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ParticipantHer name's Molly Lorenne, she's the daughter of Midge Ure. She was the lead singer for an all girl rock called 'The Faders' a couple of years ago, they were pretty good and got to number 13 with their first song but got mucked about by their management and split up after a while. She also did the theme song to My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
That's not the best picture off her, but it's the only one I can find. Have a look on youtube for some of their videos to get a better look at her.
Midge's daughter? I feel old! ::)
Participant(Cont'd from previous post)
My point is that, yes, sex sells, but I sometimes think these uptight PC-freaks that inhabit the EU hierarchy forget that adults find other adults sexy. Objectification is one thing (like the print adverts I mentioned) suggesting that the opposite sex is useless or stereotypical (like the Nuts advert), or objecting to women doing jobs like driving vans or construction (like the McDonalds advert), but most TV adverts don't objectify. Yes, they'll show a woman using cleaning products because most men are poor at housework, not because it's a woman's place. As for using men to advertise women's perfume – how crazy is that? It's like showing a woman splashing-on aftershave. I have no objection to that image at all, but it's pointless and just reinforces the idea that EU comissioners and beaurocrats have nothing better to do.
Yes, ban objectifying adverts, which are usually in print. Ban Page 3 models if you must, becuse the practice of having a Page 3 girl is a relic of the past (though it hasn't half given us some wonderful hotties down the years), but don't ban sex as a strategy.
ParticipantMy take on this as a (reluctant) EU citizen:
There is, IMO, a valid argument for banning the print adverts in glossy magazines (the ones for expensive perfumes, luggage or clothes) which do portray women either as a dismembered (usually thin) body part or interacting with a prop in a suggestive manner. Mind you, the ones I hate the most are the ones where some anorexic model stares blankly out of the page; if I were female, I think I would be very offended by them because the advertisers are assuming that I would buy said sunglasses, perfume or clothes because a "glamourous" model is advertising it.
However, what they seem to be worrying about is TV advertising. Here in the UK, there have only been two TV adverts of the last decade that I thought were genuinely sexist. One was depicting women in traditional "male" jobs, with the sales point being that men can find refuge from feminism by eating a calorie-laden hamburger (it was a commercial for the dreaded golden arches). The other was for a lad's mag called Nuts which showed women making a mess of simple tasks, with their husbands/boyfriends failing to come to their aid because it was a Thursday and they'd just bought a copy of the
waste of papermag and were too busy reading. They even used the tagline "Women – don't expect any help on Thursdays", and the whole tone of the advert was basically saying to guys "Yeah, they're hot, but aren't women useless?" However, given that I hate fast food and lads' mags, I realised that I was too sophisticated to be the target of these adverts, as they were aimed at the Neanderthal end of the male population. (Cont'd in next post due to word limit)ParticipantAh, yes; I'd forgotten about that piece of leftist propaganda tripe.
Wrong; they were just as scathing about the old, left-wing Labour party of the time.
ParticipantDuring the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a legendary satirical programme on British TV called "Spitting Image". Basically, caricature foam head puppets were made of various politicians and newsworthy figures and, using actor's voices, were used to portray less-than-flattering scenarios in which the writers imagined the people for comedic effect. Here are a few that pertain the US politics at the time:
Dan Quayle in Space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5li8o-g04tM&feature=relatedDan Quayle in Space 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnEV4sbteSU&feature=relatedDan Quayle in Space 3
v=vKLye7ytar0&feature=related”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vKLye7ytar0&feature=relatedReagan Nuclear Tests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VErtCpaxtsIReagan Gets Shaved
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5te0CVBgY&feature=relatedDown and Out in the White House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4gjoANSqwDown and Out in the White House 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVdfLoyV-VY&feature=relatedPart 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGNdWSk6AQ4&feature=relatedPart 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EzwOwrEKI&feature=relatedPart 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplNP4gQW0QPart 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsDsi-G-DeIGeorge (H W) Bush on Mastermind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZvG-0Y7GCg(Explanation for US members – Mastermind is a UK quiz wherein contenders are asked immensely difficult questions on a specialist subject of their choosing whilst sitting, spotlit, in a black leather office chair. After each contender has answered, they are recalled and face a general knowledge round. In those days, the quizmaster was the late Magnus Magnusson, originally from Iceland but a real academic guy).
ParticipantWanna see Britt as She-Hulk?
Cool! 8)
ParticipantInspired by shortish's link:
ParticipantGorgeous! 8)
ParticipantArresting photos there! ;D
September 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm in reply to: What Famous Fems would you add some serious muscle to if you could? #57123ParticipantIf you'd have told me that she was ever buff, I'd have doubted you, butthere's the evidence. Nice find! 8)
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