Friday Fun: The New Body Image Woe Plaguing Young Girls


Bratz Dolls May Give Young Girls Unrealistic Expectations Of Head Size

Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself. That’s why The Onion was invented, folks. (Anyone else not know they’d branched out into film?) And if that did not amuse you, then perhaps this will:


Someone (who I can’t be bothered to look up because it’s Friday and I’m lazy) invented the “Light Girl” – a toilet seat aimed at women that will weigh you before and after you go. You all know I’ve done this, albeit without the fancy scale. So if anyone is looking to buy me a reeeealllly late Christmas gift, nothing says love like a gadget that weighs your excrement.

And lastly, what weekend is complete without a new Sarah Haskins Target Women video?? Have an entertaining weekend!

18 Comments

  1. Laughing at the Onion video! 🙂

    mrss

  2. OOOH!!! First comment! Yay!
    LOVE The Onion. LOVE Sarah and CurrentTV even more! Thanks for that!
    I gotta say, I HATE Bratz dolls. Worse than barbie, in so many ways.
    And I think I’ll continue to keep my armpits to myself as much as possible, thankyouverymuch. (That’s probably the worst ad to come around in a long time. How bad is it? Whenever it came on, I actually GOT UP to turn off the TV!)

  3. Oh. Not first comment.
    Never mind.
    *sigh*

  4. David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts.com

    The onion video was great. I had an onion calender at one point. I’ll have to check out there videos. Thanks for the Friday laugh!

    – Dave

  5. loooove the onion!

  6. Where are we headed??

  7. That Onion video was hysterical and I love the Target women, too.

    Thanks for the giggle :-).

  8. Thanks for the giggles.

  9. I can hear it now, She: “I just went to the bathroom and lost 2 pounds”. He:”No, Sh_t”

  10. Three things:

    1) Thank you for all that hilarity!

    2) The Current video was great, especially calling out McDonald’s for their latte campaign. Its funny that they based an entire ad campaign around the theme of “It’s great to be stupid! Education is for losers!”

    3) The Onion video was great, making fun of their incredibly large heads, but it brings up a question I have for Charlotte and the rest of this blog’s readership: What are your feelings on the Bratz dolls? Personally, I think they’re one of the worst toys ever made, not just because of the body shape, but also because of the atire that they wear. With the clothes that these dolls wear, I sometimes wonder if you mail in three proofs-of-purchase you’ll receive a free brass pole! And if that’s not enough, the DVD tie-ins (which are aimed at young children) promote the idea of using looks and seduction to get their way…and these dolls are supposed to be children! They even have a line of toys called Baby Bratz, which are baby dolls dressed like callgirls!

    The charity that I co-founded (The Santa Squad) has an annual toy drive, and there are two toys that we refuse to purchase or accept: Toy weapons and Bratz dolls. What’s your take on them? Are we reading too much into these toys and we’re being over-protective, or do these toys truly send out a horrible message to our kids?

  11. I loved the Target Women video, she’s hilarious!

    Don’t know what’s funnier, her parodies or the ridiculous commercials that we women are supposed to relate to.

  12. Love that The Onion is now on video! Am still giggling over the idea of that scale.

  13. Heather McD (Heather Eats Almond Butter)

    The toilet seat – for real?

    Thanks for bringing some humor to my morning. Loved the Target Women clip. Hilarious!

  14. Not Your Average Mom

    okay I laughed so hard I almost peed MY pants…..
    that armpit commercial has annoyed me to no end. Like seriously, who DOES that?
    Anyhow, thanks for the giggles, it made my day.

  15. omg, hysterical post!!! thanks for sharing.

  16. The videos were a kick. And about that toilet seat . . . couldn’t you just put your toes down on the floor and really skew the numbers? And it’s wood. My MIL had a wood toilet seat. Not good. Ever. But funny!

  17. Every Gym's Nightmare

    haha- thas great. and even though its a joke the toilet scale wouldnt work cause all your weight isnt on top of it. it would say you weight less than you do-ok, i guess its a pretty good idea.

    Kelly Turner
    http://www.everygymsnightmare.com

  18. I absolutely DETEST Bratz dolls and forbid my daughter to have anything to do with them (she hates them, too).

    Love the onion!