Jezebel
- Wow, "Keith" must be working some serious overtime! Southwest Airlines gave another woman hell for wearing "revealing" clothing, just a week after a woman was nearly booted off a flight for wearing a mini-skirt. Setara Qassim was forced to wear a blanket by a flight attendant because she thought Setara's top was too low cut. Dude, is it just us, or does Southwest seriously have a problem with girls with ample breasts? [NBC6.net]
- Eating right, staying active, and watching your weight during pregnancy furthers the chances that your unborn baby will grow into a healthy adult. Memo to Nicole Richie: Eating right, staying active, and watching your weight ups your chances of being a healthy adult too! [Newsweek]
- A Top Chef contestant and a small group of her friends were beaten outside of Long Island bar in what appears to be a hate-crime. Josie Smith-Malave, who is gay, says she hopes the perpetrators will be caught and prosecuted on felony hate-crime charges. [Local6.com]
- "Is football too dangerous?" asks Time Magazine. If we say yes, will our boyfriend stop dominating the television Saturday through Monday for four months out of the fucking year? [Time Magazine]
- Seventy-five percent of moms have major nightmares about something horrible happening to their children. See, women carry the bulk of the parenting load, even in their dreams! [MSNBC]
- Children who are exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb may see symptoms of autism later in life, further evidence that links the male hormone to the disorder. [MSNBC.com]
- Further proof that humans are descended from monkeys: female chimps love bad boys just as much as women do. [MSNBC.com]
- It's the 40th Anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, but there's a bit of a debate raging as to how late in a pregnancy a woman can terminate. The Daily Mail has an interesting panel of women who've had abortions weighing in on the discussion. [Daily Mail]
- An 80-year old Iowa woman had "Do Not Resuscitate" tattooed on her body, but doctors are still keeping her on life support because they say the tattoo is not enough proof of her wishes. Do they think "Do Not Resuscitate" is the name of a heavy metal band or something? [Crooks And Liars]
- A woman who is the victim of an alleged rape has sued the judge in the case because he has barred the use of the words rape, victim, and assailant from the courtroom during the trial. The woman was barred from using the words during her testimony, which lasted 13 hours, a clear violation of her first amendment rights. [Law.com]
- A lawsuit against the University of Colorado was reinstated after being dismissed in 2005. The original case stemmed from the gang rape of two women in 2001 by the school's football players and recruits. The suit alleges that CU officials failed to respond adequately to a long history of sexual harassment and assault by school football players and were therefore liable for the environment that allowed the rapes to occur. [Ms.]
- A Vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy increases the risk of getting pre-eclampsia, the leading cause of premature birth. Trista Sutter — you know, the OG Bachelorette — talks about her personal experience in this week's US Weekly! [Science Daily]
Comments
That does it - I am cancelling my Continental flight to Houston next week and booking my yooge DD's on Southwest in a tube top. Tighten up yer panties Keith!!
Is Southwest asexual? I mean, they have to be, since men and women both gay and straight like boobs.
Gosh, I just love the juxtaposition of the rape, abortion, and DNR stories. Women aren't meant to make choices for themselves, ever!
Wow - not a good news day for Nicole Richie's baby! Eat, take some Vita D, and lay off the Testosterone, Nic!
I can't even wrap my brain around how many things are going on up there but I'll bitch about the DD's because I own a pair.
HELLO! EVERYTHING WE WEAR IS LOW CUT, OUR TITS ARE WEIGHING IT DOWN! Just because this girl fills out her shirt (naturally or not) doesn't mean she should be forced to cover up!
I think this is a kink thing. Somebody gets all prissy and tells a girl to cover up and humiliates her, just to get off on it.
@JessicaLovejoy: Nope. Not evah. That's why there are things like chastity balls, burqas, and Republicans.
i am female, i don't have boob-envy or any other syndrome that turns women on each other. but people, there are times you're am sitting there minding your own business, and you see a woman who is so thoroughly exposed and/or vulgar, you look away and can't believe the shit some women leave the house in.
