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today the glitterbomber is... |
2002-10-03 when i was conducting an in-home interview yesterday, i was forced to watch a program of such nauseating proportions that i must tell you all about it. well, perhaps "forced" isn't the proper word. no one tied me to a chair, held a gun to my head, and said, "watch this nauseating television show, dammit! i don't care if it makes you retch!" no, that did not happen, but the tv was blaring throughout the entire interview, and that was the show that happened to be on when my subject was doing the self-administered part of the questionnaire. so i watched it. it was a show called "life moments." it's tagline is "ordinary women doing extraordinary things." okay, that's all well and good, but these women were not doing "extraordinary" things. one was recently divorced and about to start dating after--gasp!--seven years. another was getting breast surgery. (this is the procedure she was having performed. i find it disgusting in and of itself.) and there was the young woman marrying her sweetheart who was far away in the army. how are any of these things "extraordinary"??? i know this show is meant to appeal to a certain demographic; it was painfully obvious. they seemed to be the same women who read good housekeeping and watch oprah. and that's fine if people want to have these things; we all have choices. but for god's sake, don't label these experiences as "extraordinary." allow me to bitch about the breast-reduction woman (BRW) for a moment. story: she gained weight, and as a result, her breasts got bigger. they were too big for her, so she talked to her doctor. he told her that if she lost weight, her breasts would get smaller. BRW didn't like this advice, even though it is sound advice (breasts are fat, after all), and doesn't involve expensive and painful surgery. so BRW went to a plastic surgeon and got the laserbra. again, we all have choices, but i sure as hell would not have my breasts mangled when i could just lose the weight and be healthier in the long run anyway. and to have this woman praised for her decision? maybe you can see why i was nauseated. add that to the commercials for diet and breast enlargement products that ran in every break. i was exhausted when i left the woman's house. i'm so glad i don't watch much tv. |
