Appalled

I'm not one to get too heated about anything going on in the media, but this is ridiculous. A few weeks ago, Marie Claire (the big magazine) posted an article about healthy living blogs. Apparently, they don't think these blog are healthy. They think that women showing how they have personally chosen to live their life is not portraying reality. We are not all marathon runners, so we can read these blogs? Some of us require a higher calorie intake on a daily basis, so we can enjoy some healthy recipes? I can see if I were to try to mimic these women's diets and exercise habits exactly that it would not be healthy for me, but I can't image that TOO many people actually do that. So why is MC slamming a great resource for people who are looking to make their lives better health wise?

Now that might not seem THAT bad, but Marie Claire also found it ok to publish an article about plus-size actors being gross to watch. The article was referencing the new show "Mike and Molly," which I have not seen, but apparently the author of this article couldn't stand to watch two morbidly obese people with "rolls and rolls of fat" making out. SERIOUSLY? First off, that's so rude. Maybe it's not the best show ever, and maybe it's not the typical hot people pouring themselves onto each other in unrealistic sex scenes, but there is NO NEED to describe it with such disgust. Get over yourself and watch something else. Second of all, do you stand for anything good Marie Claire? Healthy living blogs are no good. Overweight people on TV are no good. Don't be healthy, don't have a sex life if you're big.

It's such crap that a reputable magazine would be willing to run either one of these stories. I completely understand that the life style of these bloggers would not be healthy for everyone...nor is being overweight...but why on earth would you make these things out to be SO negative? How about running an article with some good advice instead of just trashing other people?

Moral of the story, don't buy Marie Claire.

*both these articles can be found online. I didn't bother putting up the links because I don't really want to give Marie Claire the benefit of any more web traffic.