@JessicaLovejoy: I know, right. This post should be tagged 'your daily dose of wanna-stick-your-head-in-the-oven'.
But seriously, what can we do to keep the men from playing Couch Dictator during football season? It's only a few weeks in and I'm starting to lose it.. If he says a single goddamn thing during Top Model this cycle, I'm'a cut him!
I hope the story on the 80-year-old former nurse makes national headlines. It's such a dramatic statement that someone who understood first-hand what life-sustaining measures were about and had a freakin' TATTOO permanently inked on her body to avoid leaving the world that way.
this is southwest airlines where they let anybody with a zany story get on the plane's intercom to sing/yodel/propose/tell stories? yes? so we're dealing with a very upscale and conservative airline here, folks. good thing i can't fly direct on southwest out of dallas anyways. me and my DD's will never besmudge or tarnish your classy airline.
@CafeConLeche: true, but isn't it our right to look like 2 cent hookers if we want to? last time I checked, this ain't Iran.
@CafeConLeche: True. But that's when you turn around and snicker...not ask them to leave a plane!
They at least need to be fair - make any man with manboobs over a certain size cover up, and too-tight jeans on a dude that show his groceries? Hell no! Tie a blanket around his waist like a sarong.
@PaisleyPajamas: clearly she forgot to have a notary's signature tattoed also - 'cuz, you know, then they would have obeyed her wishes.
All I know is that Southwest's rule is that if someone complains about being offended by what someone is wearing, they have to do something about it. I'm going to take Southwest just so I can say that I'm offended by Crocs, mom jeans, and holiday sweaters.
@FloraWay: That's what I was going to say... my money is on the fact that some uptight douche complained about the skimpy clothes to the flight attendant.
@petuniacat: Or for that matter - ANYONE with a gigantic muffin top, or half their ass cheek poking out the top of their pants.
@FloraWay: Yes! Yes! No more reindeer sweaters! I won't tolerate that smut during my airtravel!
@PaisleyPajamas: I hope she haunts those doctors til their dying day...then causes their do not resuscitate papers to spontaneously combust.
@BiscuitDoughJones: How about the big hair? Big hair totally offends me. Blocks the in-flight movie. Next time I'm on a Southwest flight, I'm gonna ask them to make all the big-haired ladies wear swimmer's hats.
Okay. So, if I have big breasts I can't fly Southwest unless they are property restrained. If I get raped I can't say so in court. Colleges don't care if I get raped. Doctors don't care if I don't want to be resuscitated. If I go to a bar I might get gay-bashed. Fuck me. I'm staying in the house from now on.
To all the duchewads on Southwest that are offended by what someone else is wearing. Repeat, *wearing*. Not *doing*, *saying*, *snorting*, etc. :
1. Get a grip
2. Don't look
3. Ask your ready-to-help flight attendant for an eye mask.
Jezzuz Creezuz. The myriad of fucktedupedness in this collection of stories scares me. And I mean it. It deeply, deeply frightens and sickens me.
@BAngieB: Well, duh. So how about this? 1) bind your boobies with duct tape. why is anyone but your man seeing them anyway? 2) don't go and wear those "just asking to be raped" miniskirts. 3) don't go and get almost dead - either die or not. make up your mind! 4) don't be gay - i mean, isn't gayness an *unnatural* act?
Problems solved! Go forth and, uh, patronize the local Christian bookstore.
@BAngieB: What she said. Perfect analysis.
it took jezebel to get all the smart ladies with big racks together.
See - women must cover up! There's no telling what effects our tatas will have on mostly-likely gay flight attendants! These men, they cannot concentrate on their jobs whilst our titties are sitting there...attached to our chests!!!
Won't someone think about poor "Keith"???
