http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:21:56 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/11/22/234909.php#comment-2216 Yes, that's what the "Mr. Universe" contests seem to be about really. I'm glad you understand where I'm coming from. :) 2216@blogcritics.org Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:21:56 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/11/22/234909.php#comment-2215 Right on, on all counts Anne: I think thee aren't beauty pageants for men because women get to choose men (in our culture) in the real world and pageants give the satisfaction of reversing the process. In addition a male contest based upon beauty is too "faggy" unless it is under the pretense of body building or something "manly" like that. 2215@blogcritics.org Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:35:16 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/11/22/234909.php#comment-2214 First, three things: it's scary how Islamofacsists think, make no mistake. I'm also frightened by the left-leaning people who sympathize with these terrorists. And I want to look good and feel good about myself, make no mistake. It's a matter of self-respect. So, on with my point: heaven forbid you be a homely woman. Maybe you'll never look like a beauty pageant winner, because that's just not who you are. But this doesn't make you any less of a person. Maybe you're just striving to achieve your own goals in life, to pursue what's true to you even if it differs from the norm. But if you have a brain, you'll be spared the morons who think that a woman must be attractive in a narrowly defined way. And by the way, I'm all for handsomeness pageants. Cheesecake cuts both ways. 2214@blogcritics.org Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:03:17 EST