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, February 8, 2008

Oh Sweet, Sweet Irony

Watching this commercial for Carson Kressley's new show on Lifetime, "How to Look Good Naked," I thought that the show seems like a good idea. Clearly the show has a message of loving ourselves for who we are, and learning to appreciate and work with what we have been given:



Very uplifting, no? And who could argue that those women aren't beautiful, especially with their newfound self-confidence? No, my problem with this commercial came at the end.

It seems that this show is being sponsored by a company called "Weight Loss Surgical Center." It would be humorous enough if the two commercials had simply be shown adjacently, but a show about loving your body being sponsored by a company selling gastric bypasses? And their motto: "Less of you, more of life!"

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