Inside Out: Nelly's AppleBottom Contest

[carolyne]

Quick comment and question...

Many of you seem upset and offended by Nelly's Apple Bottoms. Are you all upset at the name? the concept? or the contest?

I'm just trying to get a feel for the disgust.

[desirethegreat1]

When does this air? I have never heard of it...is it new?

Eventhough I haven't seen it...it sounds pretty stupid.

[darling1]

Originally posted by librasoul22
Okay I didn't see the show, but I just wanted to play devil's advocate.

Y'all know if Kid Rock or Fred Durst had clothing lines it would be the same thing. These guys degrade (white) women all the time. So basically, although this show was (I guess) casting black women in a horrible light, it isn't JUST black women who are being degraded by male artists.

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i'm not white so my concern primarily isn't with that population. .

i do hear your point and it is a sad state of affairs all around.

[darling1]

Originally posted by carolyne
Quick comment and question...

Many of you seem upset and offended by Nelly's Apple Bottoms. Are you all upset at the name? the concept? or the contest?

I'm just trying to get a feel for the disgust.

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i think i am offended by the whole concept. i am all for someone making money as an entrepreneur, but i get tired of there being so many programs that seem to show us as ghetto bunny hootchies with no brains and wanting to be the next video ho'.

thank the Lord for the remote because i can choose what to what and my station right now is the Discovery Health Channel, particularly the BIRTH DAY SHOW .

[RedefinedDiva]

Actually, I was not offended at all. That's on them. It was just a bunch of women trying to get a spokesmodel gig. Just like CK, Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, etc. have to get stick figures to model their brand, AppleBottoms needed to find someone to represent for them.

I would have to agree with that comment that it was done a lot more tastefully than I expected. Some women jumped off the deep end, like the leopard-print stripper outfit and the chick that pulled her pants down to show her thong. I thought that it was going to be a lot more scandalous than it was. It could have been a lot worse.

If anyone noticed, the calmest, most down-to-earth chick won the contest. She wasn't droppng it all over the place like the chick with the dreads. She had a good personality, and she came out sexy, yet she wasn't really putting it in everyone's face. Everyone else was acting as if they were trying out for the Hot in Herrrre (remix) video. To me, the best person won (out of those selected).

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally posted by Neosoulchild
I caught the end of this show, and I believe I heard the winner say something about going into broadcasting... Did anyone else hear this? And how do you think this could affect her future career in journalism?

She'll be a broadcaster for BET . . .Didn't you see The Player's Club.











**just jokes**
I have more to say but I am finally about to leave work after 11.5 hours.

[Virtual Violet]

Originally posted by carolyne
Quick comment and question...

Many of you seem upset and offended by Nelly's Apple Bottoms. Are you all upset at the name? the concept? or the contest?

I'm just trying to get a feel for the disgust.

For me, its the contest.

[ClassyLady]

Originally posted by carolyne
Quick comment and question...

Many of you seem upset and offended by Nelly's Apple Bottoms. Are you all upset at the name? the concept? or the contest?

I'm just trying to get a feel for the disgust.

I'm not so much offended as I am annoyed. I am truly annoyed that women continue to subject themselves to this kind of objectification (sp? is that a word?). We need to be smarter than that. I don't care what color the girls are. Women need to step it up and stop taking this kind of nonsense from men just becuase they promise money or fame in return. If some of these women spent as much time doing for themselves as they did waiting for some man to do for them, they would be where they want to be already.

A Man Is Not A Plan.

[cjoanell]

I saw the entire show...... I don't think I approve of how the went about the search, although I understand that they want an everyday girl as a representive... AppleBottom as a name don't understand. The concept itself, to me, is the same concept as J.Lo's line and Fubu's line. ... clothes for the everyday woman with curves. I have heard many people approving of how J.Lo's line fits and I own some Fubu clothes and they fit me great.. (I must admit that babygirl has a lot of back ) From the little things I saw the ladies model, I haven;t seen anything too impressive. I guess we'll have to wait to see

[9dstpm]

I watched it strictly because there was nothing else on Saturday morning after SpongeBob went off. I thought it was a shame that those girls were shaking their hind-parts and thought that it was a good way to get ahead in life as opposed to going to college and actually working. Then my other issue is that all the girls he picked were stick thin and had long hair. To me, this is not your everyday average girl. I would have like to have seen some sistahs who wear a size 20 and have not so long hair that looked pretty together.