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Uhhhh….
Bizzare?
Where does that put me on the old scale?
I see a total devaluation of life in general, and motherhood specifically. I also see the absolute devaluing of a child , especially a baby. Lastly, the “I’ll do whatever I want” look to the photos seals it for me. I’m a traditional, original intent, conservative American.
From some of the comments:
Said by a person borne and raised by…a mother.
Those pictures are terrible, but no shock. The left HATES traditional families and women who use their bodies for something other than random sex and multiple abortions.
I, for one, am perfectly happy to be a part of the “cult of the mother” because I am raising a beautiful son, expecting another (we find out if the baby’s a boy or a girl on April 10!), and hope to have at least 1-2 more. These children our are future and, ironically, liberals who disdain having children are contracepting themselves (and their ideologies, thank goodness!) out of exsistence.
There’s nothing like brining fecundity to a culture fight.
Let’s see….Pregnant woman throwing away a child already born, check. Child number two on the way. Contraception through infanticide ?
Its just what liberals call “art”
shurg
dumb.
Yep.
You beat me to it.
Irreconcilably opposite worldview.
Those photos are infinitely bizarre…still stuck in the 60s.
Yep again.
I’m with you.
Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman would agree with her.
The question is “What would it look like if Paris Hilton had children?”
My collie says:
The modern woman = ME, ME, ME, ME…it’s all about ME! I WANT, WANT, WANT, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
ME, Myself and I!!!!!!! No class, no grace, no kindness!
That pretty much sums up for me.
I’d also have to go with
Bizarre.
I’m not even sure what message they’re trying to convey. But maybe…..
Complete irreverence for a child being carried?
That you can wear trendy clothes when you’re pregnant?
That babies are a fashion statement?
Whatever the message, I doubt it’s about the “glow” of expectant mothers.
Motherhood is a “cult”? What about people who eat? Is eating a “cult” too? Product of a troubled mind.
The Cult of the Mother? One wonders what she thinks of hers.
You could be on to something there.
I see some fierce shoes and nothing else of interest.
I couldn’t get past the bizarre clothing. Is this how the French dress?
I see a very lame attempt at some sort of message whilst basically advertising expensive clothing & accessories.
It is ‘lame’ because the message is unreadable. They’re simply trying to be edgy or avant-garde. Fail.
That aside, I’m more frightened of a female that apparently does not eat and stands in shoes that high when it is pregnant.
Just trying to sell clothes. $1500 blouse anyone?
Appalling.
Correct.
God bless you.
We had three kids, and have two grandchildren…a third is on the way.
That is likely one reason that socialists/opposite worldview-holders/nihilists are so hot about human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research; about public education’s starting as early as possible; about the ridicule and marginalization of Judeo-Christian traditions and morals (socialists have perverted the word “ethics”); etc….
Hey, creating babies and raising them outside of the traditional family, and indoctrinating them in state-controlled “schools” is the only way the opposite worldview-holders can maintain and perpetuate themselves ; otherwise, they would ultimately dwindle away (Oh, God, please let it happen!) and disappear, not unlike the way the Shakers did.
Liberals should really hate that spread too. The first baby lived, the second hasn’t been aborted yet, and the mother is smoking but social services hasn’t taken away the baby.
bada bing!
These fools will get a wake-up call when forced to contend with traditionalist Latinos and uber-Muslims as their populations explode here in the coming years.
My comments would get me banned faster than a cop on a donut.
GSP
“This is Sparta!”
On April 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm, englishqueen01 said:
How dare you keep women in bondage and submit yourself willingly? /sarc
You hit it on the head. As long as we continue to have families that replace ourselves and the libs don’t, we will come out ahead. Just hate the pain the US has to go through to get there. I am very concerned for my children and their opportunities in the future.
individuals like tabitha and jill will say completely stupid things to take away from the fact they can’t accept being women. they ridicule that which they haven’t got the courage to undertake, give birth. they look at themselves in the mirror and see how pathetic they are, get angry and decide to take it out on those who want to have a baby. these women have simply set a standard too high for tabitha and jill to attain.
Casey Anthony models?
Can I be the first to also suggest the removal of the term ‘baby-bump’ from our lexicon?!
