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    I hear what you're saying and while I very much agree with you in theory, I guess my point is that money talks. Advertisers and publishers keep VERY close tabs on what increases and decreases sales. If they see that scrawny models impact sales negatively, TRUST ME, they'll start using healthier women so fast our heads would spin. Each time we make a purchase, we're voting with our dollars.

     

    Money always talks, however, those who say that we should no longer buy the mags who endorse these ridiculously thin girls is correct. The problem with that is the age old question: How do you get people who b!tch about a common cause to ban together to do SOMETHING positive? People are fickle and their thoughts are fleeting. It is idealistic and comes from a good place but we will never shut down the "thin" mags as long as there are overweight teenagers with low self-esteem, who continue to dream skinny. The last time we did anything good with a major protest was the VietNam War(conflict). B/F you spew any venom, I am certainly not comparing the wage on weight with the wage of war. My point is that it is difficult in today's society to get people to unite for any reason. They can complain and express their opinions online, as I do, but to actually take action, it will most likely never happen. Organizing people for one cause is probably more difficult than brain surgery.

     

    How I long for the old protest songs where the writers actually had something intelligent to sing about, and people were unafraid to peacefully protest in the streets. The only groups that I can think of who do this today is the Gay Pride parades and the Ku Klux Klan. Where are the rest of us utilizing our right to freedom of speech and peaceful protest of any kind? Simply, we have no majority in numbers to justify it. Not many have the guts of a Cindy Sheehan to start a grassroots organization for anything.

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    DAME HELEN'S HOT LITTLE NUMBER

     

    Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

    3amgirls

     

     

    DAME Helen Mirren is slipping into some hot gear for tomorrow's Baftas bash.

    Helen, 61, up for best actress for The Queen, plans to pull on sensible undies in case there's a nip in the air.

    She told us: "I'm not chancing a chill on the red carpet - I've already picked out my thermals.

     

    I LOVE this woman!

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