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Last year my former Jezebel colleague Moe Tkacik picked up on a new and
horrifying development in the way that tabloids discuss women's bodies:
Somewhere along the line," pregnant" turned into merely "fat."
In an insane-o hybrid of baby and skinny fetishization, famous women
are encouraged to gestate, but God forbid they stop working out. I was
reminded of Moe's savvy observation when I saw this headline on People's
Web site about Padma Lakshmi: "Padma Lakshmi Doesn't Mind Baring the
Baby Weight." And what's inside gets worse. "One of the reasons I think
I've gained weight pretty quickly during my pregnancy is that I'm not
exercising as much as I do normally ... I can't. I'm feeling tired, and
I have this business to run," Padma explains ... as if anyone needs to
give an explanation for putting on weight while pregnant ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)
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Lloyd Grove interviews conservative rabblerouser Michelle Malkin
for the Daily Beast and is surprised to find that she is "vulnerable"
and gets upset when she gets death threats from readers. I would
imagine that Malkin herself would object to the framing of this
article: She's an intentional provocateur who can dish it out as well
as she can take it. So why does Grove need to paint her as a delicate
widdle girl? ... (Read more in DoubleX.)
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