Save a baby. Abort liberalism.
granite beat me to it. This is why libs have such a strong need to indoctrinate others, self-perpetuation.
But smoking is GOOD now, just ask POTUSINO.
I enjoy looking back at pictures of my mother in 1959 smoking a cigarette, holding a cocktail, and 7 months pregnant with me. You would get arrested for that today! The comment “This is Sparta” strikes me as the correct interprtation of picture number 2. I just finished reading “A Nation Of Wimps”, and feel that we are creating the neediest bunch of whiners that our country will ever see. Time to symbolically throw our kids out there and let them get hurt a little, maybe even get a “B” on their report card!
I see the cult of the Anti-Mother. Nothing nurturing here. Can’t see the glow of pregnancy under all those nicotine stains.
With whom she apparently has issues.
Remember, to liberals gender roles and motherhood are not instinctual, but the product of social constructs.
Meanwhile, all manners of sexual proclivity and abortion are immutable (I actually had someone on a blog tell me the desire to abort is “in our DNA”).
If that dizzying logic makes your head hurt, take two aspirin and join the club because it sure doesn’t make sense to me.
The ads are ugly and negatively shocking. As a marketer, I see no value. The models are ugly, too. The baby, though it is a doll, is cute. The French and most other Euros are actually backward, snotty, and self-centered socialists. Real mothers are cool, inspiring, and heroic. I guess I’m a conservative. God that feels good!
Taking a cue from your moniker,they’re also brave.
As I saw on a bumper sticker recently, “Motherhood is not for wimps!”
oops heroic = brave
Rufus – The next time the opportunity presents itself, instead of “baby bump”, you could use “fetus foothill” or “zygote zenith”, or in keeping with the Kenyan Bastard’s redefining of terms, “burden bump”. Or maybe “mommy mountain”, or “pregnancy pinnacle”. I like alliteration.
Dawn Johnsen, a feminist (as if you wouldn’t be able to put it together) states:
I can’t wait to try my hand again at becoming a fetal container. It turns out that what they thought was a miscarriage for me was indeed an ectopic pregnancy. Therefore, it will take a little more time before we can try again but that say will come and I can’t wait!
Motherhood is not a cult.
What has become ridiculous, however, is the elevation to sainthood of the S I N G L E mother in our society. So much is made of the “bravery, sacrifice, power” ad nauseum of single mothers that the marginalization of the American Male is the obvious result.
I have mixed feelings about stating that smoking during pregnancy causes problems–my mom smoked while pregnant with my brother then with me (as well as when nursing us), and I am not aware of any issues we have that can be pinpointed on her smoking.
Overall, I do agree that a mom-to-be should abstain from actions that do seem to cause issues, like smoking and drinking alcohol.
As for the ads/pix: I think they are some of the dumbest things I have seen. This new photo style stinks.
As for the subjects: if a woman is not willing to care for a child and change her ways, she should keep her knees together–or give her kid (for Mr. Obama fans, “burden”) up for adoption. I know the “ME ME ME” attitude is practiced by too many people, and it is wrong. If you are not willing to deal with the results of your action, do not do that action (e.g., if you do not want kids, do not have sex, if you do not want to go to jail for DUI, do not drink and drive).
I guess I am ranting on the lack of accepting responsibility for one’s actions that is so pervasive.
Also, I agree that stilettos should be discarded after the first trimester.
30pcs: I recently lost a baby. I wish you the best. Things will get better.
P.S. Dawn Johnsen sounds like one bitter female.
I feel…ehh. Where does apathetic put me on the scale?
I didn’t get much out of the spread one way or the other. Mostly I imagine because I don’t care about fashion. I find most fashion shoots don’t really convey much of a message to me.
That being said, I found the smoking mother one distasteful (and I say this as a smoker), as well as the one with the model ‘shooting up’ the bottle (I say this not as a heroin user). I think there are ways to be edgy, and comment on motherhood (or whatever they were going for) without also, directly or subconsciously, glamorizing dangerous behavior.
Somewhere around “illiterate”, I would imagine. But those pictures are definitely “bizarre”. As an ex-husband and father of three, it looks to me more like a beer gut than a pregnancy, but maybe Europeans do it differently.
Glad you’re OK.
Some ectopics are potentially life-threatening.
We’ve exchaged posts on this before; so, I’ll just say good luck and God bless!
