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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29 2007 4:00 PM

Nice Try. No Cigar.

Submitted by Bitch_PhD

Edited by Bitch_PhD

Tags: breasts, feminism, men's magazines

Dig this email I just got.

My name is A. and I am contacting you from DETAILS Magazine in New York to tell you about an article in our latest issue which may be of interest to you and your readers at Bitch Ph.D.. We think that uber-boobs are unattractive and have gotten out of control, so we wrote about it in our latest issue.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

Details thinks "uber-boobs" are unattractive! I bet all the girls are just falling on their knees thanking god that we've got permission from Details magazine not to get breast implants.

Isn't that white of them? No lady wants to have "out of control" boobs!

I just feel so much better about my feminism now that I know that Details doesn't approve of breast implants. Whew.

The article, if you're bored shitless and don't have anything else to read, is here. I have no idea if it's hilarious, inane, or wrath-inducing, because I can't be bothered to read some wanking article from Details about breasts. But hey, if you're so inclined, there's the click.

(P.S. to A. from DETAILS Magazine: actually, we bitches don't care what you think of our bodies. Sorry about that. Go buy yourself something nice and feel better, honey.)

Bitch_PhD thinks that men who expect her to care what they find attractive are unattractive and have gotten out of control.

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Comments

Varuka_Salt

I'm lost

October 2006

NOV 29, 2007 06:08 PM

Bitch_PhD said:

varukasalt said:
I'm calling bullshit. How can you even seriously write an article about something you didn't even bother to read? Then you go on to top that off with an incredibly arrogant and extremely sexist attitude. According to your "logic", a man who writes articles for a magazine that you don't care for and claims to be a feminist, automatically is not. Way to promote stereotypes. I have some pretty strong opinions myself. I also posses a quality called "tact". You should try it some day, people might take you more seriously. You seem to have the attitude that if someone has a penis, they shouldn't even bother calling themselves a "feminist" because they could never live up to your standards of "feminism". I'm not saying that you should "know your place and behave like a good girl" or any other ridiculous bullshit like that, so don't even try to pin that kind of Neanderthal thinking on me. There's a difference between having strong opinions and fighting for what you believe in, and just being a self-righteous jerk.

I read the email and wrote an article about *that*.

Everything else you're saying here is silly.

Silly? Wow. I guess I just proved my point. Nice comeback. I'm so fuckin' hurt.

darling0

Chicago, IL

August 2007

NOV 29, 2007 06:09 PM

d20 said:

Bitch_PhD said:

legionnaire said:
So you care so little about what the people at Details think that you did exactly what they asked, and linked to the article in your blog? How revolutionary of you.

I'm also not under any obligation to be "revolutionary". So sorry to disappoint you, though.

so your name is just a verb then?

now THAT was a burn... haha. oh my.

meatpieboy

Korea, D.P.R.

June 2004

NOV 29, 2007 06:13 PM

Details dude said:
Before we dive headlong into the Valley of Silicone, we must establish whom über-boobs are intended for.

This is an interesting question, is it not?

Other than that, both the OP and the linked article are tripe.

jason

USA

August 2002

NOV 29, 2007 06:15 PM

Bitch_PhD said:
That said, apparently my goal with this piece--which was to snark about the way that people try to market shit as "feminist" and the sexism of thinking that criticizing women or women's bodies ("uber-boobs"???) will endear you to feminists, and maybe, you know, just to be funny--fell flat with this particular audience.

fell flat? not really. all they wanted was for you to put the article on the radar of your readers. they totally succeeded.

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

NOV 29, 2007 06:24 PM

Shalome said:

Bitch_PhD said:

Shalome said:
Did you write them back and enlighten them in a polite, informative manner as to why you and your readers wouldn't be interested in their article, thus explaining an aspect of feminisim to an audience that is obviously only marginally familiar with the topic, or did you just laugh at them?

I'm guessing they thought you'd be interested in it because the article attempts, in a rudimentary way that is accessible to the kind of people who read a magazine like Details, to discuss the pressure women feel to look attractive to men, the societal pressure to have big pin-up tits in order to be considered attractive, and things like women "obediently conforming to some caricature of beauty fantasized by traveling-salesman types."

The man who wrote the article refers to himself as a feminist. Since he's so obviously miguided in your opinion, perhaps some education from a proper bitch could straighten him out!

For the record, it's a fairly inane, innocuous article.

I posted about it and assume that if they want people to be doing that, they'll check people's blogs.

It's actually not my job to educate *everyone* who says something stupid, especially not politely. The guy does press releases: it's *his* job to make me want to read and blog the article, rather than to make me think it sounds like it's misogynistic crap.

No, it's not your job. Just thought it would be appropriate, especially since last time I checked quite a few people who used the title "PhD" were pretty interested in sharing knowledge and educating people (but don't get me wrong, I've had coffee with a number of professors who delighted in telling stories and laughing about people dumber than them).

Cool, good to know you're not actually interested in educating those who misunderstand feminist concepts about feminism, you're more into harranguing the already-converted and laughing at those who aren't as familiar with feminist constructs as you are. Your articles make a hell of a lot more sense in that context.

-TM

zoomusikgrl

HOPEFUL

New York, NY

NOV 29, 2007 06:25 PM

actually "uber" translates to "over". i.e uber alles = over all

personally i'd rather have overboobs then underboobs.

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

NOV 29, 2007 06:27 PM

Speaking of Details, I once got conned into a subscription, I think when I got my Maxim subscription. I just shrugged it off, thinking it'd be an OK rag.

This is the first issue they sent me.

Kids, can you say, "DO NOT WANT?"

-TM

PaulNikon

Melbourne, FL

February 2003

NOV 29, 2007 06:29 PM

I was going to say, "isn't details a gay mens magazine?" But thefreak said it first.

Short

Sacramento, CA

September 2005

NOV 29, 2007 06:43 PM

Bitch PhD is more of a Bitch PhDist than a feminist sometimes.

DeadBilly

Burnt Cabins, PA

February 2004

NOV 29, 2007 06:43 PM

Details is still around? I remember them back in the 90s, but they were courting a more, uh, FHM type audience back then.

401kboy

Woodbridge, NJ

May 2007

NOV 29, 2007 06:50 PM

there are more reasons for breast implants than just wanting to have big boobs. sometimes it's just to make your clothes fit better.