Putting Real-Sized Women On TV? That's A "Cynical Ploy"!

There’s this insane Times article about how Lifetime is for women and Spike is for men? So many things about it are suspect. (Including the line that Lifetime “recently started a separate, movies-only channel.” The Lifetime Movie Network actually began in 1998?) And then: “It’s a tough call as to which is the more cynical ploy: brazenly playing to a female audience that probably could stand to lose a few pounds or shamelessly playing to a male audience that likes to fantasize about women more gorgeous than actually exist in real life.” So Lifetime’s damned if it puts normal-looking women on TV and damned if it doesn’t, I guess. Messed up. And then it calls Project Runway a show for women. (Color me baffled, ladies!) It wraps up with a sarcastic take on a woman’s “perfect day” which includes getting kidnapped and having a “fattening lunch.” We actually emailed Lifetime for comment but the publicist was off on jury duty, no doubt collecting some fresh women-in-danger plotlines, so.