Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Cassy blames the parents who do the purchasing rather than the designer who does the designing of clothes that make your toddler look sexy. Let me say that again: Toddler.
You have to think on it awhile to see her logic, but it’s there and I agree.
I’m of the mindset that when a minor, even someone who is barely a minor, leaves gum on the sidewalk and you step on it and end up sawing away at your sneaker over the kitchen sink with bleach and a toothbrush…that is a poor reflection on the parents. Most parents would say waitaminnit, he’s almost eighteen and I’m still responsible for where he leaves his gum? You’re loco, Freeberg.
Well, the idea is mine and I’m not going to say it’s anybody else’s. But I stand by it. How did s/he learn to discard gum? How did s/he learn to chew it? Where did this human get the idea that leaving it along a pedestrian thoroughfare is proper…and where were you?
Once you see my logic there, the reality becomes clear and it’s not a cheerful reality by any means. There is a whole range of behaviors, one that could be explored and listed into an exploding, encyclopedic tome, for which parents took responsibility in generations past…and no longer are. Kids are being left to define aspects to their own existence and the purpose of it, for themselves. This is not the makeup of independent thinking, but rather of a breakdown of social order. I would compare it to opening the dryer door after a cycle, throwing away all the clothes, and knitting yourself something to wear out of all the shit you find in the lint trap. That’s what we’re doing.
Where was I going with this?
Ah yes, the slut clothes for toddlers…
The designer makes this feeble defense, saying she’s doing it “in protest” of the slutty chic reigning in children’s fashions these days:
“The Nipple Tassel t-shirt was designed as a response to my own distaste at seeing mini versions of sexy clothes on young children,” she wrote. “Five-year-olds wearing slashed mini skirts and boob tubes, little thumb-sucking Britneys.
“There is nothing very sexy about a baggy, lap neck, long sleeved t- shirt for a 6-month-old. So by embellishing this style of garment with printed nipple tassels, the result is not that the baby becomes sexualized by the tassels, but that the tassels are made benign and silly by the baby. In fact the more inert, innocent and unaware the infant is, the more ludicrous the contrast becomes.”
… “I totally agree with critics who feel that young girls are put under enormous pressure by the media, the fashion industry and the content of many TV programs, to be aware of their appearance, and then dissatisfied with it,” she added. “The trap set to ensnare girls into a life-time of preoccupation with their looks is a subtle one.”
Ugh, she used that horrible word too. This designer lady is like a pinball that bumps into every single bumper in the machine that’s connected to my “Get Pissed Off” light.
But hard as it is to see at the moment, I’m sure the world will find a way to keep spinning.
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Ok, that’s a keeper quote.
- philmon | 08/20/2009 @ 09:35To be fair about it, that’s a well-connected light and it’s sprouting more connections with each passing year. We’ll be in “Get Off My Lawn” territory any week now.
- mkfreeberg | 08/20/2009 @ 10:25