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Tyra Drops Five Sizes, Still Looks Like a Crazy Person
By Drew GrantOctober 14th, 2009, 2:37 pmComments (9)
In lieu of that gorgeous model being fired for fatness, we can't say that our culture is over its obsession with thinspiration. One needs to look no further than America's Next Top Model and talk show host Tyra Banks, who routinely judges girls on purely superficial purposes before telling them they got to love themselves. The one thing Tyra had going for her was that she wasn't a stick herself (though that fat suit stunt didn't help anyone). But look at the new thin Tyra! So much better! So much less to love!
Is this fierce? Is this sexy? Or just a lot of Fosse arms? Who knows, but no matter how thin she gets, there's still the relentless ticking of time leading to the inevitability of death that Tyra has to worry about. You go girl!
Commentarium (9 Comments)
"in lieu of" means "instead of" or "replacing". I think you mean "In light of."
kdgdg -- nerve doesn't have a copy editor, it would appear. typos and stuff like that abounds...
It's a blog, people. Instant communication, you know? Type-o's, misspellings and grammar errors are bound to happen. Hell I probably made a few myself in this comment.
You did. It's "typo", not "type-o" (short for "typographical error").
Isn't a "type-o" where you have an orgasm while typing?
Type-O blood...
Wow, Geebee, I'm so happy we all have you to correct everyone's slightest error. That someone like you - who has never made any spelling or grammatical errors, of course - has the time and energy to keep us all up to task is so satisfying. I only wish I could find the gratification you must get from correcting anonymous strangers on spelling errors in my everyday life.
Tyra gets fat, people crap on her. Tyra gets thin, people crap on her. What's a girl to do? My wife gets in the best physical condition of her life by eating carefully and exercising daily, and people treat her like she's anorexic of has cancer. Times like this make me glad I'm a man.
Back in the day, Tyra in a bikini was a living, breathing work of art. Just for that, she's OK in my book, whether she's fat, thin, crazy, donning fake hair, whatever. Give the girl a break.
I now return you to your previously scheduled copy edit pissing match.
Isn't this the blog of a magazine, though? And aren't magazines written by... writers? Professional, presumably PAID, writers? If the NYT's blog was full of errors, would we all just shrug and say "goshgolly, that's a blog fer ya!"? Instantaneous sloppiness is still sloppiness -- and it reflects on the "host" publication. If you're publishing online, there are also dictionaries online. Hell, my spelling is being checked by my browser AS I TYPE THIS COMMENT. This wasn't a spelling correction, by the way. But an English language correction. So take it, learn from it, and raise your standards.