You're Never Too Young to get [Breast] Implants

[July16th-20th]

"Nine Deuce" opines:

When it comes to serious feminist analysis, Jezebel is pretty weak sauce (being the “most feminist” of the Gawker Media empire sites isn’t saying much), but the site occasionally alerts me to an item or two of interest, such as the new internet sensation sweeping the nation known as Miss Bimbo. Miss Bimbo is a new online game for young girls in which the goal is to date hot dudes, have hot hair, be into hot stuff, wear hot clothes, have hot boobs, and just be generally hot, which is hot. You win by collecting bimbo attitude points (essentially popularity points), which you can amass by getting breast implants, taking diet pills, having the best wardrobe (including lingerie and “clubwear”), having the most money (for shopping, of course) and — I’m assuming — being the biggest asshole. Basically, the goal is to become Daisy De La Hoya.

The site, which looks like it’s been doused in Pepto-Bismal and hair bleach, is just the next installment in the Bratzification of American girls, but it’s even more sinister than Bratz dolls themselves. Or maybe not? The Bratz people are teaching young girls that being a woman is all about fulfilling male fantasies and allowing yourself to be reduced to sexualized body parts and fashion choices, but they’re being sneaky about it. At least the dude behind the Miss Bimbo phenomenon is telling the truth about what capitulating to the Bratz doll ideal entails in all its ugly details: if you want to live up to today’s model of femininity, get ready to starve, cut yourself up, and eschew having a personality that goes beyond being a snottie hottie.

Wait, what the fuck am I saying? This guy’s an asshole! The site’s creator, Nicholas Jacquart, a French dude of 23 (Is there anything more revolting than male continental Europeans?), claims that his site, which encourages crash dieting and plastic surgery among female children, is just “harmless fun” that “mirrors real life in a tongue-in-cheek way.” I suppose he might be right about the fact that it mirrors reality, what with the growth of pro-ana websites that serve a mainly preteen and adolescent audience and the exponential growth in breast implant surgery among ever younger women, but is that a reason to promote those practices even further by teaching young girls that these kinds of behaviors are not only normal, but the only path to happiness as a woman? But it’s not all bad; Jacquart, responsible motherfucker that he is, is doing his part to combat eating disorders. The rules section of the site, according to TimesOnline, warns players that although the goal is “to keep your bimbo waif thin… every girl needs to eat, every now and again,” so it’s important to give the old gal a rice cake every week or so to prevent her from dying and having to pass on her wardrobe of thongs and boots with the fur to some other bimbo.

http://rageagainstthemanchine.com/2008/03/25/youre-never-too-young-for-implants/

And here's the link to the truly disgusting "Miss Bimbo" site:

http://www.missbimbo.com/

Things like this make me think, "Hey, maybe guys like OBL have a point."

[Syrinx]

1. Gawker, and Miss Bimbo, and all that stuff is pretty disgusting

But doesn't the blogger here surrender any higher ground with the question "Is there anything more revolting than male continental Europeans?"

Either one is against stereotypes and prejudice, or not. Or maybe you really can have it both ways. :shrug:

[July16th-20th]

3. I noticed that

"Nine Deuce" has some issues with men, obviously. But her basic argument is valid.

[exboyfil]

2. No just hold your daughters close and try everday to emphasize

their worth comes not from how they look, but who they are as persons, and a parent's love is unconditional. Getting rid of the television is also another good move. Playing you daughters the montage of the evolution question for Miss America (and the satirical take on it) also helps.

[japple]

4. A friend told me that lots of high school girls in this area get

breast implants as a graduation gift from their parents. I just shook my head.

[July16th-20th]

5. Vomiting would have been my reaction

But hey, to each! ;-)