I see photos that did exactly what those who created them intended: they attracted attention.
Whatever they represent is in the viewers’ eyes. And, to use an archaic phrase, Michelle and each of you walked into the trap like a round-eyed baby.
It’s the old “I don’t care what they say, as long as they talk about me” trick. And it works, after all these years.
Slow news day, MM?
Too many messages to sort out in that picture to know what exactly what point the photographer was trying to convey.
From top to bottom:
Glamor: Appearance is everything in liberalism.
Smoking: It’s my body, and I’ll do what I want. Don’t tell me what to do.
The clothing: Upper, business sheik; bottom, trailer trash/ hooker sheik.
Long leg exposure: Unabashed, unrestricted sex.
The baby: #1) Baggage; #2) Abortion, lose the baby.
I guess the message I get is that liberalism has no ethical encumbrances, is guiltless and callous.
I didn’t need a picture to tell me that.
I see another reason I’m to be thankful my ancestors left France 300 years ago. I’m just not weird enough to appreciate that form of “art.”
I must confess to a weakness for Courvoisier. Other than that, I see no reason that France can’t be an accumulation point for nuclear and toxic waste.
A favorite picture I have on my hard-drive is of the “French Army Knife.” It consists of a corkscrew and a white flag.
Since I’m actually at work I didn’t take time to read through all of the comments so I apologize if someone else already stated what should be painfully obvious: They’re French. Who give a rat’s %$# what they think, in particular, what they think about the morals and standards of the USA?
Thanks, MtsEdge.
Sorry for your loss.
Disgusting display of immoral behavior, as is many of the sights you see in the liberal media. Not surprising, but disgusting nevertheless.
I saw video yesterday of a man at a baseball game, up in the bleachere holding a small child. A fly ball came at hims and he stood up and, holding the kid with one hand, caught the ball with the other. Then, in his excitement, he lifted his arm up high with the ball and at the same time caused the child to jerk backward. It looked like the child must have gotten a bad whiplash from that. Yeah, people are pretty stupid sometimes and I pity our children. They should ALL be TREASURED
I keep hitting the submit button!! Gotta cut those nails. I wanted to finish my sentence. They should ALL be TREASURED and not used as props!
Hey there, granite!
Thanks. This one wasn’t without complications. Just last week I thought I would be having emergency surgery as they thought I was bleeding internally. Luckily, I was not.
It turns out that the embyro was in my tubes at the time that they thought I was miscarrying … by the time they figured out that it was an ectopic pregnancy the embryo was free floating in my abdominal cavity. I was given methotrexate to help reabsorb the pregnancy but no one mentioned just how painful all of that would be. At any rate, I’m better now that I had a few days on bed rest. Oh, and sorry for being so graphic.
Take care.
Oh dear, you don’t actually believe this, do you? Liberals are aborting and contracepting their ideology out of existence? This is just as goofy as the “cult of motherhood” comments, you know.
Anyway… I see some ugly clothes that are getting a lot of extra exposure beyond the readership of French Vogue, thanks to an “edgy” fashion shoot. Bravo to the photographer.
funny, I didn’t notice the clothes…
Go for it 30! Well, I mean, uh, you know what I mean….
My first thought on the first picture? “Is that really underwear?”
*yawn*
Bizarre. It’s in the same camp as “modern-art” (or whatever it’s called these days).
It’s just supposed to edgy and exact some kind of “emotional response” or just go against “cultural norms.” It doesn’t matter how distasteful, in fact the more distasteful or bizarre the better.
Paintballs on canvas is “art.” Disturbing images of mutilated genitals is “art” (no kidding, I actually saw a display like that in the Met years ago).
It’s just stupid. I guess that makes me a philistine.
/me clicks “ignore.”
30 pcs of silver:
I am sorry to hear this. You have my sincere sympathies.
Thanks, AlohaGuy!
I swear I’ll have some good news to report one of these days.
Reminds me of this from 2 Timothy 3:1-4 1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
But that is my opinion
Thanks, ZA!
Much appreciated.
No problem.
I’ve seen plenty of those, and much that’s even worse.
Again, glad you’re OK!
