Comments on: The hypocrisy of Lembit Opik http://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/ News and gossip from the Top 10-ranked left wing blog. Edited by Laurence Durnan. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:43:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-56 Scrapbook Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:08:42 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-56 Size zero is a component of the media's construction of women's body image as a whole. In the red tops having massive breasts takes primacy over being unhealthily thin but it is damaging nonetheless.Also the the buyer is not the same as readership (which is what advertisers are interested in). Plenty of women buy/read red tops and will even pick up a copy of The Sport if its lying around.Perhaps the post does conflate size zero/big tits but the point is that Opik is opportunistically using a serious issue to flatter his own vanity.The post was nearly titled "Liberal Democrat has mid-life crisis in public". Why can't he buy a Harley Davidson or something? Size zero is a component of the media’s construction of women’s body image as a whole. In the red tops having massive breasts takes primacy over being unhealthily thin but it is damaging nonetheless.

Also the the buyer is not the same as readership (which is what advertisers are interested in). Plenty of women buy/read red tops and will even pick up a copy of The Sport if its lying around.

Perhaps the post does conflate size zero/big tits but the point is that Opik is opportunistically using a serious issue to flatter his own vanity.

The post was nearly titled “Liberal Democrat has mid-life crisis in public”. Why can’t he buy a Harley Davidson or something?

]]> By: Jonhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-55 Jon Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:16:14 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-55 To be fair, the red-tops, softcore porn... or hardcore porn for that matter aren't the problem in terms of women's body image. Guys like looking at girls with boobs.The 'size zero' nonsense is in media aimed at women, such as fashion magazines. Although the editor of Vogue has made some noises in the right direction over the last month, if Lembit wrote a column in Vogue the accusation of hypocrisy would carry more weight, as it were... To be fair, the red-tops, softcore porn… or hardcore porn for that matter aren’t the problem in terms of women’s body image. Guys like looking at girls with boobs.

The ‘size zero’ nonsense is in media aimed at women, such as fashion magazines. Although the editor of Vogue has made some noises in the right direction over the last month, if Lembit wrote a column in Vogue the accusation of hypocrisy would carry more weight, as it were…

]]> By: Scrapbook Flirthttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-57 Scrapbook Flirt Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:46:14 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-57 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The hypocrisy of Lembit Opik | Political Scrapbook http://bit.ly/5Dc10</span></span> The hypocrisy of Lembit Opik | Political Scrapbook http://bit.ly/5Dc10

]]> By: Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-54 Scrapbook Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:45:24 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-54 And five times as many as MailOnline!http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2009/07/mailonline-proves-that-sex-sells.html And five times as many as MailOnline!

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2009/07/mailonline-proves-that-sex-sells.html

]]> By: Stuart MacLennanhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-53 Stuart MacLennan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:35:15 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-53 "20 Times More Boobs Than The Sun or Star!" “20 Times More Boobs Than The Sun or Star!”

]]> By: Political Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-58 Political Scrapbook Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:53:21 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-58 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@jamesburdett @KerryMP That he can lecture on eating disorders while writing for the Daily Sport is just astonishing. http://is.gd/1RFWf</span></span> @jamesburdett @KerryMP That he can lecture on eating disorders while writing for the Daily Sport is just astonishing. http://is.gd/1RFWf

]]> By: Political Scrapbookhttp://politicalscrapbook.net/2009/07/the-hypocrisy-of-lembit-opik/#comment-59 Political Scrapbook Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:29:14 +0000 http://politicalscrapbook.net/?p=417#comment-59 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Eating disorders, softcore porn and the hypocrisy of Lembit Opik - http://is.gd/1RFWf</span></span> Eating disorders, softcore porn and the hypocrisy of Lembit Opik – http://is.gd/1RFWf

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