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.I'll be honest, I am not a fan of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Shocking, right? Of course not. In fact, I do think it's slightly smarmier than magazines where the women are completely naked. At least those magazines, whether they are your thing or not, are what they are. Aside from a few articles and cartoons, there's no mistake what they are made to be. Every year when the SI swimsuit issue emerges from the cover of sports coverage, I shake my head at the justification for selling magazines, bikinis, and women's bodies.
I mean, I get it. I do get it. It's all about sales. It's about appealing to people who otherwise don't care about baseball, free agents, or next season's playoff predictions. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (13) | Blog
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Sweet Lord, when will this kind of crap end?
Italian clothing designer Relish has just released ads which depict men dressed as police officers choking, grabbing, shoving, and sexually assaulting (note the hand up the skirt in the picture at left) two models who are wearing Relish's new line of spring clothes.
Here's my big question: How is viewing the active abuse of other women supposed to entice us into buying dresses? It doesn't make sense. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (142) | Blog
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I was perusing random blogs the other day and I ran across a young lady’s blog who had reposted an article written by a Black man telling Black women why they were to blame for the downfall of the African-American community. The article was nothing less than misogynist... Read More »
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