I have been there. I had a miscarriage between my first and third child. It was a fourth month pregnancy and was a boy. My two other children are girls. You will have another child…have faith. By the way, I have 2, almost 3 grandSONS, so God has blessed us!
Disgusting… which apparently makes me a bonafide Conservative. GOOD.
30 Pieces of Silver, I’ll say a prayer for you. God will give you children when He feels you’re ready.
The term “Fetal Container” makes it sound like a curse, or a job. I love my two children. Fatherhood isn’t always easy, especially with an autistic son. And there are some things I like to do that can’t always be done with a family, such as touring on my motorcycle.
But I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
30 pcs of silver:
Happy to see you back and well. You’ll be in my prayers.
And you’ll appreciate it that much more.
Best of luck to you.
And the good news is
I agree on his assessment of a person’s response being indicative of their political views!
I could not agree more!
ditto here – way too much demeaning of men/fathers in this society
It’s French. It’s merde.
“Yet over at Jezebel, blogger Tabitha loves the spread, and expresses regret that it wouldn’t be possible in the U.S. because of the puritanical nature of our society.”
Has she been to L.A.? Folsom Fest?
My first reaction: one fugley feline. Fake. Pretentious. Calous. Rude.
Lady Liberty. The French gave us that gal?
Note to self: avoid snails. Call mom.
That’s what I’ve always said, englishqueen01 . Let the liberals abort their kids. That way, when the liberals die, their genes and, hopefully, beliefs die with them!
30 pcs of silver
We’ll all keep you in our prayers and wait for the good news waiting for you. I thank God everyday for the one child/blessing I was able to have.
The pictures are just more examples of the total breakdown of values, common sense, and morals. Hard to feel sorry for such shallow minds and selfish behavior.
I see another example of “fashion” photography in which the clothes seem an afterthought instead of the focal point.
Which Supreme Court Justice are You?
I am Alito…
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/04/supreme-test.html
Thanks for the well wishes, everyone!
You guys rock!
I totally agree. Which is why we have to be strong and hard as diamonds to raise our children properly. It’s not easy, but it is a learning opportunity for them. We also need to watch out for intolerant liberals who will take away our parental rights (and our kids) in order to stifle us. Because they know fertility is the best way to pass on your values; hence all the clamor about banning homeschooling, and rampant indoctrination of our kids.
Believe me, it is not my preference that liberals abort their kids. By all means, give them up for adoption to loving conservative families. I do, however, believe that every aborted and murdered child in this world goes to Heaven, where they are cared for by the Blessed Mother in ultimate happiness. Sometimes, that’s the only thought that brings me peace when I see what this world does to children.
But – knowing my history – I know that voluntary sterility and a refusal to reproduce was a tenet of the Shakers and, well, they’re all but gone now, aren’t they? I mean, how many Shakers do any of us know in 2009?
And, 30 pcs of silver, I will say a prayer for you!
Meh. Weak, attention-fishing, noncontroversial, unimaginative wannabe art. Pretty easy to do those things with a doll.
But what about the statements they’re trying to make, the thoughts they’re trying to evoke?
Some people try too hard, and others look too deep for meaning behind such efforts. Some of those others are also easy to amuse or outrage, it seems. As for me, I see a pregnant model with high heels and no pants throwing a doll over her shoulder. I see a pregnant model in some ugly outfit smoking a lit cigarette over a doll in a basket. I see a pregnant model advertising perfume while looking at her stomach. I see a pregnant model rubbing her stomach and looking awkward in high heels while trying to tend to a doll in a carriage and holding a baby bottle between her legs. I see a pregnant model…
Lame.
As a conservative Rorschach test, I’d say that the message is clear: no baby-tossing, no holding lit cigarettes over baby, spend quality time with your baby, your hair looks stupid, take your sunglasses off before you put your baby in a high chair, you’re going to fall in those heels, and for pity’s sake, put some pants on. Oh, and don’t inject milk into your veins.
Best of luck to you, 30.
Laree–I must be hardcore; I scored a ‘Scalia’.
AMEN, English Queen. Let good Christian Conservatives raise them, teach them Christian Conservative values, and let them do the work God created them to do.
Actually, the test popped up a window that read
My thought? I want to be backward, and do not regret it might not be shown here. Europeans pride themselves in the unconventional. You can also define that as immoral, lazy, lacking in substance. Nope, let me be a boorish American and stick to my traditional values that prizes the “cult of motherhood“.
