I mean, what do they think they're doing? What did they say to each other as they chose to put this material on the front page — right under stories about Zelensky at the White House, the National Guard in Washington D.C., terrorism in Texas, and Hurricane Erin? Let's revisit the legacy of slavery and balance it with closeups of black asses? It's as if they had to meet a racial quota and brainstormed and juxtaposed the first 2 things they thought of.
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If I had to rank women by race that would be parading around in "tiny bikini bottoms" (hey, NYTimes, get with the culture -- "thong bikinis" have been around close to two decades), black women would not be on the top of the list. TBH, no heavyset women would be.
For some reason, I get no feelings of joy or satisfaction dwelling on bad things that happened to my ancestors. Nor do I get any sense of fulfillment from bringing them to the attention of others. I move forward, not knowing or caring about the bad people that kicked my forbears off their farm and out of Sweden.
Why do you continue to do this? It looks self-loathing at this point…
A page one feature on tits would have done well. The paper has to be less dreary on page one.
The National Guard story really caught my eye. Something about the "GOP-led states to send hundreds more National Guard troops to D.C." headline sounds a little...provocative. The WaPo should either come out and say why it is significant or unusual, or it should move along.
…but it’s a glorious Sunday so let us focus on the WaPoo content. May I suggest Larissa’s trout for a cringey laugh?
The Civil War ended in 1865.
Wait till Jimmy Kimmel finds out that the Romans were inveterate slavers on scale that dwarfs anything the United States practiced.
WaPoo has full coverage of the cheeky bikini trend…
At Alabama Plantation rich white people and black people team up to paint all white people as evil and to promote efforts to have the Government steal money from and persecute white people based on their race.
Without clicking through I am going to assume it is Rich White Women because everyone knows the source of almost all of this countries problems right now are college educated white women who are stupidly doing the bidding of a very small number of elite white men.
I'm reminded of something I noticed when I visited Graceland.
For the most part, the visitors were white.
For the most part, the employees were black.
Makes you think.
I only see one black ass in that montage, but YMMV.
The descendants of the enslavers and those of the enslaved are often the very same people, as viewers of Skip Gates' show "Finding Your Roots" can attest.
…’full coverage’ I say…
Althouse said...
I mean, what do they think they're doing? What did they say to each other as they chose to put this material on the front page...Let's revisit the legacy of slavery and balance it with closeups of black asses?
Tricknojournalism: "The techniques of deception and manipulation employed by a dominant group (WaPo) to disempower a weaker one (readers)."
Doreen St. Félix wrote...
"Interestingly, breasts, and the desire for them, are stereotyped as objects of white desire, as opposed to, say, the Black man’s hunger for ass."
rhhardin said...
"A page one feature on tits would have done well. The paper has to be less dreary on page one."
So they fired up WPAI, asked it to hit the front-page quotas, and got: “war, hurricane, terrorism, slavery, summer wear.” Then they prompted: “Plantation photo for slavery. Close-ups of bikini bottoms trending on TikTok.” Done.
Sometimes prompt engineering is hard.
It's August, the interns are in charge at the Post. I used to notice it every year back when I subscribed.
Lauren Sanchez was guest editor?
"(hey, NYTimes, get with the culture -- "thong bikinis" have been around close to two decades"
1. It's WaPo
2. "Thong bikinis first gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s, particularly in Brazil, where they were popularized on beaches like Ipanema and Copacabana. The style, inspired by traditional South American beachwear and the broader trend of minimal swimwear, spread globally by the mid-1980s, becoming a bold fashion statement in Western countries. Their rise was tied to the era's emphasis on body-conscious fashion and the influence of Brazilian culture in media and fashion" (Grok).
Looks like multi-generational guilt, cheekiness, and looking at the WaPo on Sunday morning is how you live your life once you become a master of the universe, like those folks who stir the drink in DC and NYC. That's a heckuva goal to have until you figure our what really matters. Finding that out can take a whole lifetime, though.
Some may find it cheeky to mention this to people who have advanced degrees, so YMMV.
"does this thong make my ass look too big?" - I didn't read that this morning, did I?
It's pretty obvious this is an A/B test. Media companies do this all the time. They'll print two stories with exactly opposing headlines, then see which one gets more engagement (which is all that advertisers care about - not slaves). They are testing to see which story gets more clicks. They don't give a single fuck about the slaves - if it don't get clicks. Only the $$$.
I can bet you the ass one gets more clicks.
The purpose of the A/B test is to measure what their audience will click on. And then they'll print that. And it doesn't matter to them what "that" is ... the results of the A/B test rule. If their readers click on anti-Trump pieces, then they print those. If they don't click on those and instead click on pro-Trump puff pieces, then they'll print those.
They don't care about Trump one way or the other. They do this testing ALL THE TIME. Every day. They are feeding the echo chamber whatever the echo chamber demands to get engagement.
And as Sydney Sweeney proved to them: Who doesn't love a nice young ass in a thong bikini?
**It's as if they had to meet a racial quota and brainstormed and juxtaposed the first 2 things they thought of. **
The problem is you still think of them as journalists rather than a propaganda outlet pretending to still be journalists.
Is it appropriate for a Sunday newspaper to be cheeky?
Snap poll: Do Progressive Democrats celebrate the anniversary of the end of the Civil War, or the beginning?
How many generations have passed? Eight is my rough estimate. Let's rephrase that NYT headline: Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandson of Uncle Rastus Forgives Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandson of Col. Obidiah T. Chitlin.
Even Jehovah, with His prodigious capacity for Divine Retribution, isn't interested in punishing the sins of the fathers beyond the seventh generation.
Say “no!” to bubble butts and spider butts.
Imagine taking your cultural cues from WaPo. At this point, Buckley's suggestion about being governed by the first 100 names in the phone book has been supplanted by the top influencers on YouTube.
Bikini bottoms aren't getting smaller.
Layers and layers of editors...
Those are some Caucasian asses, ma'am.
When is the last time you been to a beach? With other people? lol.
"The problem is you still think of them as journalists rather than a propaganda outlet pretending to still be journalists."
Why would I write blog posts like this if I had the "problem" you ascribe to me? Why do you read a blog you don't understand? Or do you understand it and chose to insult me?
Begley proffered, without evidence: "The Civil War ended in 1865."
Yeah, no.
Dogma (or was it Pony?) observed: "I only see one black ass in that montage, but YMMV."
Blacks are over-represented in this image. Of the four ass photos (side-ass really) in this montage, 25% are black asses ... despite the fact that blacks only make up 13% of the American population and according to United States Supreme Court decisions, only count as 3/5ths of a person to start with.
Waaaaay over-represented.
Or maybe WAPo editors have studied their Nietzsche: "You will never get the crowd to cry 'Hosanna' unless you ride into town on an ass."
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