Feminist Philosophers

The Daily Mail and Me

(Title inspried by Michael Moore.)

When I was finishing up the Mom Job (below), I went to the Daily Mail to look for a similar discussion.  I discovered the following sickening article:

Anne Robinson and the bingo wings that won’t fly away
By LAURA ROBERTS – 

The smooth lines on her face are a tribute to the cosmetic surgeon’s art.

But certain parts of Anne Robinson are still in need of a little sculpting, as this black vest top reveals.

The 63-year-old presenter of The Weakest Link displayed a pair of decidedly crinkly arms as she went flat-hunting in West London.

(My stress)

So I decided to write a comment, which went (roughly):

Women are said to be much too much worried about how their bodies look.  Can’t think why.  Do you suppose articles like this one are part of the problem?

You can imagine my surprise and distress when it wasn’t published. When I wrote it, there were no comments. When I checked later, there were 22. None of them mine!

Still, I thought perhaps I punched the wrong thing or some such, so I tried several hours ago with a very similar message. Same result! What am I doing wrong!?!