tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post5492552836030186362..comments2023-12-22T04:37:54.991+00:00Comments on Obama London: Miss California - Here's What's Truly OffensiveObama Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-75644237574706269822009-05-04T18:59:00.000+01:002009-05-04T18:59:00.000+01:00Nicole - you're right! I AM tired of the dating si...Nicole - you're right! I AM tired of the dating sites, so please stop spamming my blog. Thank you.Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-70171464642208780292009-05-04T18:52:00.000+01:002009-05-04T18:52:00.000+01:00You've got to be tired of the dating sites that pr...You've got to be tired of the dating sites that promise a scientific match. Love isn't a science. Visit LUUVEE - Uk's newest online dating network that lets you be choosy. Meet normal people looking for normal relationships on an affordable budget. www.luuvee.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072151404195766056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-14186413084751345112009-05-04T17:09:00.000+01:002009-05-04T17:09:00.000+01:00Hi Kathy,
I totally agree about the shameful pret...Hi Kathy,<br /><br />I totally agree about the shameful pretty = dumb assumptions people make. <br /><br />And I actually posted about it here way back in July 2008 in relation:<br /><br />http://obamalondon.blogspot.com/2008/07/smart-girl-in-glasses-or-pretty-girl.htmlObama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-71408665329621212922009-05-04T16:54:00.000+01:002009-05-04T16:54:00.000+01:00That's an interesting point. I think it's sad that...That's an interesting point. I think it's sad that pretty girls are automatically assumed to be dumb. My daughter is pretty, and very very smart. (Won a scholarship for brains, she did!) I think for a long time girls felt they had to choose between being smart or being pretty. I wish pageants would show that pretty girls can be smart, and vice versa. (Many football players have the same issue, I hear.)<br /><br />I hadn't been following this story, but I read an interesting comment on the people who mocked her here: http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/handbasket_world_going_to_hell_in_/2009/04/a_gentleman_and_three_other_guys.php (It's at the end, after a very good take down of Fox Business news.)<br /><br />I agree with him, though I didn't see those instances. I hated how Miss South Carolina was mocked for her answers during a similar pageant. I kept imagining if it had been my daughter. How cruel.KathyFhttp://whatdoiknow.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-65782713888705402402009-05-04T16:34:00.000+01:002009-05-04T16:34:00.000+01:00Thanks, Christine - yes, I think we often fail to ...Thanks, Christine - yes, I think we often fail to think through the implications of these things: scholarships = good. Well, yes, often - but when someone is explicitly awarded a scholarship because of their looks that says something about what we value in society - not achievement but appearance. Again, I'm NOT saying that these women aren't high achieving individuals. Many of them are. But that's not what the scholarships are given for. <br /><br />And BTW, although I think it's a slightly different phenomonon, i tend to feel the same way about sport scholarships - colleges give them out because they are financially lucrative. They make millions on their sports franshises. But then they are forbidden from paying the athletes in cash and therefore offer them glitzy scholarships with perks attached. Why not reward the athletes for what you are hiring them for - sport - rather than pretend it's something to do with academics. <br /><br />Sorry, a bit of a tangent from the Obama stuff, but just soemething that's been on my mind.Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-19264382002183134092009-05-04T14:50:00.000+01:002009-05-04T14:50:00.000+01:00Wow, never thought of it this way! Seems rather s...Wow, never thought of it this way! Seems rather silly to win a scholarship for this doesn't it!christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684406902770257042noreply@blogger.com