Comments on: The HuffPo is off my reading list http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/ Acting Out For No Reason Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: HuffPo Watch: VPILF.com wank at Hoyden About Town http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-47141 HuffPo Watch: VPILF.com wank at Hoyden About Town Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:53:20 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-47141 [...] know the HuffPo is off my reading list for their UNDERAGE gag (’gag’ being the operative word), but I followed a link, and what did I find? [...] [...] know the HuffPo is off my reading list for their UNDERAGE gag (’gag’ being the operative word), but I followed a link, and what did I find? [...]

]]> By: Oy…Is that REALLY necessary??? Hetty, Hetty, we need you now…no? Silence? « Fuck Politeness http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-45375 Oy…Is that REALLY necessary??? Hetty, Hetty, we need you now…no? Silence? « Fuck Politeness Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:43:23 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-45375 [...] This post covered this stuff earlier in the Olympics. Posted by fuckpoliteness Filed in Uncategorized ·Tags: ambiguity in language, evocation of sex and underage girls, front page legspread shot of underage girl is 'reportin, fuck off arseholes that's gross tacky and hey what of y, He Kexin, oh i'm SURE it was innocent and accidental cos news edi, the SMH loves a 'cop that' shot, underage, where is Hetty Johnson now [...] [...] This post covered this stuff earlier in the Olympics. Posted by fuckpoliteness Filed in Uncategorized ·Tags: ambiguity in language, evocation of sex and underage girls, front page legspread shot of underage girl is ‘reportin, fuck off arseholes that’s gross tacky and hey what of y, He Kexin, oh i’m SURE it was innocent and accidental cos news edi, the SMH loves a ‘cop that’ shot, underage, where is Hetty Johnson now [...]

]]> By: Meg http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44937 Meg Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:25:44 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44937 Whoops, sorry about that. I guess they don't approve of my hotlinking them. :D Whoops, sorry about that. I guess they don’t approve of my hotlinking them. :D

]]> By: Lauredhel http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44918 Lauredhel Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:29:14 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44918 Well, woot for that misreading! Well, woot for that misreading!

]]> By: tigtog http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44906 tigtog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:01:16 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44906 Pretty sure that's why it's in the Museum of Hoaxes? But yes, it was not made by Breyers according to both Meg and the MoH site. Pretty sure that’s why it’s in the Museum of Hoaxes?

But yes, it was not made by Breyers according to both Meg and the MoH site.

]]> By: Lauredhel http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44904 Lauredhel Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:17 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44904 My mind is yelling "That Breyers ad must be a hoax... mustn't it?" My mind is yelling “That Breyers ad must be a hoax… mustn’t it?”

]]> By: tigtog http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44894 tigtog Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:21:26 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44894 Meg, I couldn't access the image direectly from your link. I did find it though, using the search function at <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/lickable_breyers_ad/" rel="nofollow">Museum of Hoaxes: Lickable Breyers Ad</a> - you have to click on the link there for the image to show in a pop-up. I agree, the intended message in both that "ad" and this news story is a deliberately crass pun highlighting the sexualised aspects of gymnastics uniforms and movements. Meg, I couldn’t access the image direectly from your link. I did find it though, using the search function at Museum of Hoaxes: Lickable Breyers Ad – you have to click on the link there for the image to show in a pop-up.

I agree, the intended message in both that “ad” and this news story is a deliberately crass pun highlighting the sexualised aspects of gymnastics uniforms and movements.

]]> By: Meg http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44892 Meg Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:34:24 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44892 I don't see it as being either the word or the picture. I see it as both, in combination. If it was just that word, or just that picture, it wouldn't really imply anything to me. Driving a car and drinking don't have anything to do with spread legs. As someone who doesn't follow sports, I immediately read that picture as being about sex before even reading the headline or anything else. It reminds me a lot of <a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/EE/images/uploads/breyers_ad.jpg" rel="nofollow">this (thankfully fake) ad.</a> Sure, Creamsicles are lickable, and clearly that's what "Breyer's" is advertising, and of course these gymnasts are going to be showing off their skills because that's why they're "celebrities"! And it makes sense that they'd be endorsing it, because celebrity endorsement sells things, and its even better that child celebrities are selling a children's snack... but the double meaning is obvious, intended, and disgusting. I don’t see it as being either the word or the picture. I see it as both, in combination. If it was just that word, or just that picture, it wouldn’t really imply anything to me. Driving a car and drinking don’t have anything to do with spread legs. As someone who doesn’t follow sports, I immediately read that picture as being about sex before even reading the headline or anything else.

It reminds me a lot of this (thankfully fake) ad. Sure, Creamsicles are lickable, and clearly that’s what “Breyer’s” is advertising, and of course these gymnasts are going to be showing off their skills because that’s why they’re “celebrities”! And it makes sense that they’d be endorsing it, because celebrity endorsement sells things, and its even better that child celebrities are selling a children’s snack…

but the double meaning is obvious, intended, and disgusting.

]]> By: Jess http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44811 Jess Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:43:18 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44811 Thanks for the responses and explanations. I still disagree but I respect that you guys see it that way. "Underage" on its own can mean a million different things- too young to drink, to drive, or to ride the roller coaster without your parents. So it's just the picture that's the issue, and actually if I were the editor I would have been looking for a picture similar to this. The reason is that this particular gymnastics move - a flying release on the parallel bars- is the primary one that has been identified as giving younger, lighter gymnasts an advantage(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html?pagewanted=1&sq=he%20kexin&st=cse&scp=4 - note that the NYTimes uses the same picture). Also, it's this particular athlete's main event (she was the gold medalist in this event). If they were looking for a sexy pose, I'm sure they could have found something else. To me, this picture is just about gymnastics. Thanks for the responses. Thanks for the responses and explanations. I still disagree but I respect that you guys see it that way. “Underage” on its own can mean a million different things- too young to drink, to drive, or to ride the roller coaster without your parents. So it’s just the picture that’s the issue, and actually if I were the editor I would have been looking for a picture similar to this. The reason is that this particular gymnastics move – a flying release on the parallel bars- is the primary one that has been identified as giving younger, lighter gymnasts an advantage(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html?pagewanted=1&sq=he%20kexin&st=cse&scp=4 – note that the NYTimes uses the same picture). Also, it’s this particular athlete’s main event (she was the gold medalist in this event). If they were looking for a sexy pose, I’m sure they could have found something else. To me, this picture is just about gymnastics.
Thanks for the responses.

]]> By: Noticed http://hoydenabouttown.com/20080815.2081/the-huffpo-is-off-my-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-44778 Noticed Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:15:02 +0000 http://viv.id.au/blog/?p=2081#comment-44778 I agree with Mindy. There is no way that this photo, with the gymnast spread eagle, is unintentional given the headline. They could have used a shot from the other 95% of her routines when she does not have her legs spread in the splits. I agree with Mindy. There is no way that this photo, with the gymnast spread eagle, is unintentional given the headline.

They could have used a shot from the other 95% of her routines when she does not have her legs spread in the splits.

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