It's Come To This...

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at ...> 
wrote:
>> Well, now there is a real rant in Extra Stuff...
> 

Ah, I see.  That, and the WOMBAT score card have arrived since last 
I peeked.   

Girls only huh? As if men are nowhere complicit in that business.  

Well it's just swell if she wants to use the site as a more direct 
pulpit for changing the world, but not a great deal of fun.  

(Laughing at fat people is only funny when it's Dudley, remember 
that.)

But trashing Paris Hilton & Co. is hardly original.  The problems of 
eating disorders and negative self-image are not new, nor are any of 
her insights.  

It's fine if Momma Rowling wants to throw her weight (at least 
metaphoricaly) at the problem; maybe take a first shot on behalf of 
her daughters (who will certainly have enough cash to run with the 
Hiltons).

But, sometimes less is more when we are talking, too.

Seems to me she managed to mention (twice) that her own waist is 
thin.  And if it ever wasn't quite as thin, it was due to a very 
recent baby. un-huh. No one's calling you fat, dear.

But something else seems to be swelling...and it's not her modesty.

*I'm not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with 
being a writer and earning a living with my brain...*

(Trust me, that's just what I'm judging you on.)

Well, nanny-nanny-nah-nah.

:: looks for the recent glamour shot Kneasy brought to our 
attention::  Oh, never mind.

Between that and her thumbs-up to the MuggleNet wall of shame 
(continuing volleys in the war with H & H shippers) she is showing 
an...interesting...attitude.

Bit arrogant and childish--and don't get me wrong--these are some of 
my own most charming attributes--but, there you are. 

Perhaps there are fans who want to hear hear about all this. 

I'd rather just hear about the books (I hope that makes her happy), 
and I think these last site offerings suck.

XP

Talisman