Today, I was a bit upset when I was driving home. I was listening to a popular radio channel and there were two news items that really pissed me off.
The first one was about Christina Aguilera. Poor Christina apparently has had a lot of criticism for her weight and shape lately and it got her a bit depressed. (YES- RICH WHITE WOMEN'S PROBLEMS, SAY WHAT? God lord woman, be glad it's your only problem. I got 99 problems, want to trade places?). She's decided she's going to lose weight (again) with a self invented diet of 1600 calories a day. Now, later this year she's going to be one of the judges of The Voice of America for the 5th time, and the producers are thrilled that she's going to lose the weight because it will up their ratings.
Have we all gone insane? Firstly, she has an amazing voice and is a great performer. Who cares about a few pounds on her hips? Secondly, why is it so important for the show that Christina loses weight, while her fellow judge Ceelo Green is so obviously FAT. You know what? Just google Christina Aguilera and Ceelo Green in turns. You'll see that there are suggestions for Christina and weight, but for Ceelo it's only to do with his music, work and cat. If you look at the google pictures you see that there is an entire selection of pictures with 'Christina Fat', while there are no 'Ceelo Fat' pictures. Is that because people don't care about Ceelo's weight because he is a man, or because he is so obviously overweight that there's not much more to say about it?
The second thing that shocked me was a news item about the Australian prime minister. Apparently she has had quite a tough week with lots of bad comments on her persona, her looks and her husband. The opposition had a chicken dish in a restaurant that they named after her because 'the chicken does not have breast, but big thighs instead'. This is revolting. Utterly disgusting, childish and irrelevant. There are so many hideous men in politics. Balding, chubby, plainly overweight, badly dressed etc... and does anyone care about that? No, people care about what they say and what they realise. Come on, people, cut a woman some slack.
What's more, her husband is a hairdresser and hence she gets rude and inappropriate remarks and comments about his sexual preference, i.e. wheter he is gay or hetero. People are so narrow minded. They live together in a relationship. That should really be the end of the story. I have nothing against gay people, and I believe they are normal humans just like any other person that deserve the same rights as anyone else. However, why do you want to stigmatize a happy couple just for the profession one of them exercises? Why?
Sorry folks, I know that there are more pressing problems in the world and all. But this just shows how rotten society is becoming and that the Western world also has a long way to go for gender equality.
What's your opinion about this?
