Booty Pads: Can you tell?

You know, I thought this butt pad thing was just folklore, an urban legend. Never did I think people would actually put on padding to make it look like they were bigger than they were. And when did this whole cottage industry grow up around the fad? Celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and others, are obvious. Now there are even butt pad documentaries.

Butt pads apparently have been in style for quite a few years now. But their origins are still shrouded in mystery. I mean, how are they marketed? I've never seen a booty pad commercial. Never seen an advertisement. Of course, I don't read women's magazines, so maybe that's where they reside (along with at the club. Booty pads definitely reside at the club).
Maybe this is just a natural evolution from the shoulder pad thing. Somebody simply took one of those shoulder pads out and put it under their dress.
Of course, the evidence has been around us for some time now. Celebrities, even random chicks, have been stuffing the stocking with merchandise. And it's a good question now, when you see a roundly-endowed chick, is it Real or [Gluteus] Maximus?
But the question is, is this a fad, or are booty pads here to stay? And would you wear one?








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Tyra Loves Booty

Aaah, Tyra Banks must be a black man. Why? Because she seems to love a big booty just like one. Doesn't matter if it's hers, a man's or a womans.
Tyra is a grabber, too.
This revelation is not new to anyone who watches her top-rated show, but I don't watch it so I usually get my fill from "Talk Soup" or commercials.
But does Tyra want to promote big bootiness to all her fans? Do people want a donk or is a regular one quite okay?
Tyra promotes the donk. Despite the fact that 90% of her target audience shrieks in terror at the thought of owning a true glutus maximus.
And who better than Buffie "The Body," who has actually put in unknown manhours to achieve that back end, to appear to Tyra's show.
She says, and I quote: "The girls with the hips and the booty were the popular girls at school. ... I don't like being skinny." So she went to the booty doctor. "He gave me a list of foods that was high in calories .. i went from like 119 [lbs] to 170 now." Really? (Cue the wide-eyed excitement).
Does Buffie expect us to believe that she got all that from spinach?




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How.com: How to do the 'Beyonce Booty lift'?

It's been rare times when I've actually shook my head at the Internet, but I did recently when I ran across a How.com post on "How to do the Beyonce booty lift."
Now, initially I thought this was a dance move or something, but this is evidently an exercise that benefits the gluts.
The heck with Richard Simmons, or Bowflex, somebody wants some "Crazy in Love" type junk in the truck (Bey is only average back there, right?).
I guess, watching a video just wasn't enough; somebody had to gumption to actually sit down and write out a step-by-step instruction manual on booty liftness.
What's next, the Lil Wayne cup-raise?

Let Your Man Stare at Others? Hmmm

Had to repost this letter to LaDawn Black, East Coast radio personality and relationship guru/author. I think she kind of missed the boat on this one though. What do you think?


Dear LaDawn:

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 2 years and in that time we have never cheated on each other. We have also been able to build a successful business together. One of the biggest problems we have is that he has a fetish with females' bootys. There have been a few times when he has been gawking at a girl's butt and I have found it disrespectful. Now its at a point that he does it and he lies about it. After seeing him do it several times I have reached a conclusion that I don't want to deal with it at all. I talked to him about it in the past several times, I explained to him how it makes me feel disrespected, it hurts and if I would have known that it would be like this in the beginning, I would not have engaged in this type of a relationship with him, I would have kept him as a friend. He protests that this is a small thing and that I should not be bothered by it and the fact that I am bothered by it is my problem.

We have both invested a lot into our relationship and our business, but I feel like his immature behavior is causing me a great deal of stress which in turn is affecting the business and everything else. He says often (and I know it to be true) that things could always be worse. I tell him, "Should become accustomed to settling for less?"

Please tell me if this is just some psychosis of my own mind, blatant immaturity, disrespect or something that comes along with dating a black man in Northern California.

Sister:

Let me be really honest with you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with looking/gawking/appreciating the human form. If your man likes to look, let him look because the truth is that you probably get your "look" on when a fine brother crosses your path. The difference is that you are probably more subtle, your man doesn't care and doesn't notice or you don't discuss your fondness for broad shoulders or sexy lips with him. Yes, you are being extremely sensitive and to ask the man not to notice other women is simply insanity. There is nothing wrong with looking. When he tries to get closer to the booty by asking its phone number or following it home -- then get concerned.

REALLY?

Big Lips On Rise Despite Economy

Lips make a person.
It's been said that most people can get away with funny colored eyes, perhaps an odd shaped nose, but lips?
You gotta have some presentable lips in a functioning society. Which may be why, despite our little recession-depression, botox-injected lips continue to hold steady, according to doctors. While the economic has put the crunch on face-lifts, tummy tucks and all kinds of body modification, big lips are sucking up ('scuse the pun) the void.

Those in the know say lip pumpers cost less than injections. So, people - men and women - are going the pump route to have fuller lips. In Russia especially are full lips enjoying a craze.
Now, why the craze, you may say? Well, for some they simply want to look younger (nothing like injecting collagen into the lips to bring back 20- 30 years), but for others they are just addicted.
Of course, I don't have to tell you that black women have been castigated, ridiculed and ostracized because of their round, full lips. But the question is why are people now trying to imitate what they used to denigrate? What changed?

Study: Pear-Shaped Booties Better Than Apple-shaped

'The apple shape is more dangerous."
That's the actual quote that jumps out at you from a new study about disease linked to body shape.
First of all what is it with these doctors and food analogies for the human anatomy? What's next, banana-shaped penises over celery-shaped? Anyway, a new study now says it is actually healthier for a woman with a big butt and who is top heavy. Apparently it decreases the risk of diabetes. According to the study done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, hip fat and buttock fat act to block harmful deposits that thinner, skinnier women would be exposed to. It's not all good news for the pears though: Maladies such as osteoporosis, varicose veins, eating disorders, and even negative self-image perceptions such as low self-esteem are more common in women who carry extra weight in the lower body, Dr. Eric Braverman says. Dr. Braverman is an author on nutritional subjects, but has his sayers and naysayers.