Stay F---! | November 30
Carrie McLaren
stay.free at verizon.net
Tue Nov 30 00:23:58 EST 2004
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From back issue #22:
Subliminal Seduction:
Did the controversy surrounding subliminals help the ad industry more
than it harmed it? Carrie McLaren discusses the paradox of
advertising criticism:
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/22/subliminal-advertising.html
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
If you read the New York Times this weekend, you know about the next
big thing in cosmetic surgery: vaginal "rejuvenation." That is,
excising fleshy labia and tightening vaginal muscles to make one's
genitals more "youthful" and "normal-looking." The Times doesn't give
much space to examining *why* vaginal surgery is taking off, but the
increasing reach of pornography--facilitated by the internet--is no
doubt a big part of it. When women with asymmetrical labia say they
want to look "normal," what they're really talking about is looking
more porn models. Women's eNews is much less shy about pinpointing a
cause, quoting one gynecologist who says, "I can't tell you how many
pages and pages of pornographic material woman have brought in to me
saying 'I want to look like this.'"
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/fashion/28PLAS.html
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2067/context/archive
This reminds me of a documentary that Chyng Sun, a friend of mine who
teaches at New York University, is working on. Chyng has been
interviewing consumers of pornography and told me at lunch a couple
of weeks ago that many of the women she has talked to report that
their partners are always asking them to imitate sex acts that
they've seen in porn. (Chyng is looking for more people willing to
talk about their use of porn for her video documentary. Any takers?
Email ChyngS at aol.com.)
Hmmm. Maybe we should add this phenomenon to our stories of people
imitating things they see in the media:
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/20/media_influence2.html
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/20/media_influence1.html
Since I have no clue what constitutes a fabulous vagina (it's been
years since I've seen my own), I turned to the web and found these
photos:
http://www.cosmeticsurgery2.com/cs-female1.htm
...and now I can report that the ideal vagina is--surprise,
surprise--tall and skinny.
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HOLIDAY CHEER
No major injuries or deaths were reported among the crowds shopping
at Wal-Mart this weekend, but on Buy Nothing Day in Lafayette,
Louisiana, pranksters glued the locks on about 30 stores in and near
the Mall of Acadiana, forcing store managers to summon locksmiths.
"Several retailers reported hundreds of customers waiting in long
lines and thousands of dollars in lost sales as workers drilled
through the locks and removed them":
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/27/national/27brfs.html
P.S.
Don't forget about Stay F---!'s holiday gift: The Best and Worst of
Christmas, our terribly good mix CD:
http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/holiday_offer.html
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