Okay, I'll admit, this blog doesn't have much to do with Star Wars or muffins. It's mostly to do with a college student with some time to kill putting her ramblings and observations on the internet. Plus my roommates need a break from hearing me complain about sexist commercials and reality tv shows. A little bit of both, really.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Reality TV, post 2

I was sort of grossed out when I heard that there is actually a channel called Fox Reality now. I was especially grossed out when I saw this clip from one of their new original shows, "Battle of the Bods." In the show, groups of women and men pose in behind two-way mirrors while judges of the opposite sex rate their hotness and ranks them from 1-5.

Seriously? Is this where we're at now? The objectified stand to win some money, but still. This goes beyond the realm of mindless entertainment and goes to the side of offensive. And disgusting. And a caustic reinforcement of our society's unrealistic and unnatural idea of beauty.

I think I'm going to need to swear off reality TV altogether. Except for the Amazing Race, cause that show is awesome, and hippies always win.

Comments:

do you get paid every time a pop-up opens from your site?

# posted by  liana : January 27, 2008 4:53 PM

 

Boone,
I haven't seen you in over a year. Where do you keep yourself these days? Maybe our paths will cross this summer.

# posted by  Nick : January 28, 2008 7:42 AM

 

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