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Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I really liked the readings for this week. I thought that Strip was very liberating for Diana. I could not imagine the fear and insecurity a transexual would live through, and I wished we lived in a society where everyone is accepted. Diana not only had to deal with what other people thought of her, but establishing an identity she was comfortable with. I thought it was interesting how the readings mentioned clothes to hide imperfections. It is obvious that women use clothes sometimes to hide themselves. In Barbie Q, the pretty clothes covered up the barbies melted body parts from the fire. In Strip, Diana wore baggy clothes to make her anonymous. I think anytime someone writes it can be gendered. In a blog, you have freedom to write more freely or structured. People can make their blogs however they want, but I think the style of the writing still has "gendered" undertones. For example, Some blogs are very straight forward for a strict purpose and they lack emotions. Some blogs are used similarly to a diary where one is more reflective.
I thought that the missbimbo website was extremely.... interesting. This is something that younger girls would love to do. I think its horrible that her weight is online, emphasizing that weight is important. Also the name of the website is ridiculous. "Bimbo" is so demeaning to women and girls should not think of her as someone who is hot and successful.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23851531/ this is another article I found that talks about missbimbo. What are your thoughts??