender neutral.
The idea that the nineteenth amendment actually prevents a woman from being president is ludicrous. The Constitution has historically given people rights, not taken them away. This moron need to actually read the Constitution for what I assume would be the first time.
This guy is so full of shit it's not even funny. The only part of the Constitution he references in this article is the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It's like he thinks the Constitution is all amendments or something. Well, turns out, there's a little section before the amendments that says who can and can't be president.
Now, throughout Article II, the president is referred to as "he," but that by no means limits the presidency to a man. This was written back in the day, before women's lib and all, so the language used was predominantly masculine. The pronoun used for all humanity back then was also "he." Does this mean the founding fathers believed all the people in the world were male? No. It means they wrote how they were taught, from their male perspective.
So does the Constitution specifically prohibit a woman from becoming president? Well, here are the requirements, let's see:
Article II, Section 1, [5]
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. [emphasis mine]
This part of the Constitution, listing the requirements to hold the office of President of the United States, does not use the word "he." It uses "person." The language is entirely gender neutral.
The idea that the nineteenth amendment actually prevents a woman from being president is ludicrous. The Constitution has historically given people rights, not taken them away. This moron need to actually read the Constitution for what I assume would be the first time.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)