Comments on Express Yourself With this League of Women Voters-Endorsed Outpatient Procedure!

It's the new Freedom Torch! Hooray! Bernayse would be proud.

Nicole USED to be beautiful, until Ronald McDonald got hold of her with the Botox.

Wow, I totally agree with you, this seems very strange coming from the League of Women Voters. I don't think Botox is aging gracefully, I think Botox is denying that you are aging at all.

Scary! she looks like Hepburn from Golden Pond.

This is the weirdest story I've ever heard.

There are procedures that minimize the appearance of wrinkles and don't paralyze your entire face. Why can't actresses go with those options? The bat-boy effect is so much worse than a few fine lines.

League and Allergan Join Together to Launch Voting Campaign at New York City Event (NEW)

The LWVEF recently entered into a relationship with Allergan (a leading maker of eye care and skin care products) on their “Freedom of Expression through Film” campaign in 2008. The relationship has multiple components including sponsorship of the League’s VOTE411.org Web site; creation and distribution of a League PSA featuring Oscar®-nominated actress Virginia Madsen; and sponsorship of ten GOTV events around the country that will allow us to involve a new demographic of voters that we have not previously reached as a group, workers in the beauty industry. These ten events are aimed at educating attendees about the importance of being able to express oneself freely and to make educated, informed decisions, including decisions as a voter. The events will also feature Allergan’s products, including their BOTOX® cosmetic product. Additional questions can be directed to Nancy Sturm at nsturm@lwv.org.

So that's why. I'd email Nancy and ask her why she's being so condescending.

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Oh crap, Will. You just made me throw up a bit.

Yeah, this is weird. Isn't the League of Women Voters supposed to be, like, a respectable organization? As in the kind that wouldn't promote this kind of crap?

Nicole's got something more than just Botox going on there. Definitely lifting, and her whole face looked pumped full of something -- it's a completely different shape than it used to be.

But, yeah, this meeting sounds like the weirdest thing ever. Respect for Madsen just shrank to zero. Funny how a "feminist" organization like this is so much worse than their supposed enemies. This is far worse than a couple of douchebags shouting "iron my shirt" at Hillary.

That is a horrible, horrible picture.

I just remembered how sexist it was when they posted that really unflattering photo of Hillary Clinton. Funny how when you want to attack a woman it's easy to use a close up of her face in the wrong light. Women who are suspected of "cheating" to look better are particularly vulnerable. Which is perhaps what Madsen is speaking up about.

Personally I think she looks 40 and pregnant and perfectly fine.

Only one link per post. Sorry. That's the rule. Paralyzed and expressionless? Her face didn't seem paralyzed in The Golden Compass either; critics seem to have liked her work in that, if I remember correctly.

Also, since I gots my thinking cap on, how come this is a hit job on Nicole Kidman instead of Virgina Madsen? What did Kidman do to anybody deserve this abuse?

It's official... elenchos has a vendetta against Erica.

This post seems totally innocuous to me. But whatevs, you're free to waste time on proving Erica wrong every time she posts.

It's a fair point. Kidman wasn't at the meeting, didn't have fuck-all to do with it; she's minding her own business many thousands of miles away. Interesting.

"It’s unclear why, exactly, a venerable institution like the League of Women voters would participate in a campaign like this.."

duh, erica. it's pretty clear to me that allergen inc. gave the lwv a bag of money to pimp their prod. how else could you explain this contrived and (otherwise) unnecessary promo?

I love it when feminism reveals itself for what it truly is: Misogyny.

Welcome to the club bitch, now get me a beer and STFU.

Erica is the primary reason I've cut down on slogging. She rarely posts anything that isnt some screechy femiprop diatribe. Her scope of interest is so limited and lopsided that most her posts are boring and predictable (Misogynists! Transit! . and the fact she is the most prolific Slog contributor cuts down on anything of interest out there. She also doesnt know how to properly link things or edit her posts so they wind up taking up several more pages than they should or what it warrants. Did I mention the piss poor quoting she does?

All in all she is the worst thing thats happened to slog and offers nothing.

Botox actually does have some legitimate medical purposes. The doctor I work for uses it to treat Parkinson's and other movement disorders. Medicare even pays for it. One patient came in the other day who I thought was just out of college. Turns out she was 89 years old.

I keep asking the doctor to save the leftover Botox for some after hours injection parties for her office staff. She said no. She also declined to sign a note declaring that I need medical marijuana. What a party pooper...

I can almost hear the ugly girl cackling when she found the weird pic of Nicole Kidman.

Bob, you're an ass.

I'm back from MN!

This just goes to show that Ginny got the lucky, never-to-be-repeated break of her life in "Sideways." (For more evidence, see "Firewall." Or "The Astronaut Farmer." Or "The Number 23.")

Wow.

That picture is just - um, well, all I can think of is images of Katherine Helmond's face swarthed in Saran Wrap and Jim Broadbent saying, "snip, snip, slice, slice - can you BELIEVE it?"

Uh, that Bob is not the same as this Bob. Anyway, ECB isn't ugly, she's totally cute.

PS - from the photo he posted on his blog Bob is not exactly what I'd call a looker. Not ugly, but certainly a scruffy hippie-type.

http://unbearablebobness.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/05/18/001.jpg

@19,

Club Bitch, did that recently open in Belltown? Oh, and if you think ECB is indicative of feminism or representative of all feminists, you're crazy. Now STFU and get me a cosmopolitan.

That is a bit shocking from the league of women voters.

And on a superficial note, I don't blame botox for the Nicole picture- its her hair. It is so light it blends with her skin, it is teased straight up, and her hairline is very high. These things combine to make her look like she is going bald. Her face is still cute, if a bit stiff.

I'm conflicted. On one hand, yeah, Botox is sort of retarded.

On the other, should we care what Nicole Kidman, or any woman, does to her face? Shit, why do we have such a huge personal investment in what she looks like? Ok, she's vain! Who cares?

I hope they got a bunch of cash for doing these events (cash that they will presumably use for a good cause), because this is pretty ridiculous/weird. It's a pretty big stretch to say that doing these types of events would allow them involve a new demographic of voters.

Oh, thanks for taking my tip. whew. When I got the 'invitation' I decided I had to go in a way that would indicate my life/liberty was at stake. Two straight hours of doublethink. Please see my blog for my report I submitted as a blog tip to the Stranger office.

The Real vs. The Fake. The battle never ends...

Real keeps getting defeated, but there's so much of it to be squashed & replaced with Products You Must Buy Now or Be Left Behind.

I'mm still irked that Nicole is "blonde". It's like it's a law anymore.

I remember an America when teeth were ... tooth colored.