Maxim Makes Nice With Sarah Jessica Parker
Jul 18, 2008 AT 02:58 pm
Last year Sarah Jessica Parker was named the unsexiest woman of the year by men's magazine Maxim. She was very public about how the title hurt her and said it was a "brutal" insult.
But it looks like the magazine is ready to make nice....kind of. They are naming her this year's "unexpected crush" and say she'll receive the award in their August issue.
Hmm, too little too late? What do you think?
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Mr. Ed approves of his little pony receiving this award. Mr. Ed always has a crush on his little pony! Say goodnight Wilbur.
Screw Maxim. The type of man who reads that sort of magazine is a boorish, moronic caveman with zero intellectual powers and shallow taste in women, anyhow. Just think of the type of women who *grace* the cover of that publication. Skanks. ALL of them. I'm not knocking all magazines geared towards men -- Esquire and GQ are pretty reputable, but Maxim is just horrid. I've thumbed through it before. It's IDIOTIC. The fact that they singled her out in the first place is incredibly cruel and unnecessary. In fact, a less confident celebrity might have sued them, but I admire SJP for sort of taking the high road. And if I were her, I'd tell them to take that *award* and shove it.
So anyone who reads maxim is an idiot? And any girl who poses for them is automatically a skank? Riiiight...I think you might be a little bitter.
Essentially, absolutely, and not at all.
Ernestine, you are right on and brilliant!!...Maxim is good toilet literature...the dude's that read Maxim are the same jackoffs that need to be #69 on the baseball/softball team...I have read Cosmo for about 10 years now and I have learned a ton of knowledge about women...If a dude had half a brain he would read Cosmo to listen to women and hence be a better partner.
Thanks for the compliments! I just hate sexism in general is all. And I DO have some beef with Cosmo, to be honest -- I actually think THEY portray a lot of MEN in a negative light. They aren't ALL sports-obsessed himbos who can't keep their peens in their pants. But hey, we all have our guilty pleasures. :-) And you are DEAD-ON about those Beavises wanting #69 on their jerzies and stuff. UGH.
I have to say that Cosmo is an awful magazine, it's all about pleasing your man and embarrassing moments.
It's sort of like YM for grown-ups. Remember THAT magazine? All of their models were totally anorexic and the articles consisted of How to Get a Boyfriend! How to Keep Your Boyfriend Happy! When Should You Put Out? UGH.
Exactly. Cosmo is just as bad as Maxim. Both feed into stereotypes about men and women and relationships.
Ernestine shut up you bitter homely fat woman. It sucks for you you are not attractive enough to be on or in Maxim. The girls are HOT, and you and SJP are clearly not. I have never thought SJP was good looking. The woman has a horse face and has no business showing it to the public. she is very lucky to be in the career she has. Someone was not paying attention when she was hired. women like her, because she is not threat. Men call em' as they see em'. Too bad her poor wiiiitttle feelings got hurt. The truth does hurt and it is brutal Ms. SJP. Old Nellie is just upset because maxim did not act like one of her paid ass kissers and lie and tell her how wonderful she looks. Please, they called her on her fugness, and now she has to deal. It is nice to see them making sort of, there is nothing wrong with that. But they will never say she is hot or good looking.
Not only does she have a "horse face," she has a big nose too. And I agree, she is ugly. Angelina Jolie she is not.
You can call me ugly AAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLL you want. The internet is so amusing, because I've NEVER been called ugly in real life. And if I truly thought of myself as unnattractive, I wouldn't have a profile with a PICTURE. Just saying. And I'm actually on a quest to gain weight, so calling me fat is almost a compliment. I think that curvy girls look way better than scrawny ones. It's cool, though. You're probably just the same PSYCHOTIC LITTLE AS$HOLE who ANONYMOUSLY POSTS 3453454534545 negative comments a day -- many of them aimed towards yours truly -- and STILL doesn't have the balls to get a profile with a PICTURE. I'll bet you look like Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty's love child.
Thanks, Ernestine, for making me LOL. Your comments are the best!
*mwah* Anytime! I'm a prickly personality. What can I say? And I love Lucy, too!
OK Ernestine hon, hate to burst your bubble and illusions about yourself, but I clicked on and i looked at your bigger pic. i think YOU think TOO highly of yourself, whilst U are not butt a** ugly like Sarah j. parker, you are HARDLY a young Grace Kelly either. so dont give your so much credit darling, i see better looking women at grocery stores. you sure as hell ain't all that and a bag of chips. and as far as you being slender, i see fat hanging down form your UNtoned flabby arms. so i don't know where you get you are too skinny, cause i ain't seeing it. And if you are so friggin hot, then why the heck you posting god knows how many comments on the internet. Shouldn't a "beauty" like yourself have a ton of eager suitors waiting on your doorstep? Nope, they are not, cause you are NO young Cindy Crawford, Jessica Alba, Kate Bosworth, Tori Paver, etc etc. A Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model you are NOT!! You are average looking at best. Dont ever forget it. Now go ahead and post back, unless you are on one of your many hot dates.
Oh, I'll post back. I'll ALWAYS reply. And I instantly disregarded everything you said when you commented on my "untoned flabby arms." HAHAHAHAH!! Dude, my arms are, like, the SKINNIEST parts of my body!!! You're just the type of girl who hates anyone who happens to be more attractive than she is. And I'll bet that I'm waaaay prettier than you. Sorry. Nothing you say is going to destroy my high self-image -- and I think it sucks when women dis each other in that way, but whatever. Again: it's not as if you're brave enough to post a picture yourself. So...I can only assume that you're just a horrid bitch with an awful self-image. Now go throw up your dinner, get back on the treadmill, go back to watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians and daydreaming about someday becoming JUST LIKE one of THEM, and go f*ck yourself. Oh, and I'm done with dating. Right now, I'm waiting for my boyfriend to arrive home -- he's a nice boy; he's been visiting his parents. And I'll probably chill out with him for a while, get laid, and have a great night's sleep. P.S. The fact that you think Kate Bosworth is attractive says a LOT about you. She weighs about ninety pounds.
