Monday, December 27, 2004
 you'd think with all the hits the busblog gets to have just one woman writing in upset about the choice of photos isnt so bad. but for some reason it always suprises me.
and they always bring up the womanizing/misoginist card.
they cant just say, yeah he hasnt outgrown the swimsuit model poster on the wall stage.
a while back someone pointed out that a lot of my pictures feature terribly skinny girls. never noticed. that someone said that i should pay attention cuz there are a lot of young women out there who see the pictures on this blog and either feel bad about themselves when they try to compare themselves to the raymis of the world or they become turned off by me for what i am subconsiously propogating.
heres the deal about the pictures: theyre there to lure horny guys to the site. period. theyre there to keep horny guys coming back. (second) period.
the women will read the busblog without pictures cuz women are usually smarter. im not worried about my women readers. plus most of them appreciate a well turned calf or a sharp dress.
the men are easilly distracted, visual creatures; therefore you need to make your page visually appealing to them.
especially if your content is so-so.
no matter how many sweet comments that i get or panties virtually thrown my way i have curiously low self esteem regarding the writing that i do on this, my electronic notebook.
so the pictures must either be sexy, funny, or weird.
or inspiring.
and besides, arent we beyond these 20th century whines that Mass Media Images of women are capable of damaging the sensitive self-images of todays modern women?
scroll down a little to me holding my nirvana box set. do i look like any of the leading men in stage and/or screen? im bald, im old, i have a rash of acne on my cheeks, i ride the bus to work, and im a blogger. im like nothing that you see on tv or magazines or movies or white houses. and im happy with myself. why?
because Us magazine does not define me and if any of you are waiting for them to validate you, youre in for a huge letdown cuz look at who they give it up to: jessica simpson, ben afflack, j.lo, cameron diaz, and britney spears.
look who they destroy at every chance they can: jessica simpson, ben afflack, j.lo, cameron diaz, and britney spears.
fuck Us weakly who arranges talented women in police line-ups only to compare them on their looks and pick apart their every flaw. who question stars who arent married as being cheated on, who question stars who dont have children as being barren, who celebrate pregnant stars until the second that they deliver and then harp on them if they dont lose the baby weight overnight.
then they take helicopter pictures of their many mansions. then they try to humanize them by saying "they have their tires rotated just like Us!" and then show them sitting in the tire store drinking a cappuchino reading People.
if anyone could do damage to people's psyches through images and text - which is quite a feat and impossible unless you have a fully willing victim-to-be - its certainly not the busblog.
this shits art.
la fire department blog + im nominated for a BOB + flagrant, you can crash with me if you need to
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