Monday Teeny Poll
By GlindaLast week I asked what method you used the most in your cell phone communications, and multi-tasking squeaked out a win, with 35% of you saying you both text and talk. Texting, though, came in right behind at 33%. 19% of you prefer to talk, and 11% of you don’t have a cell phone. Don’t feel bad, I only left the ranks of the cell phone-less last year. I definitely prefer to text, if only because it seems so much more convenient for all parties involved. I constantly text my husband throughout the day, and as he drives around on patrol for ten hours a day, it is much easier for him to answer a text whenever he has the spare time than to try to pick up a call, or even more annoying and time-consuming, call his voicemail. I can send pictures/videos of the kids and all sorts of fun things. Texting FTW!
Today I want to talk about the buzz surrounding Abercrombie and Fitch’s latest padded bikini top offering. I’ve no problem with padded bikini tops, except that these are made for their children’s line, which is marketed to girls as young as eight. It seems that when they first came out, they were advertised as “push up” tops, but that has since been removed. So sneaky, A & F!
March 28th, 2011 at 5:33 am
That’s the way the market works. Hopefully enough people will find them horrible and not buy them, and they’ll disappear.
March 28th, 2011 at 8:55 am
It’s great. Girls need to start learning at a young age that their bodies are inadequate and wrong and need to be fixed.
April 6th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Oh man… That product alone should illicit enough hate mail from mothers to require A&F to shut down.
We received a bikini for our daughter as a present for her first birthday. I returned it, I couldn’t deal with that kind of early sexualization. She can wear a bikini when she’s old enough to buy one (and smart enough to hide it) for herself.
There will be enough time for her self-image to get all screwy, I don’t need to start that now. However, it does make me question wether I should be wearing a bikini or not. I enjoy my bikini, but what kind of message will I be sending her? Maybe I should go old school and only wear bikinis from the ’60s.
April 19th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Just saw this and expresses my reaction quite well:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/19/granderson.children.dress/