Here's To The Ladies

[filkertom]

starcat_jewel points us to a superb column on sexism and its unwitting support system.

In the same vein, the curvaceous Christina Hendricks had a hell of a time getting a dress for the Emmys. Why? She's not a size 2.

Women are half the species -- as far as I can tell, the better half by an order of magnitude. So, naturally, they get teh short end of the stick.

Today is hereby declared a day for celebrating the women in our lives. Anne, Leslie, my mom, my step-mom, my sister, so many friends here -- smart, caring, funny, wise, passionate, creative, stylish, beautiful. I adore you all. Sometimes you don't see that in themselves; sometimes we forget to remind you. But my world would be a stark, barren, awful place without you, and I thank you for everything you have done for me, for others, and for yourselves, because you make everything better.

Here's to the ladies! Without them, guys, all we'd have is each other. Shudder.

Comments

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

[marsdejahthoris.livejournal.com]

Tom, I love you, and you're usually really good about this? But that manip kind of leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I'm an A cup. I have no rear end. The only reason I DON'T look like a ten-year old boy is because I'm built more like a fireplug. I don't have curves. Yes, absolutely, the fashion industry's obsession with one type of body is disgusting, but on behalf of flat women like me, and naturally skinny wiry little ones like my friends, could we not make comments about thin=unwomanly?

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Echoing this. REAL women come in all shapes and sizes, and it's easy to slip from defending one into slamming another if you're not careful. Everyone has personal preferences, but none of them should be considered universal.

If we're doing posters, I've always liked this one.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to. Please don't take it personally; I've always considered it a smack at the model industry (which truly is grotesque in the body type it fetishizes) and an accompanying slap against the American "image" of what a beautiful woman is supposed to look like.

I didn't link to some of the absolutely ghastly model shots I found on the same site (fortunately, as part of an article that said those women were basically in danger of dying young). There used to be a Midwest filker named Folly Smith, a delightful and wonderful woman who gafiated a long time ago, who had a hilarious song called, "Itty Bitty Titty Me".

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Long and short of it, watch Tom tap dance and backpedal. I suspect anything I say will get me in some sort of trouble, so: I love you all, unconditionally. However, as mentioned elsewhere, Dick Cheney is really pushing it.

[marsdejahthoris.livejournal.com]

Like I said, Tom, I love you. :) Which is why I'm not PISSED, it's more just a request to be careful. More "You're standing on my foot" than anything else.