January 23, 2008
Do you remember that old rhyme that summed up the difference between the sexes? It went something like this:
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice,
And everything nice,
That’s what little girls are made of.
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails,
And puppy dog tails,
That’s what little boys are made of.
It was cute, back in preschool days, and it was said to help help youngsters understand that there was a difference between boys and girls, a fact that we would have all found out by ourselves as we matured... with or without the rhyme.
Was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago when I heard a well-meaning grandmother repeating it to some young children. Then I found this riveting photo posted by none other than MiseryXchord, an image so powerful that it made me stop and reflect on something that any reader of my pages here knows :
 
MiseryXchord: that's what little girls are made of...
There's a powerful message in Misery's photo, and one that should be seen by every under-30 female here on Buzznet... hell, everywhere on the 'Net. And please do click on the link above and see the message and the link that she posted there under the photo.
And from this male's perspective, skinny is not sexy... period. The female form is one of the distinguishing marks between the sexes, the basic differentiation between the male and female of the human species. Women need a backside, the curve of the hips, real breasts... and I'm not talking about silicone-because-the-boyfriend-demanded-it, either. The truly feminine body comes in all sizes and shapes, and each can be appreciated for it's own merits, and not because a medium-boned young woman can starve herself down to a size-0.
Pardon my rant, but it's an issue that I've personally waded into here on Buzznet before. See the video entitled Daughters, which was posted here in conjunction with the award winning Evolution video, and the newest Onslaught video, which was picked as a Buzznet Featured Video on 10/6/2007. These were all part of the Real Beauty Campaign promoted by the Dove beauty products company. One of the promos for their videos noted: “Only 2 % of women feel comfortable describing themselves as beautiful.” and “Things won’t change until we change them.”
Said it then and I'll repeat it again: it's about time that we changed our narrow contemporary definition of beauty and encourage women and girls to build stronger self-esteem, to build a better explanation of beauty and positive self-image among women and girls of all ages, shapes and ethnic backgrounds. We need to stop teaching women of all ages to emulate that ridiculous Barbie-doll look, and that Star magazine ( founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1974) does not define beauty.
Misery, you hit the nail on the head with this most compelling image...
And congrats on the Featured Photo... one of your most powerful yet!
Posted on 01/23/2008 2:36 PM Comments (26)
January 14, 2008
Are you getting spammed here on Buzznet?
If you're like many of us here, you may have received messages offering you something for free, be it ring tones, music of all types, football jerseys, mp3 files and such. Does this seem a bit familiar to some of you?
The message to the phone spammers is very simple:
So what should one do?
There are no clear-cut answers on how to deal with the spammer, but if you wish to help eliminate them here on Buzznet, the steps are pretty simple.
- Don't panic or flip out! If you see a message or comment on one of your photos that looks similar to one of the above, especially those offering an external link to something for free, don't delete it - leave it alone! You can send Mark (panasonicyouth) a message about what you found, or you can leave it to me to deal with in a rather effective method, as others can tell you about... and it works.
- As noted above, leave the suspected spam alone. Let me know exactly where it is on your page, and if you can, a copy of the comment. If it's a Buzznet message, that was sent to you, just forward it to me (lexidiem) and I'll take it from there... and effectively so.
I've posted previous journal entries and photos on this subject here on Buzznet, including one on a similar ringtone spammer to the one first mentioned here. These have alerted many of you in the past, and as a result, by working together we've managed to get them deleted pretty quickly.
What's next?
More than a few of you have asked me how to eliminate spam from your own private e-mail messages, and I'm currently working on another installment to this series on how to effectively deal with spam on such services as Yahoo mail , Windows Live Mail (or Hotmail), and Gmail. Stay tuned here and you'll see it appear within the next few days.
Note: To those who are asking me where my Stopping Spam journal posts are going, I've been wasting my time for the last few hours trying to post some proactive solutions to this growing problem here on Buzznet.
I've become completely disgusted by my inability to post journals designed to help my fellow members on this site, and being told by Buzznet's new automated routines that my journals are spam, so I'm going to quit trying at this point, at least until such time that I can see that Buzznet has gotten their act together. This is the message that I've been getting:
This post looks like it's spam!
It's amazing that the spammers can post what they like, but loyal members of this community are treated as if they are worst than the spammers who are repeatedly hitting this site.
Get your act together, Buzznet - some us are trying to help!
Tags: anti-spam, buzznet spambusters, jargontalk, lexidiem, phone scam, spam, spam alert, spam on buzznet, spambusters, spammer, stop porn spam, stop spam, wake up buzznet!
Posted on 01/14/2008 12:15 AM Comments (29)
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