Glossed Over is written by Wendy Felton, and has "magazine issues", as the website more than suggests. She's a self proclaimed feminist who loves fashion and makeup.
Her blog entries mainly reference magazines and their individual articles, which she more or less dissects and critisizes for "slighting" women. On the surface, it sounds like some boring, negative, ranting blog - perhaps written by a woman sitting in front of her computer with her hairy legs crossed "Indian style", munching on granola, with her hemp bracelet resting on keyboard wrist pad as she furiously types away. But that's really not even close to what you're getting. Well... I'm not so sure about how Wendy sits at her computer, or whether or not she shaves. And for all I know, she's allergic to granola. But her writing is not like the stereotypical feminist literature you're likely to find online.
No, Wendy is witty. Wendy is honest. She doesn't seem to say things just to say them. While I may not agree with every opinion she's given, she writes it so well and and with so much conviction that I can't help but remain sucked in. Hanging on every word.
From her most recent entries
From InStyle Makeover Needs a Makeover of Its Own
From A Rant: Miley Cyrus, Thigh-High Boots, and the Fetishization of YouthIt says that our bodies aren’t ours—they’re open for public comment. That they don’t exist for our pleasure or strength but instead that they are a source of shame. That starvation and sacrifice are the path to self-satisfaction.
As long as our bodies and faces belong not to us but to an ever-changing, ever-more-impossible standard, women will be going to war with themselves.
From Naked Celebrities Show Their "Spirit" in AllureOur culture has fetishized youth. We worship it. Women undergo surgery and inject toxins into their faces to maintain lineless complexions. They wax their nether regions to a pre-pubescent smoothness. Youth and attractiveness are coveted and prized to an insane extent, but a young woman wearing form-fitting black clothes—you know, being youthful and sexy—is somehow crossing a line?
If I have to look like Eliza Dushku (who has three—three—personal trainers) to feel good about my body, I never will.
If those quotes make you nod in agreement and understanding like they did as I read them, I'm sure you'll enjoy www.GlossedOver.com. And if they don't, maybe you'll find something else over there to grab your attention.
My boyfriend and I are laughing because I was reading that description you wrote about the indian-style, hairy legged hippie and he said "that sounds like you today."
ReplyDeleteI said, "I was thinking the same thing."
LOL too funny!
ReplyDeleteMy boyfriend and I are laughing because I was reading that description you wrote about the indian-style, hairy legged hippie and he said "that sounds like you today."
ReplyDeleteI said, "I was thinking the same thing."