Miscellany 22 Aug 2006 02:25 pm
pet peeve
Super annoying: weight loss product ads that use as a “before” picture a new mom holding a young baby, and as an “after” picture, the same woman with a little time, a more flattering outfit, and oh yeah…the use of their product.
Just another subtle suggestion that women should be able to pop out babies and then look like little hotties again. That showing the signs of motherhood on one’s body is somehow a bad thing. That it’s abnormal and unacceptable for her belly to show the soft signs that an entire new person grew there. That, rather than rejoice in the beautiful little new life on her lap, she (and society) should focus instead on fitting into old jeans or an immodest bathing suit.
It’s a crime I tell ya. A crime.
on 22 Aug 2006 at 7:01 pm 1.Joel said …
I also notice that 99% of the time the before picture is usually a dragged-out-of-bed no-makeup kill-the-first-person-I-see picture while the after is an extreme-makeover just-got-paid-a-ton-of-$$$ happy-as-can-be smiley picture. It’s kinda why I tolerate the absurd Orbitz commercials who parody the heck out of them.
on 22 Aug 2006 at 11:03 pm 2.gina said …
LOL!