One of the most disturbing articles I've read in a long time

[ellen_datlow]

I find it hard to believe that 1) that a bride would ask this of her friends and 2) that if asked the friends wouldn't beat the s...t out of their supposed friend, the bride. Am I overreacting?

It’s Botox for You, Dear Bridesmaids

Comments

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

"I agree - there are good, hard-hitting articles in the NYTimes, and then there are fluffy commercial pieces loosely disguised as news, targeting a very small and specific financial class of reader."

That would be why this article ran in the *fashion* section, yes.

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know: I'm pretty fucking stupid to think I'd find actual news in the fashion section."

"Pretty fucking stupid" doesn't seem likely, but then, neither does finding hard news stories in the style section of the paper. Those are generally up in the front sections, when you can actually find them, that is.

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

Did I tell you that your kneejerk hostility is *delicious?*

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Now now everyone, play nice.

[vee-ecks.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I've been reading The Economist lately for etiquette and dress tips, and neither seems to be working out. OTOH, I *am* now a total fascist with seventeen gold-colored suits whose lapels were used to pull the Exxon Valdez back to shore, so I've got that going for me.