{"id":766,"date":"2008-09-30T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2008\/10\/2008_10_01_0337.php"},"modified":"2017-02-08T04:27:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T04:27:23","slug":"the-faveo-freedom-bra-nsfw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/09\/30\/the-faveo-freedom-bra-nsfw","title":{"rendered":"The Faveo Freedom Bra (NSFW)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"370\" height=\"277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-EUnvL1Tkjo\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>If you need a fucking <strong>6 minute<\/strong> instructional video for a bra, there&#8217;s something seriously wrong with the product.\nI&#8217;ve got a simpler, cheaper solution: DUCT TAPE.<\/li>\n<li>I would&#8217;ve let the whole thing slide if they had used a <strong>sexy<\/strong> model&#8230; after all, who <strong>doesn&#8217;t<\/strong> love boobies right?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- \/\/ --><!--more--><!-- \/\/ -->\n<p>With regards to #2: No, I <strong>do not<\/strong> consider my standards &#8220;unfair&#8221; as far as models go&#8230; here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>A photographer friend of mine told Cris how &#8220;fat&#8221; a model was (who happened to be her friend). As usual, there was that debate on beauty being subjective, that he was being unfair, etc. etc. And his argument was (which I paraphrased below):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re being <strong>paid<\/strong> to look good; then you better damn well try your best to be perfect. If you plan to make a career out of it&#8230; then dieting, having cosmetic surgery, etc. to &#8220;fix&#8221; whatever &#8220;imperfections&#8221; you have is <strong>not<\/strong> unreasonable. You weren&#8217;t coerced into the modeling business, so stop making excuses just to make yourself feel better.<\/p>\n<p>As a model, if you think you&#8217;re beautiful as you are (or what the songs say), then good for you &#8211; but don&#8217;t complain if <em>other<\/em> people find you unattractive because of those same imperfections you desperately try so hard to defend&#8230; especially if you&#8217;re in the business of exposing yourself to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Cris relayed to me what he said; I agreed. Hell, even Cris agreed. It was easy for me to understand him as I had the same sentiment about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/06\/2008_06_09_0006.php\" title=\"read post\">[ugly] camera whores<\/a> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_766_1('footnote_plugin_reference_766_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_766_1('footnote_plugin_reference_766_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_766_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_766_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">And those people are not even models &#8211; but I still can be harsh hehehe.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_766_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_766_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8211; my opinion on the matter seemed to coincide with this &#8220;truth&#8221; shared by our friend.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And just to add to the &#8220;ugly cam-whore&#8221; argument (I didn&#8217;t get the chance to say this on that post): Photos are made to be <strong>seen<\/strong> by people. 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