Haha my best friend's dad is really into wrestling magazines.... you are indeed right about the homoeroticism. I think what is most problematic about it (to me) is that men are never put on display for women. Women are put on display for men (see:all advertising) and men are put on display for gay men…

I feel like BECAUSE she has been a representative beauty ideal for over 50 years, she actually looks quite average. I mean, I can't even count the number of girls I know that dye their hair blonde, who do their make-up and hair similarly to Barbie. I have multiple friends who have had nose-jobs that resulted in…

I agree. I kind of hate sports but am surrounded by them, and am influenced by them. I also love men. Just put Roger Federer, Tom Brady and MAAYBE Ryan Lochte (not sure if his assholery is enough to overcome his shallow hotness in a mag) all oiled up in sexy poses in there too. Equal opportunity objectification! …

Thank you for showing me this. I knew she was a kind person (ASPCA!), but I didn't realize she had such a sense of humor about herself! Good for her! I spent my childhood listening to her (my dad went through a soprano female ballad stage), so I love her and hilarious parody.

Yeah, I never understood that part of. All the women in my family are fairly large-breasted (after childbirth, of course!) and I have many friends who also are well-endowed and WHY don't they make the sturdy bras out of pretty fabrics!? I'm sure that if we have the capacity for inventing spanx, girdles, corsets and…

I don't get it either. I guess it's like, the most useful part of the breast, as well as the most sensitive to stimulation? It's like, the bullseye of the breast?
and...Nobody wants to see the target?

Well, that doesn't make sense. I give up.

Yeah...I'm kind of in that that category as well. I mean, mine aren't as big as hers, but I spend all winter braless because I wear like 5 layers and it's all hidden anyway. But GODDAMN sometimes I wish I had some more. Sigh. The grass is always greener, eh?

AH, JC Chasez never letting me down. Like when we made eye contact at my third *NSYNC concert. What a guy. ;)

WE NEED MORE OF THIS. THANK YOU.

Yeah, that's actually terrible. I can't believe anyone other than a frat boy wrote that.

I can't seem to find what you're referring to. Did they take it down??

I'm a big fan of their winterized leggings. Not because they're such good quality (they're not), but because they're really the only place that sells triple-thickness leggings that aren't meant for sports.

Also, completely agreed. I wouldn't have noticed it on the "finished product" either and that's scary.

That's why it works on damaging our subconsciousness. Even if we are aware that things are photoshopped, they are still being presented to us as ideal and desirable. I tend to believe that you could put an anatomical anomaly in a magazine and pass it for high fashion.

I don't understand. How can we have millions of "missing girls," so much so that there is a female shortage in China and men are literally waiting for the next generation to get older so they can marry them... and ALSO have this??

I totally wish I had a doll of myself. But I'm too cheap to pay for someone to make it for me. And I'm definitely not talented enough to do it myself. I guess my only option is to wait until I'm famous and someone makes an idol of me (JK!)

This is really an amazing transformation. However, it does help that…

I tentatively feel the same way. I think she's simply not very introspective, has followed her greed and maybe has dug a hole that is starting to feel so deep that she feels she needs to continue with what she was doing before (lying, etc.) to try and get out. I think I feel bad because it seems like she needs help…

YES! When I was in college, I'd go out to this empty courtyard at night just so that I could sing and dance without anyone seeing me. I'd like to say I have enough guts to actually do it in front of other people...but it's never the same.

I do remember reading somewhat about that. And that's why I worry about her mental state now and in the future. You hear about runway models and women renowned for their beauty who come out as struggling with their weight constantly. And for someone with a history of being overweight, the whole thing feels bad to…

My father went through a similar period back during the Atkins craze. He had (reasonably) gained weight after marriage/kids, and started the Atkins + working out. He lost too much weight. Everyone was asking my mom if everything was ok—if he was sick—and looking back at pictures I can see why. But soon afterwards,…