Huff Post Women: Blurg
Okay, I don’t read the Huffington Post very much, so I’m little late to the game on this one, but I was linked to an article today and was taken to the Huff Post Women’s section. Magically, the whole HuffPo blog turned pink. With articles covering “Is This New Site An ‘OkCupid’ For Bra Shoppers?”, “5 Ways to wear black jeans” and “He was my best friend… and then he met her”. Oh yeah, and I actually read that boob-y article. Turns out, the very legitimate survey from MyVoucherCodes.VOM.uk found that 1/3 of women would trade their IQs for bigger breasts. The schematics of how this trade would take place (or more importantly, how the question was framed) were not detailed. At the end of the article, which talks about women feeling more highly valued by their appearance than their intellect in the most shallow way possible, they do actually give a shout-out to National Eating Disorder Week, and you know, body acceptance being an important issue for women. But thanks for leading with the boobs, Huff Po, way more interested in the part about the boobs.
When the new Huff Post Women page was launched, editor Margaret Wheeler Johnson wrote that the goal was
“to incorporate more female voices into the larger conversations being had across all of our verticals. We’re a platform women can stand on while telling the stories that matter to them, and we’re making sure those stories get heard loud and clear.”
UGH. Super important idea being executed sooooooooo wrong. I totally want to hear more women speaking on Politics, Business, Tech, etc! Those stories matter to me. And I ESPECIALLY want to read more articles that incorporate a gendered or feminist analysis into the discussion of the topic in every segment of Huffington Post. What I don’t need is more articles about clothes & boys & lame-ass studies. Or to be segmented out like women are the only people who’d every want to read about love & sex & horoscopes & books.
Oh and super cool – If you want to read anything on Huff Po by people of color you can click the “More” tab and read BlackVoices or Latinovoices. There’s a Gayvoices section too. No word yet on which tab to go to if you’re a queer woman of color.
