Hustler magazine is coming under fire for Photoshopping a picture of a U.S. conservative commentator to make it look like she's performing oral sex.
The image of S.E. Cupp - a contributor to Glenn Beck's online TV station GBTV - appears under the headline "Celebrity fantasy" with the caption: "What would S.E. Cupp look like with a d--- in her mouth?"
"S.E. Cupp is a lovely young lady who read too much Ayn Rand in high school and ended up joining the dark side. Cupp, an author and media commentator who often shows up on Fox News programs, is undeniably cute," reads the accompanying text. "But her hotness is diminished when she espouses dumb ideas like defunding Planned Parenthood. Perhaps the method pictured here is Ms. Cupp's suggestion for avoiding an unwanted pregnancy."
The image has conservative women crying foul. Michelle Malkin wrote that this is typical of attacks on right-wing women from the left, many of which are sexualizing and dehumanizing.
"Conservative women are waging the counter-offensives against leftist degradation for themselves that no one else will wage. Whether it's Palin or Ann Romney or Nikki Haley or S.E. Cupp or a local grass-roots activist mom, right-wing sisters are pushing back," she said.
Speaking with Beck about the picture, Cupp said: "It's just embarrassing because it will be out there forever. The fact that I work really hard, and I'm an Ivy League-educated young woman with a pretty good job doesn't matter when you look at a photo like this."
But Hustler is defending the page as "satire."
"I'm able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell," publisher Harry Flynt said in a reference to a ruling that free speech rights prohibit public figures from suing over emotional distress intentionally inflicted upon them.
The case centred around televangelist Jerry Falwell, who sued Hustler over a parody ad that depicted him having sex with his mother in an outhouse.
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The image of S.E. Cupp - a contributor to Glenn Beck's online TV station GBTV - appears under the headline "Celebrity fantasy" with the caption: "What would S.E. Cupp look like with a d--- in her mouth?"
"S.E. Cupp is a lovely young lady who read too much Ayn Rand in high school and ended up joining the dark side. Cupp, an author and media commentator who often shows up on Fox News programs, is undeniably cute," reads the accompanying text. "But her hotness is diminished when she espouses dumb ideas like defunding Planned Parenthood. Perhaps the method pictured here is Ms. Cupp's suggestion for avoiding an unwanted pregnancy."
The image has conservative women crying foul. Michelle Malkin wrote that this is typical of attacks on right-wing women from the left, many of which are sexualizing and dehumanizing.
"Conservative women are waging the counter-offensives against leftist degradation for themselves that no one else will wage. Whether it's Palin or Ann Romney or Nikki Haley or S.E. Cupp or a local grass-roots activist mom, right-wing sisters are pushing back," she said.
Speaking with Beck about the picture, Cupp said: "It's just embarrassing because it will be out there forever. The fact that I work really hard, and I'm an Ivy League-educated young woman with a pretty good job doesn't matter when you look at a photo like this."
But Hustler is defending the page as "satire."
"I'm able to publish this because of the Supreme Court case I won in 1984, Flynt v. Falwell," publisher Harry Flynt said in a reference to a ruling that free speech rights prohibit public figures from suing over emotional distress intentionally inflicted upon them.
The case centred around televangelist Jerry Falwell, who sued Hustler over a parody ad that depicted him having sex with his mother in an outhouse.
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If I hadn't gone into Nordstrom to get sized after weeks of frustration, I never would've found anything in my size. Everywhere else I went was all "LOL You can just wear a 40DD, it's the same thing!", which...no. Still makes me cranky that I had to open a line of credit with the store to buy them. So damned expensive.
The sizer at Nordstrom explained that because VS only stocks like a 32A to somewhere in the 36s on the shelf, they need to mis-size you to sell. If they size me as a 32D, what are they going to size women with bigger breasts and the same band size to be? Their website teaches you to measure yourself incorrectly (over your breasts instead of under) and they show models with incorrectly fitted bras, spilling all over and out of them, and label it sexy.
Interestingly, I also found out that Victoria's Secret was actually conceived by a men, for men. The original creator was frustrated because he was trying to buy lingerie for his wife, but the department store wasn't organized enough for him or in a way that made sense to him, so he created VS essentially to make it easier for men to shop for their female partners. Which explains a lot, actually.
But getting properly-sized and fitted bras at Nordstrom (and later, Bare Necessities) was like a breath of fresh air. Literally. I can breathe now. And people tell me that a 34D is the sister size, but given that I am already between a 30 and a 32, a 34 will just feel too big.
That whole thing about it being put out there so men could shop more easily doesn't surprise me at all.
As soon as I wore a properly fitted bra from Nordstrom, I had a tender point problem in my shoulder that was going into my neck, and thus triggering migraines disappear within ten minutes. It was glorious. I'm also thrilled Nordstrom and Bare Necessities have pretty bras in a wide sizing variety, instead of the completely plain or utterly unflattering things I've seen at both ends of the sizing spectrum.
Edit: Whoops, I see you already know of it!
Edited at 2012-05-27 05:37 am (UTC)