Eh, fuck it.
The recent stampede in Midtown Manhattan during tryouts for "America's Next Top Model"--in which, according to the Village Voice, six women were injured--prompted Air America personality "Lionel" to deem the whole fiasco "pathetic." A heartfelt critique of reality TV and the dehumanizing effect it has on its would-be participants? Hardly. Lionel's outrage was directed at the women, who he deemed--wait for it--insufficiently "hot." A condensed version of his report for Air America follows.
"You'd think auditions for trollop roles in a movie or play were being held" ... "hardened by tough times" ... "blind and delusional" ... "pathetic" ... "cattle (an apt description, actually) queue" ... "Are they blind?" ... "I truly believe they think they've a chance to be selected or, worse, 'hot'" ... severe blindness... "hookers" ... "slatterns"... "haggard"... "past their prime" ... "nothing hot about them" ..."cheap, used and spent" ... "sad."
The funny thing is that after this off-chart sexist diatribe, Lionel feebly feigns outrage at our "beauty-fixated" culture. Which he blames on--you'll never guess--women.
(Of course, this is hardly the first time that a host on the supposedly "progressive" Air America network has been guilty of base misogyny).
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