Not to sound like a broken record…. in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” the concept of parenthood was considered pornographic.
Just FFT.
Since when are the French relevant?
I look at those photo’s and wonder if mom and dad are proud. I sure hope not.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t wish innocent babies to be dead. I would rather the liberals not even get pregnant, ever. And they can bask in their selfish lifes. And then when they’re gone, it’s over. If one line dies out, another one will take over in this world.
EQ~your posts are so eloquent. Amen to everything you said.
My thoughts on the photos? Gaudy. Ugly. Tasteless. And don’t get me started on the clothes…:) I, for one, am proud to be a mother. It’s a pity that some women don’t understand how wonderful it can be, because they are so wrapped up in themselves.
The “cult of motherhood” is killing the planet. Babies are polluters. Only people who deconstruct our hetero-normative stereotypes should be allowed to produce, using surrogates and donated eggs and sperm. At birth the government should take over and raise the child. Our dying planet demands it.
*test*
I really couldn’t get past the photographer’s utter ignorance of light and shadow. Aren’t these Froggies supposed to be artists?
Oh yeah, and she’s a skank. As this was in Vogue (FR), I am surprised she wasn’t sporting a needle full of smack in her arm while wearing a mesh thong and aborting the live child like some postmodern manifestation of King Herod the Butcher.
But really, did you see that horrible shadow on the left? What a bunch of Philistines.
While I can’t comment on the cultural viewpoint in France I can say that in the US the sheer absurdity of the photos delivers the opposite message from what was probably intended.
Here in the US viewers would mostly be saying “Well of _course_ you don’t smoke around a baby or handle your infant like Britney Spears; silly French people!”
Here the same photos that were apparently intended to promote the “freedom” and “liberty” of women from the responsibilities of motherhood could just as well be used in an ad campaign to PROMOTE responsibility by mothers… ie: “Don’t be like these goofballs…”
You know, that’s a good point. IF they really believe the view that they espouse in these pics, that babies are inconvenient useless baggage, they would have been using _real_ babies.
Seriously. IF they hold that view then logically babies are of no value… so why lessen the impact of your message by using a doll?
I see a very small likelihood that the pregnant model waited until marriage.
I see something stupid that I wouldn’t have wasted a second glance on if it weren’t for the article.
So I guess the Rorshach test would put me at somewhere between “judgmental prude” and “sick of this world’s notion of ‘celebrity’”
(whatever happened to those Mike Straka GRRR articles, anyway?)
I guess I’d call myself a “chronically pissed-off conservative white male” at least for another 1389 days.
I see the “work” of someone who is very very disturbed.
It reminds of an old saying, you can’t reason with a sick mind.
Why are we photo-documenting my life? The only thing we’re missing is the other guys in the background who were waiting for me to be overseas….
(I’m a role model, not an idol :: Miley Cyrus, 2009)
spoiled empty narcissists
I can’t tell you how much I miss the 1950′s! Seriously, life was good then and we had an innocence that was decent and peaceful. Family values, a sense of shame and conscience, and good old fashioned peace and good will toward each other. Sure, we had some problems, but they pale in comparison to today. I so desparately want to go back to the days of talking to the neighbors over the back fence while hanging clothes on the line. And letting my kids out to play until way past dark without worrying about them. Sorry…I got carried away. I just miss those great old days so much!
OK, I’ll play.
Thought the first pic was a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for women ‘with child.’ Yep, that is fine and certainly wise.
Then the second. Hmmmm, was she tossing or catching the baby? Did not know how that connected to the first. Confusion.
Followed the second link to the actual magazine. Heck, it is a series. There are captions that, more or less, explain the intent and motive.
What I noticed overall, were the shoes. Good greif, were they tall. LOL.
I see photos of a self absorbed woman who has never known the fierce passion that motherhood awakens within a woman’s soul.
Great post! Your words gave me goose bumps.
happyscrapper
when I was a kid in South Philly…. during the sumer we left the house at 7:30 AM didn’t come home until 4:30PM….. South Philly?!!!!… what ever happened? our culture weenified themselves, that’s what. Our streets, statistically (excepting Hmong and Somali thugs) are safer than they were when we were kids.