I'm still digesting your great points, so I'll comment on that later.
All I know right now is that you totally need to submit your uber-cute photo to Superheroes are for girls, too!

I, for one, am completely and utterly aghast at the fact that nobody has commented on how they parade images of The Statue of David in front of children in school.

I mean, these are kids people, they should not be exposed to the horror that is human anatomy. They should only view people covered completely by black garments and only allow their eyes exposed.

Endion, did you even read what she wrote above?!? She's commenting on how people made a big deal about the image, but no one actually stepped up to respond to the post.

Take a moment, read Purple's post, then come back and take your foot out of your mouth.

Okay, here's an idea:

www.missrepresented.org

Anybody watch this the other night on OWN?  It was absolutely fascinating and disturbing, as a girl and as the mother of a girl.  So let's set up a community viewing with a panel.  I'd be willing to coordinate something like that, if someone wants to volunteer space.  Any interest in such a thing?

Yes, I read her post and got a headache trying to understand the last thread on this.  

I didn't think it was worth creating another thread on the subject and I wasn't just talking to the original poster.

How does one messed up thread validate creating another one trying to clarify a point that was off base to begin with?

I read the end and saw that she was calling some women out to put themselves behind their posts. If that was the case in all of the posts no one would post here anymore. 

Who cares about any of this? I probably should have kept my mouth shut I get it.

Sorry for trying to make sense of something that obviously makes no sense.

Just because there is a keyboard in front of you does not mean you have to comment on everything you read. Especially when you admit to not understand what it is you have read. If you don't care about it (ellipse abuse alert!)... then .. well... find something else that you do care about. Win win.

Endion, I actually expected that I'd have more "not again!" type comments like yours. And I'm glad that you posted. "Who cares about this stuff?" I do. Looks like Jessige, Bad Cat, Moose Tracks and the Duluth branch of the White House Project also care "about this stuff." I believe Carla "cares about this stuff."

My post is the result of working through my reactions to Emmadog and others comments on Gartman's post, and why as a feminist I did not agree with their comments. 

To me, it comes down to the writer's intent. Honestly, when I first saw Gartman's post the picture shocked me and I had an "eww ... gross!" reaction. But as marketing goes, the photo worked. I read his post and understood why he used the photo (cover of the album he's performing). Then I didn't give it another thought, until Emmadog's comment.

Emmadog's and Caribu Runner's intent was to censor Gartman's use of the photo on PDD. Censorship pisses me off.

IMO, Carla's intent was to educate PDD about women being the "other" then say "shame on you PDD for falling for it." However, had she researched Ween's album cover she may have discovered that it was a parody of another album cover, where a male was "the other."

Carla's post did get me to think about the sexplotation of women. So I wrote this "call to action."

:/

Are you the purple that I know or a different one? If you are different one, respond to me privately and I will tell you what I do.