@BiscuitDoughJones: OMG we had the exact same fight last night. I finally got to watch the "What Not to Wear" I had DVR'd last night, and he totally was all eye-rolly and annoying about it. I finally said, "You know, I give you a whole lot less shit for your lame tv choices than you give me. If you're going to watch NFL, college football, and any and all other Denver/Colorado sports ever aired, you've got to stop giving me crap about what I watch." He conceded that we both hate each other's taste in TV and should both be more accomodating. We'll see how that works.
Also: Didn't it turn out that the first chick told to change clothes by "Kirk" was a Hooters girl?
@funnyface:
What do you expect? He's a Broncos fan. ;)
Signed,
Ridiculously obsessed KC Chiefs fan, despite their poor showing this past Sunday. And yes, I'm female.
@gritsnyc: Ha. One of his best friends is a Chiefs nut. They give each other crap about it all the time.
@petuniacat: I can't decide if I'm better off or more screwed. I don't wear mini-skirts, I lie around almost dead everynight, and I'm same-sex oriented. I better just stay home.
Duct Tape Use No. 716: binding your tits so you can fly Southwest.
@CafeConLeche:
Ok point taken, and yes there are circumstances where this is true (especially here in NYC - although you generally ignore it).
However did you see the 2 girls who were asked to cover up? They were SLAMMIN hot (at least from the pictures I've seen), but more importantly is that neither of them had their nether regions nor boobs hanging out for the world to see in the way you mention. Sure, they may not have been dressed for church/temple (although I wouldn't mind), but they were hardly dressed like little crackwhores.
@BAngieB: Oh, the many ways Existing While Female can get you in trouble these days. (not bitter). (...okay, I'm bitter).
@funnyface: So.. lemme get this straight. One place of business encourages her to shove those DDs in everyones face please, and risk getting fired for not doing so. Hell, she's hired on the basis of having them out there. And this other place of business punishes her for it. And would rather she put them away, lest they distract, cause boners, whatever.
Its no wonder we end up with confused, damaged types like the celeb who shall remain nameless from this past week's awards night catastrophe.
@avoncobra: I've never flown Southwest, but from what I've seen on that "Airline" show, yeah. I'd much rather have to look at a few boobs than be subjected to that hideous, tacky racket.
Stop the big boobs, slutty dress discrimination!
@stacyinbean: Isn't that whay our grandmothers and mothers fought for? The right to wear want we want, when we want, where we want?
@nyobserver: Yeah, kind of ironic, huh?
@BAngieB: Careful. Lying around looking dead is likely to put thoughts of lust into any fanatical, horny Bible-beaters within 50 square miles. Better pull the curtains!
I'm horrified. The beating of Josie happened in my home town!!!
Wait a minute. THIS Southwest Airines?
[i.timeinc.net]
No one else finds it ironic that airlines are notorious for weighing their flight attendants and making sure they're hot...yet will kick folks off that paid for tickets? Bullshit for reals.
Chances are, it was insecure women who complained about the two "scantily clad" hotties on Southwest - the type of women who've calculated the odds of their husbands/boyfriends leaving them for younger, sexier women.
Either that or the type of women who feel the need to "protect" their horny sons from the evils of female flesh.
@funnyface: You know, I don't even like T.V. all that much, but when I think about the shit my ex-husband gave me for watching The O.C. and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and then I think about all of the hundreds of hours of professional sports he insisted I watch with him, something short circuits in my brain.
What the fuck is up with guys and their fucking football games? (Don't answer that, totally rhetorical question.) I mean, sure it's a fun game, and Madden's cool, but when you've spent ten hours, in ONE DAY, watching men in shiny tight pants grab each other's asses while tossing around a ball, then I think it's pretty safe to say that your opinion about what's good and what sucks DOESN'T COUNT because you clearly DON'T KNOW.
(Yes, I had issues with my ex. That is why he is now my ex.)
Separate televisions in different rooms. The key to a happy relationship.
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