BrownFemiPower blogs about the Miss Landmine Beauty Pagent:
Now, I’m not sure what I think about this pageant beyond the fact that I think that the name is repulsive (as I’ve said in several places, would we make a pageant called “Miss Rape Victim”? Or “Miss Car Crash”?–and what are the implications of “beautifying” the violence done to female bodies?)–but I do want to say that I think it’s *vitally* important for feminists to be just as critical of this pageant as they would any other pageant (no matter what their final conclusions are).
Sounds like a hoax to me. The only news outlet to cover this story was FauxNews, that does not speak highly of its credibility.
At first blush, I feel similarly about the pageant as I do about these commercials. My opinion is of course partial and uninformed.
yes, I definitely responded to the news (which I saw in the mainstream press) with some dubiosity — I mean, I’m all for amputees regaining their lives and sense of self-worth, but objectification can’t be the right way to that end . . .
I thought it must be a hoax too. But it was covered fairly well in the media in Europe, especially Norway (of course). I checked the Norwegian government site as well and it did, indeed, provide money for this project.