Chrissy Teigen is a beautiful woman. Her and her ilk represent many corporations’ idea of what beautiful is. I can’t say they are wrong. I can say that this limited group of women are creating a host of insecurities in the world around them–no matter how much good they try to do.
Men want to be athletes and women want to be models. These are our ascribed gender roles. The man is meant to be strong and fearless. The woman is meant to be lauded over. Although we continue to push towards an evolved state of being, said evolution is held up by this simple dynamic. Being a model means being rewarded and ushered into a world where you do little more than support this dynamic. Being an athlete is the same thing, but I’ve been so heavily socialized that it is near impossible for me to separate my personal desires from the idea of athletics and what they mean. I suppose if I were a female, I’d have the same problem with athletics that as a male I have with modeling. Being an athlete defaults you–supposedly–to being a good guy. Being a model–supposedly–defaults you to being a prize possession and the kind of girl you want to keep forever. Yet here’s the rub: I don’t know anything about Teigen outside of her looks and the fact that her fiance is a bad ass singer (John Legend). The rest is assumptions created b a society that values these symbols (model, athlete) at a very high level.
That sounds pretty dangerous to this talislegger.
10 Thoughts I think I think:
- In case you missed it, the Miami Heat pulverized the Chicago Bulls. At one point the defending champions led by 46 points. That’s a college-style beat down. At this level of the game if you can embarrass another team that badly you are a real force to be reckoned with. To make matters worse, they basically put on that spanking over less than 2 quarters and chilled out the rest of the time. The lead came as a result of a 62-20 run that left the Bulls players feeling rather dumb and angry. Half a dozen Chicago technical fouls followed.
- Minecraft is a seriously cool game. I’ve been experimenting with Redstone–the in-game equivalent of circuitry and I am learning how to make all kinds of interesting contraptions as I construct my ‘Batcave’
- The new Pokemon Online update is not compatible with my version of IOS. Maybe that is a good thing…
- Jodi Arias asked for the death penalty (in a way). I say she’s speaking out of anger. I didn’t follow the case, so I have no opinion on what she deserves. I’m just glad it is almost over. Besides, Amanda Knox is back in the spotlight. We have our Femme Fatale right there.
- 4 weeks and no tax return. Come on, son.
- Yeah, I copped the title From Peter King, but if you read the first 700 or so posts, you know that it is basically a homage to an incredible journalist. There is just something so prolific about writers named King. Maybe I ought to change my name.