You stupid fool, I'm not a girl, I'm a guy. what your little bubble burst now. I never said anything about being a chick. you just wanna think that. Bet you would like to think so though. My name is Zachary. sorry, not a chick. Read my other post to you and your tongue buddy on the 2nd page. You are NOT all that babe, and you certainly are not worth me being late to the movies for. And remember, start out with the 5 lb weights. now get going with your flabby armed self. I'm out.
Ohhhh. Isn't this kind of a FEMININE site for you? Shouldn't you be checking out imabigtoolwithabigtool.com, or hotrodcentral.net, or hotwh0reswhoneedlovin.com? I mean, I love this site, but it's a CHICK THING, doncha think? You're probably the type of guido who shops at Abercrombie and spends more on hair products than ANY woman who happens to be unfortunate/drunk enough to sleep with you. GOD, I pity those women. If there are any, that is. You're probably some sixteen year-old flogging your twig to Paris Hilton in your mommy's basement. And you don't have to leave! Really! I SO enjoy emasculating douchebags like you!
Ernestine, I guessed the blogger was male, and I'd guess a young one too. He's living in a fantasy world, and expects that women should (and want to) look like the cosmetically enhanced, photo-shopped stereotypes that feature in a second-rate rag like "Maxim". It is typical for such men to come back at women who question these stereotypes by attacking their physical attractiveness, assuming that they are jealous, ugly, fat and homely, to use the blogger's own term. When outspoken feminist, Germaine Greer, had her famous debate in New York with journalist Norman Mailer, one of his comments to her was that she was a lot better looking than he imagined she'd be!!!!!!! It is insecure men who are threatened by women who refuse to be defined by their looks alone. Men who are worth bothering with respect a woman who has intelligence and personality. The real irony in all this is that while such men as the blogger place so much emphasis on a woman's physical attributes, they usually don't measure up to the male stereotype of physical beauty themselves! It only goes to emphasize that they see the playing field as different for men and women.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Thankyou Jax. I have read your later entry which I found brilliant and have replied to that. I think we have a mutual admiration society going on here! On a more serious note, the issues raised apply in other Western countries and not just America. In Australia, we have a female deputy prime-minister, the highest ranking female member of an Australian government ever. For her efforts, she has been named a "barren woman" by a member of the opposition party, because she has done the unthinkable and dared not to have children. Her accent has been likened to that of a "Footscray fishwife", Footscray being a rather down-at-heel suburb of Melbourne. Her hairstyle and choice of clothes are constantly scrutinized by the media. Also in the Cabinet, is another woman who is a very "out-there" lesbian of non-Anglo origin. Things are changing!!!!!!!! I will probably be attacked for being anti-man, but that is certainly not the case! The two most important people in my life are my sons, but I have made sure that they have been brought up to respect women, and in doing so, respect themselves.
Okay. Let me first just tell you that I studied abroad in Australia while attending college here in the states -- that's University to you folks :-) -- and you live in the GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET. I travelled to Brisbane, Byron Bay (*swoon!*), Sydney, Broome, Perth, Tasmania, and spent a month in the Outback. I have nothing but glowing memories of your country and its people (except the way your government treats Aborigines is deplorable, but it's no worse than how our pitiful government treats our Native Americans, but this isn't a political blog and PLEASE don't get me started on John freaking Howard or George W. Bush. Those two asses are just peas in a corrupt, ignorant pod -- you're SO LUCKY Howard is gone, and I'm counting the glorious seconds until we can elect Barack Obama into office and be done with this bullshit. ANYWAY: " It is insecure men who are threatened by women who refuse to be defined by their looks alone. " Yep. You are so, so, so right. I'm proud of the fact that I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my appearance. I'd rather spend my time doing yoga, or riding my bike, swimming in the ocean -- things that make me feel healthy and physically fit. And I've never dated a dude who even REMOTELY resembles -- intellectually speaking -- our little young friend "Zachary," and I've never retained male friends who share his views, either. Fortunately, I know a lot of high-thinking, evolved males who share a lot of my own feminist views and only want the best for the women in their lives, and women all over the world. Thanks for your post. You're a smart Sheila. :-)
LMAO,,Go girl.tell them how it is.
I agree with u. I think Sarah is awesome
I also think Maxim should retract
Oh, they won't retract anything. ONTD has the full scan of the article, and I read the first paragraph or so -- it's SO condescending. They don't mean a word of it -- it's like pouring salt over her heart and just rubbing it in.
Cave men. Seriously. Too little too late? I think it's just another insult. To call someone and "unexpected" crush, is the same as saying "I never thought I'd fall for the ugly girl, but she has such a great personality I couldn't help myself". What a bunch of jerks perpetuating women's insecurities. The same guys who write this crap are probably sitting around drinking Pabst with their hairy beer bellies hanging out. Blech!
I couldn't agree more!!!!!!!
"To call someone and "unexpected" crush, is the same as saying "I never thought I'd fall for the ugly girl, but she has such a great personality I couldn't help myself". WORD.
They just keep rubbing in don't they. They should just leave the poor girl alone. I agree that is another insult.
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