I’m furiously trying to finish my

I’m furiously trying to finish my final graduate paper after wasting an inordinate amount of time playing Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook this past week, so posting will be light the next couple of days. Instead, I point you to this trademark image of Skinny Cow, a Nestle-owned brand of low-cal ice cream products, to discuss amongst yourselves.  I’ve tried Skinny Cow’s vanilla and mint dipper bars; they’re pretty tasty, but the sexualized bovine with a measuring tape encircling her abnormally shrunken waist leaves a lot to be desired.  For reasons I have yet to comprehend, there are even Skinny Cow scrapbooking events.  Not only is this image creepy for what it says about and promotes as goals for women, but also because it’s yet another example of women presented as meat objects — as well as a roundabout example of Suicide Food (sadly, aging dairy cows are not herded into dairy retirement homes).  Your thoughts?