Dreamoose

So I thought this video was a really great way to turn the tables and show people that this is exactly what Robin Thicke’s video is doing with women, now how do you like it when it’s the other way around. I don’t support the “women are better than men, etc” idea. The subjugation of men is no better than that of women. However, I don’t think that is the point of this video. It’s simply showing people how wrong this is by showing it done towards men (for the bigots who cannot see it when done towards women).

The upper house of  French Parliament voted in favor of banning child beauty pageants (for contestants under 16) as part of a larger bill on women’s rights. The proposal is that anyone found organizing a child beauty pageant would face prison charges and fines of up to $40,000.

Legislators argue that these child pageants negatively influence girls’ body image and sense of self-worth. The hypersexualization of children has sparked controversy in French media before, after a 10-year old was dressed provocatively in a 2010 Vogue spread sparking a dialogue about this very issue.

Similarly, there has been discussion of putting a health warning on heavily photoshopped images in a campaign against eating disorders.

Will the initiatives taken in France start a ripple effect in other countries? Should it be illegal or is this part of freedom of expression?

Meanwhile, The American “glitz” or child pageant industry, including famed “Honey Boo Boo,” is a 5 Billion dollar industry.

What a world.

You know who that is?

That’s fucking Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), who is currently in the middle of filibustering a bill that would effectively close down most abortion clinics in the state of Texas.

The only way to block the bill would be to stall it, and the only way to stall it is to filibuster it. 

Which means my girl Wendy has to speak non-stop. Without pausing to eat or go to the bathroom, or leaning on anything. She started at 11:18am CDT today and must go until midnight.

That’s about 13 hours in total.

LIKE. A. BOSS.

I almost peed laughing.

Mandude.