OH THE RAGE

[puddingcat]

Via faerierhona, a link from The Times Online.

Ok, there's a related article with a different point of view as well, but still THE RAGE. IT BURNS.

(Worst of all, I suspect it burns most because I have a deep-rooted belief that he's telling the truth. I dislike my RAGE being directed at myself.)

Comments

[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

Remember, it's the Evil Brain Hamsters who tell you that spending £1000 per month on grooming yourself to within an inch of being Barbie is good, rather than spending it on fast liquor and strong women :-)

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

That whole article just vaguely sickened me. I think it's telling though, she's comparing somewhere in London (probably cheap as she's a writer) with LA and New York? Come on. Stupid bitch.

On the whole I'd say girls in Manchester groom WAY THE HELL MORE than girls in Portland. There are regional variations.

Though the plethora of chavs is a little alarming.

[vulgarcriminal.livejournal.com]

Marlboro Lights and Gin for me please!

Fuck tanning.

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Gin.

Remember, girls who live on the edge always look slender and bright-eyed.

Drink Gin.

[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

The worst thing for me is women (and men) who remove laughter lines. They're so sexy!

[redshira.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I feel *sick* having read that. Just...oh my god. Makes me want to dance about and say "I haven't shaved my legs in three months! I am twenty stone and counting! I have split ends! My nails are short and clean but unpainted and unmanicured! The most attention I give to my feet is to make sure they're clean and comfortable! My teeth are not white enough to glow! My tits need some serious scaffolding! AND YET I AM STILL HOT. FUCK YOU."

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Read the comments. I particularly like the ones from Matthew in New York and Evangeline in California. Tad might be telling the truth as he sees it, but would you really want to attract the sort of man who is only interested in the amount of effort you put into your looks and not your marvellous brain?

[professoryaffle.livejournal.com]

who is this writer and who are the women he is spending time with as they sure as hell don't sound like 99% of women in either the UK or the US

then again all the women in the US he spends time with has $1500 dollars a month to spend on beauty products and the Women in the UK have 4 drug dealers on speed dial so clearly he lives in the real world

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Smoking is why you need to have your teeth whitened *every month*!

Mmm. Gin.

Wordy McWord

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I haven't shaved my legs in months either, and I have split ends and a visible inch of roots on my hairdye, and my nails are bitten, and my feet are clean but not primped, and I have always had dodgy teeth (although I brush them twice a day) and my tits dangle about my knees.

Lying next to me is a naked man who is vastly more attractive than Tad, and I can tell this just from reading Tad's article, BECAUSE I AM ATTRACTED TO BRAINS AND PERSONALITY OVER LOOKS.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Women in Cambridge are vastly different from those in Manchester, too. Orange tans and fake Burberry are a rarity down here (hurrah!)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I AM STILL HOT

YOU STOLE MY STRAIGHT, DAMN YOU WOMAN!

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

When I read them, the comments were about 50:50 agreeing with us and with him.

I liked the spam one from the PhD, Oxon :)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

He's a US screenwriter who we've never heard of, so clearly spends all his time with wannabe starlets who realise that the only way they'll get a bit part in a straight-to-cable film is to be skeletal and plastic.

I'd *like* to spend £750 a month on looking good, but I have neither the money or the time.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

girls who live on the edge always look slender and bright-eyed.

I thought that was living on speed and cigs? (the benefits of having 4 dealers on speed dial!)

[redshira.livejournal.com]

---------> GAY

[pond823.livejournal.com]

I love guys like the one from the Times. He and his ilk ignore and even fear the truly great women, leaving them for the rest of us who don't.

Re: Wordy McWord

[redshira.livejournal.com]

Well quite. God, and people wonder why I'm a feminist. OH NOES A FEMINIST FULFILLING THE FAT-AND-HAIRY STEREOTYPE! Imagine the type of woman Tad would find acceptable. I'd feel sorry for her at the same time as not wanting much to do with her because god, how boring and judgemental would she be?

[madwitch.livejournal.com]

No, not so. For the gods look out for feisty girls, girls who are up for anything.

This you cannot do if you are plastic, though the speed and cigs help a bit. As does the sex, drugs & rock n' roll diet.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

I earn £1000 per month. Damn right I'm spending it on cake not manicures.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

No no, those are flat squirrels on the edge of the road.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Keep your demonic charm to yourself, wumman!

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

That's a relief, I was worrying my best friend was going to turn into the American version...

[redshira.livejournal.com]

Oh lordy you have undone me with your boobs AGAIN. *goes a bit unnecessary*

[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do spend on beauty products. Moisturiser is a MUST, as is exfoliator, hand cream and body butter (I have psoriasis). I might spend £20 a month?