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| Useless Bay, Whidbey Island June 2015 |
Oh dear lord. Did ya'll hear that Lands End has "apologized" for featuring Gloria Steinem in its most recent catalog? Evidently some influential customers, namely the Missouri Catholic school system, pulled their support (they buy school uniforms from Lands End) from the company because they disagree with Gloria's stance on women's reproductive rights or something to that end. As my sister said on Facebook, The world's gone mad. I admit that when I got the catalog in the mail and saw Gloria Steinem posed in various conservative outfits, I thought it was weird and then kind of cool. I buy the bathing suits that make you look 100 pounds lighter, but this morning I went online and typed out a quick email to the company telling them how silly their apology was and that I'd never buy anything from them again. I guess you could say that makes me as silly as the Catholic Church, but so be it. Wearing a bathing suit that makes you look 100 pounds lighter because you're uncomfortable with your body size is really just as contrary to feminist ideals as anything else. Maybe I'll just go out in my backyard naked, build a little fire in the fire-pit and burn the catalog in protest. I might wait until there's an open house in the McMansion still going up behind me and kill the two birds of conservatism and commerce with one stone. I'm that powerful.
I sent them an email, too! Ha! Your sister is right. The world has gone crazy. What a load of crap. I mean, they chose her to be in their catalog for a reason, right? To pull it later just seems pathetic. And, honestly, how many of those schoolgirls that buy uniforms from Lands End probably even know who Gloria is? Fuck. I need a drink.
ReplyDeleteI'm chuckling. And you could never be as silly as my former Church! I haven't ordered from them in years but so shall nevah evah do so again.
ReplyDeleteThis message has misfired. All I can think about is how much I want a bathing suit that makes me look a hundred pounds lighter, now.
ReplyDeleteNow that would be something to see, a naked protest. However I don't think I could join you in such a protest - the sight of my wrinkled, saggy body would distract all from any other thought!
ReplyDeleteI'm laughing, because the sight of your naked and emphatic protest, in the back yard - or probably anywhere else, is sure to get a "Moooom!" protest from Oliver!!
I left a comment on their FB page.
ReplyDeleteI'm powerful too.
Oh, you Radical Femme, You! Love the vision of your protest co-ordinated with the McMan showing :o) x0 N2
ReplyDeleteI will NEVER underestimate your power!
ReplyDeleteI'd missed this. I admire Gloria and think this lands end apology is simply stupid. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to be a little bit powerful too.
ReplyDeleteWhy should they write a letter of apology? That's sad. I'm from Missouri. Not everyone here is as narrow minded as the people at this Catholic School. Oh no, it is starting to sound like I'm writing a letter of apology for being from Missouri.
ReplyDeleteThe hundred-lbs-less swimming suit sounds great. If someone weighs 100 lbs, will it make them invisible?
What year is this?
ReplyDelete"If someone weighs 100 lbs, will it make them invisible?" Excellent question!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's this (peripherally): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/opinion/campaign-stops/sarah-palins-mustache.html
I'm with Jo. Now I can't stop wanting a swimsuit that makes me look 100 pounds lighter. Except that then I'd look like a first grader. But I'm disgusted with Land's End too.
ReplyDeletei love that you take all things at heart! our generalized attitude here is more like, "my voice will not be heard, so why bother"?
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