That was it? and art catalogs make me drool
So I don't watch that *cough* fair and balanced news network... But I do watch the YouTube news and politics section fairly often. So I know that last week they were all freaked out about a certain magazine cover, so much so that they called for people to unsubscribe to it! It was an insult to women. Etc etc etc. Well both Brian and myself wanted to decide for ourselves. When we went to get my meds this weekend we happened to notice the cover even though it's been partially covered by paper (maybe it always was?). We grabbed the magazine and stuck it up to our faces real close like, looked at it, each other, the cover again, each other, and finally we both just said "That's it?" They got freaked out about THAT cover? That's an insult to women? Wow... Yeah sooo ugly. OMG I almost couldn't stand how disgusting she was!!! They're sending a horrible message to women with real issues if they'd make such a huge issue about how ugly she was on that cover because knowing what an issue they made of it, I had that damn cover up to my face examining it closely and barely noticed the flaws even though they'd told me ahead of time what they were and had they not said anything I wouldn't have noticed at all. I'd hate to see what they'd say about women without make up etc not all spruced up for a cover shoot. The fact that the pic wasn't airbrushed doesn't bug me, the fact that they'd insult her so much and go off on horrible she looked when she looked fine to me does. They've sent a horrific message to women about looking normal in doing so. Never thought I'd have to defend Palin and against Fox News no less... but yeah.
Now if you'll excuse me, back to bed and my Blick Art Materials catalog! See I'm not used to having money! By some fluke, I'm going to have about $100 in my PayPal account vs the usual $5-$20 that's there. So I figured if I can be patient then around Nov 5th or so I can spoil myself as a late Bday present to myself. I planned to buy a binder to keep safe the few sketch pages I wanted to keep out of my sketch books, but see art stores and catalogs are evil. Even a fake bad artist such as myself can't just spend say $5 or $10 there. So when I calculated how much would be in my PayPal account not long after my bday I realized... oooh! ;) I do my part for the economy, even though I'm broke as can be! heh. And we pay my bills on time. Ooh I want those pens... did I say $100 was enough? hrmph. Damn catalog. I need to play AND win the lottery, screw a house, I could spend that much on this catalog. Have you seen how much a few pencils and a decent pen can cost?
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I love that their argument was that "even supermodels get airbrushed."
Great.
They also posted it next to an Obama picture where, yes, you could see the little bags under his eyes, and unevenness in his skin.
Basically they were both really artistic photos...the Obama one had him sort of eclipsed by the shining light behind him, and was in black and white, and he looked good, yes, but also tired and human.
Seemed to be a statement about a human person versus image, and maybe the burden of it.
The Sarah Palin picture was closer than close, all her makeup done perfectly, shiny surface, a people person up as close as you can get.
And, for all the crap they were saying, a good picture of her.
Don't talk to me about bad pictures of women -- just go look at some of the pictures they had of Hillary.
This isn't anywhere near.
The Repugs are such complete whiners when they don't have absolutely everything going their way.
Honest, it's like listening to a bunch of tired five year-olds.