and who doesn't love boobs?

i may have had a mild rage stroke after watching a video kevin connolly recently made for the group men for women now. i tried- unsuccessfully- for about 10 minutes to post the video here but i kept running into "errors." anyway, i'd recommend checking out the highlighted links i've added. for now though, i'll give a run down of the video and website. in the video connolly suggestions adding a facebook application that will donate money to the noreen fraser foundation for women's cancer research. in theory this seems great, but there were about a hundren-thousand problems with the way he approached the topic.

this is a direct quote from connolly- "what is facebook all about? faces? i don't think so, it's about boobs. ladies go there to show them off, guys go there to check them out. i mean really when you think about it, it should be called boobbook." he ends the video by saying, "please do it. it's a matter of life and breast." just a few problematic things about this- (a) reinforcing aggressive heteronormative behaviors of objectifying women, (b) "women go there to show them off" ... really? out of the majority of my female friends on facebook i can confidently say they do not get on facebook to show off their breasts, (c) making light of a serious topic like cancer isn't funny, and neither is ignoring the face of a survivor. ask a woman who survived breast cancer i bet she'll tell you it isn't just "about the boobs."

several male celebrities have made videos for men for women now. i've watched videos from jack black, zach galifinaikis, and neil patrick harris, all of which weren't as problematic as the kevin connolly video. still yet, this is a subject i'm very torn on. sure, it's great that leading men are helping raise awareness about breast cancer research, but is it their place to be telling women to go get regular breast exams and pap smears? what are these male celebrities stance on the stupak amendment?

if this is a topic you're interested in and/or passionate about i would recommend checking out the noreen fraser foundation, watching her personal video and donating to the foundation directly from her site.

edit-- on a lighter note, i witnessed one of the strangest/most disturbing/hilarious things i think i've ever seen since living in columbia. nora and i were driving down worely street and a mediacom technician was holding a live wire, with his bare hand, across two lanes of traffic, waving people by. cars were going under the wire like we were in a game of limbo. wtf?