Comments on: Naked Golden Oprah

By: Bobolink

Bobolink — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:41:00 +0000

Oprah got working class woman reading. And that spilled over to others. This was a major cultural accomplishment.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:28:10 +0000

Oprah Winfrey is an icon of female empowerment. Her message to females young and old is to take hold of one’s life and own it. I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

By: Dr.Whiplash

Dr.Whiplash — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:30:10 +0000

“Chromeman” has made a very astute observation. The Venus of Willendorf is one of the first known created images of a human. Any classically trained artist would have studied the image in art history class, therefore it was probably inspirational in the Oprah image… especially if one notes the treatment of the hair. It also looks a bit like several other famous carvings, the Venus of Lespugue seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Venus_de_Lespugue_%28replica%29.jpg
the Vénus gravettienne de Savignano, seen here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Savignano_face.jpg
and the Ishtar/Inanna/Ashtart breast-offering carving, now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Note to alex99a - Heres my take: Oprah began to make real money when the networks realized she commanded the coveted “soap opera” audience, consisting of ostensibly lonely unemployed housewives. Advertisers love an audience who is easily led, and Oprah had demonstrated that when she recommended a course of action to her troops, they would follow. Her “Book Club” reviews of books virtually guaranteed best-seller status. Advertisers so wanted to reach these easily influenced women (who controlled the proverbial purse strings), that they were willing to pay her inflated rates to advertise on her show. Oprah confessed that she was a victim of sexual abuse by an uncle, a cousin, and a friend of the family starting at the age of nine, and Oprah’s earlier shows often consisted of a good bit of male-bashing, which her nearly all-female audience (3 out of 4) ate up with a spoon. In fact, once a woman in her audience made a derogatory comment about gays, and her response inspired an uproarious, screaming, standing ovation: “You know what I’m tired of”, replied Winfrey, “heterosexual males raping and sodomizing young girls. That’s what I’m tired of.” Oprah’s pandering paid off, and now her loyal audience has grown along with her (and her fortune, now over 2.5 billion), and she has cut back on the male bashing of yore.

By: alex99a

alex99a — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:19:32 +0000

I wish someone could explain Oprah Winfry to me.

By: Aphrodite

Aphrodite — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:26:43 +0000

I think it’s gorgeous too, but I’d bet my next paycheck that you’re right, Eve, Oprah and lots of other people will focus on its curviness and see “fat” instead of “real woman.” I think our culture is too used to seeing Photoshopped celebs that are sticks before the pixels get sliced away.

By: Eve

Eve — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:17 +0000

That’s so beautiful. Sadly, my first thought was that she would see it and think she looked fat. :(

Eve

By: Chromeman

Chromeman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:58:20 +0000

Reminds me about this old neolithic female goddess of fertility:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/humm/Courses/Religion/Resources/lespugue.jpg

By: The Countess

The Countess — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:34:26 +0000

That is beautiful. It reminds me of the Kama Sutra chocolates I’ve seen.

By: Dr.Whiplash

Dr.Whiplash — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:37:05 +0000

I’ve always heard you’d hardly recognize her without her make-up…
(I’m guessing she didn’t pose for it…)

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:57:44 +0000

That is gorgeous!!