Wednesday, March 17, 2010

OPRAH WINFREY - FRIEND OR FOE

I've been watching "Oprah" since I turned on the TV one day expecting to see "RYAN'S HOPE" and there she was!
I was totally pissed. But what was not to like?
I gave up the mind numbing SOAPS years ago and became A fan of Daytime Talk.
In the beginning, watching Oprah was refreshing and enlightening. She talked about subjects our parents and their generation would rather avoid. And we were like sponges. We soaked up every word on every show. I remember thinking that I must be a freak because I had something in common with almost everyone that came on her show.
Date raped high school dropout. Married, let's say "multiple times". And that's just for starters.
As the years roll along, I, along with just about every woman in America start to feel like Oprah's sister. We felt her heartache and she felt ours.
Since we pretty much grew together as "sisters" I expected we would all evolve together as "sisters".
Here's my issue:
Oprah seems to be a lot more into "The Dumming Down of America"! She does shows about "pole dancing" and "looking sexy". The programing has taken a turn toward "reality TV" (which by the way has nothing to do with reality).
I'm not a feminist. I'm an anti-feminist feminist. Meaning: I know women have all the pussy and we're the ones in control already. Duh!
By now I would have thought she would have gotten that message across to the "rest of you women"! NO! Instead, she's telling you that what you need to look and feel sexy!
OMG Oprah! It's 2010! Just because you have a vagina doesn't mean you have to do the cooking, cleaning, child rearing and be a "bring home the bacon in four inch pumps sex kitten"!
We are the victims of rape and murder. All because we have a vagina. There are one hundred and twenty five THOUSAND level three sex assault criminals on the streets! Why aren't you doing a show every other day about that? There are thirty THOUSAND rapes of women and children EVERY MONTH in this country! You could be doing a show about that on the alternate days that you aren't doing one about the level three criminals. I bet you could change the way the whole justice system protects these criminals if you wanted to.
Teach women that they don't need to feel SEXY. They need to feel smart, confident and powerful. TRUE MEN are actually more drawn to women who have those qualities.
It's too late to go back to your core values Oprah. Stop keeping women repressed!

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