Rage and indignation!
Nov. 11th, 2007 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elabyOkay, so we don't watch* America's Next Top Model, but.
Today, the girl they sent home - they sent her home NOT because of her talent or because of any performance she gave in a video/picture/shoot/etc. They didn't send her home because (like another contestant) she didn't listen to the coaches' advice or because she was arrogant.
They sent her home - get this - because she was admitted into the contest as a plus size model and she LOST WEIGHT.
She was no longer fat enough to be plus size (and seriously? This is the model. It's a horrible outfit and hair, but it shows her size better than the other's. And she looks like what, a size SIX?). She's not thin enough to be a regular model. So instead of sending home one of the contestants who, say, didn't pay any attention to their lessons or didn't perform well for the camera or is a total jealous bitch and picks on the others, they kick HER off. For not being thin enough, but not being fat enough. Their reason was that "models are either way thin or plus size, and you're in the middle."
AAAARRG. I don't know why I think mainstream TV would ever try to promote healthy self-images for women, especially in a show like this, but nonetheless this makes me enraged.
*And by "don't watch," I mean we watch it whenever we remember but we don't admit it.
In other, less irate news, we spent a wonderful weekend with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_melisande_ at her Nana's house, writing and playing with doggies and watching lots of Doctor Who (the fourth doctor)! It was really awesome and very relaxing. And I passed 19,000 words!
Today, the girl they sent home - they sent her home NOT because of her talent or because of any performance she gave in a video/picture/shoot/etc. They didn't send her home because (like another contestant) she didn't listen to the coaches' advice or because she was arrogant.
They sent her home - get this - because she was admitted into the contest as a plus size model and she LOST WEIGHT.
She was no longer fat enough to be plus size (and seriously? This is the model. It's a horrible outfit and hair, but it shows her size better than the other's. And she looks like what, a size SIX?). She's not thin enough to be a regular model. So instead of sending home one of the contestants who, say, didn't pay any attention to their lessons or didn't perform well for the camera or is a total jealous bitch and picks on the others, they kick HER off. For not being thin enough, but not being fat enough. Their reason was that "models are either way thin or plus size, and you're in the middle."
AAAARRG. I don't know why I think mainstream TV would ever try to promote healthy self-images for women, especially in a show like this, but nonetheless this makes me enraged.
*And by "don't watch," I mean we watch it whenever we remember but we don't admit it.
In other, less irate news, we spent a wonderful weekend with
_melisande_ at her Nana's house, writing and playing with doggies and watching lots of Doctor Who (the fourth doctor)! It was really awesome and very relaxing. And I passed 19,000 words!
