August 05, 2005

Most Disturbing Product poll. That is, most disturbing products actually for sale. (post on feministing.com found via this post on Bitch Ph.D.)
posted by Melinika 19 years ago
  • I think I'd have to vote for the "cleansing film". Obviously women have not spent nearly enough time reviling their genitals. The vulva purse isn't so bad but does remind me of this other thing I linked to in an Eek!.
  • The vulva purse isn't disturbing. The toilet on the other hand--that's nasty.
  • Luckily, I'm not forced to buy any of them. And if I meet anyone sporting most of them, I'll know to avoid them.
  • The toilet is weird and ugly. The 'cleansing film' is for women who think *they're* weird and ugly, so I don't like that either (since women aren't weird and ugly, natch). I agree with path on this -- anyone who uses any of these is best given a wide berth.
  • Blowfish used to have a vulva handpuppet that was very detailed.
  • What's with the inclusion of the chair, it seems okay to me. The rest are definitely eligible.
  • The toilet is the most disturbing, but almost all of them set off my disturbometer. On the other end, the placenta chair is easily the least weird of the lot to me: it just looks like a funky modern chair of some sort if you don't know the story that goes with it. The two pillows would be ok by me if they weren't deliberately shaped like people. I like the idea of the pillow that wraps around me, but I don't want to think of it as an embrace, just something that supports me when I sleep on my side.
  • More than disturbing, I find most quite crass (with the exception of that placenta chair... seems comfy). Now, this was disturbing. At least Virgin Atlantic reacted to public pressure.
  • Thanks for the link to Bitch Ph.D., Melinka. Cool blog!
  • I like the toilet. But it looks like a regular toilet painted black with a mannequin (don't feel like looking up correct spelling) propped up behind it.
  • I think we should all chip in and get the quidnuc kid a cell phone girlfriend (or was it kitfisto that was bitching about being single?). If you marry her in a virtual ceremony, you even end up with a virtual mother-in-law who really does call you in the middle of the night on your cellphone to ask where you are and whether you have been treating her daughter right. THAT is frikin' hilarious.
  • I'll have you know Mrs kitfisto and I are very happy, thanks. although the virtual girlfriend thing doesn't sound to bad...