"I have recently discovered that, along with the Lifetime Network's ridiculous programs such as "Lisa Willams: Life Among the Dead" and "America's Psychic Challenge," there is a large portion of their website dedicated to astrology, numerology, runes, tea leaves, and feng shui. There is no disclaimer that this is for entertainment purposes only. They seem to fully believe in and endorse it as a legitimate practice. I have emailed them numerous times to get them to pull their endorsement of these silly notions, with no response. Their astrologer, Christopher Renstrom, gives out advice on things such as health problems by explaining that their conditions will get better when their planet starts acting right again."-- From a letter to the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)
I've tried to make the case (as has Steve Salerno in his book "SHAM: How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless") that women and woo are a real problem. But, unfortunately, any man that says that will be accused - by women - of just being a mean ol' misogynist, so I'll now back away from the female firing squad and just let this incriminating letter, about the intellectually lazy lady's network, stand on it's own.
As a self-appointed member of the feminist firing squad, I'd like to say, on the record, that I agree with you, CMC. Lifetime is for twits (especially if one watches it religiously [pun intended]). So is most of the programming directed at women (and let's not even go near the "Grey's Anatomy" zone). You are right on women and woo being a problem too. What can I say... I'm not proud of my gender sometimes.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Loved your subtitle under TMR late yesterday. :)