They dance and strip for free while some jerk-off makes a fortune selling videos of them. Looking dumbfounded when she learned that the girls don't get paid for their exposure, Oprah remarked, "Okay, that really is stupid." No kidding.
But, wait! It gets worse. It is not just that women are exploiting their bodies "for free", they are forking out tons of money to look like all the women they see on television. Oprah had four teenagers from Florida on the show. These young girls spend thousands of dollars to imitate celebrity styles and one is already planning on getting breast implants. Are these young women just a rare exception? Come on. Who hasn't spent a ridiculous amount of money on highlights, or bikini waxes, or some other please-make-me-be-sexy type thing?
We are literally buying into our oppression. People are profiting off the exploitation of girls and women, and then taking our money as we each try to add up to the narrow formula of sexy that bombards us.
A couple of things
First of all, if you want me to not mischaracterize what you say, give me the same respect. You repeatedly distort things I said. You are a hypocrite. I did not and have not said or implied that Hillary is "afraid" or "beholden to" big labor. What I am saying, not implying, is that her goal is to get *elected*, not to pander to every grassroots special interest group out there. This means that you respect, RESPECT not kiss their ass, those groups that carry more influence with primary voters. Trying not to piss them off is not kissing their ass.
Second of all I have never said Hillary is our "anointed saviour" She is not. You know perfectly well that I have told you more than once I support Obama. Another instance of you being hypocritical. You can distort, make up or outright lie about things I said but you'll delete anything said about what you said that you don't agree with?
This Prez on the Rez event is at an indian casino. Have you ever been to one of those places? Those guys are mega-zillionaires, not poor grassroots activits? These are guys in $5,000 suits and diamond rings who won't let their workers unionize because it would cut into their profits. Who is right there? Wouldn't you think that a democratic candidate should listen if Big Labor says that a group hosting an event isn't representing the interests of working class people?
As for DFA, I will repeat that if Hillary chose not to respond to a group whose founder she has major issues with, and whose endorsement she will not get because a majority of its members see her as too establishment, what is the big freaking deal? DFA does not equal the netroots! It is one progressive group out of thousands. I belong to DFA too, but the difference is I don't get bigheaded about it and start thinking we are more important than we really are and demand ass kissing.
Finally you still have not apologized for or changed that incendiary hate filled headline, "hillary clinton to indian country: drop dead" She did not tell them to drop dead. She supports indian country, she has voted for every native american appropriation that has passed her desk. Therefore your headline is a LIE. An outright, agenda filled, lie. I haven't distorted anything I said, I have told the truth.