Without doubt. I wasn't even extrapolating it to outside the picture itself with the comment, because I was still a bit upset about someone getting so much shit for being good at their job. That just kinda underscores the point, in my way of thinking.

Nowhere did I say 'someone with power wanting to fuck you is empowerment'.

'Nope' to what, exactly? Or are you just being contrarian for its own sake?

Who said that was the only type of empowerment? No one. But to deny that it fits the criteria for the actual, LITERAL definition of empowerment is absurd.

That may or may not have been how I stumbled onto it. :D That and the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice, which I didn't know was erotica until I started to read it.

I absolutely loved that movie. It was such a dark and beautiful examination of sexuality and love.

Touche, and I don't think it was in any way out of line to be offended or that it was particularly thin skinned of you. When thinking of a stranger perhaps referring to my husband that way, I realized I would jump all over him or her for it, so it was a really poor choice of how to express my point if it was feasibly…

Fair enough, I do apologize for offending you, it was not at all my intention. I was so angry at seeing such a condescending treatment of someone in exchange for simply doing their job well that I was feeling more than a little defensive myself, and that wording was maybe a little harsher than it should've been.

... at least toward the end he gets to the point of the rant.

So that is NOT exactly how the sports illustrated swimsuit edition is advertised to appeal? Because they're sure as shit not marketing it to women, and it's blatantly obvious that the entire point of the edition is to titillate and tease based on the sexuality of the buyer. I didn't mean it in the sense of 'I'm…

If it weren't for the use of the ribbon on the morning show, I would've left the word out, myself, tbh. With that, though, the definition fits. That said, you can be a drug peddler who is trafficking drugs, and empower yourself to buy three or four houses, because other people want to pay for what you are offering. I…

I'm talking about giving someone power over you when you lust after or love them, for one. For the second point, to give something power is the textbook definition of empowerment. Now, if you treat people you're attracted to and fantasize about the EXACT same way that you treat total strangers, that's an entirely…

I don't know, it depends on what you consider power, given that the definition of empower is to give power to something. If you can logically argue that lust is a powerful force, and/or that love is a powerful force, and the picture evokes either in the view, that is empowering by the dictionary definition.

I'd say it's a combination of both. You have to fit into that window to even be considered for the job. That she did the job (arguably) "better" than all the others who did it, is what got her the cover.

Those are some cringe-worthy excerpts, and yes, they do come off as very mocking. It's almost like the interviewer is forgetting the sort of ridiculous inane bullshit men will pay for if they think it comes with a side of hot chick. You know, mock her all you want, interviewer, but modelling is a business. Not just a…

It's the earliest example I know of, and the earliest widely popular one, at the least, that incorporates the various trope 'cliques' (jock, outcast, stoner, princess, nerd) into a coming of age comedy where they're all forced/thrown together and come to realize they aren't so different after all, complete with such…

How could they not, when the closing scene of the movie is a triumphant fist in the air and the words 'don't you forget about me'?

It is THE 80's teen movie.

My significant other proposed on Feb 29 2004, because leap years are something you wait years for, and it's not a day you can propose on 3/4 of the time. :D I thought it was wonderfully odd.

I understand, and you are welcome to feel that way, you know, you have your own lived experience on the subject matter. I've never been one to be mistaken as black, I'm always taken as one or the other of my own mixed races (caucasian and native american), so for me, since it's not my path and not my journey, I have…