The website….just wow I dont even know what to say. It changed my life.

Wait what?! A reality show with substance? There has to be a catch.

Yeah, nothing improves self-esteem like being lectured by the woman who painted her nipples with lipstick in Showgirls.

another stupid reality show? i'm so…scared.

If this show isn't called "Dancin' Ain't Fuckin'" I am going to write a sternly worded letter.

Wow. I just went to the site and I think I'm full blown gay now. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

I'm so excited.. I'm so… scared!!!

Isn't Ask Elizabeth also known as "Leave Your Inhibitions at the Door"?
Other possible names for her reality show:
"Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck."
"Get the Fuck Off My Car!"
"Fucker! Fuck Off!"
"She Looks Better than a Ten-Inch Dick and You Know It!"
"You can Fuck Me When You Love Me. "
"I'm Gettin' a Little too Old for that Whorey Look"
"Somehow I got in a Fucking Movie with that Fucker Kyle MacLachlan when He had a Severe Fucking Lapse in Judgement."
Or to make it simple for the obvious viewership they would have:
"Fuck x 100"

i wish i could come up with a caffeine pills joke right now

Pink comic sans! my day is complete.

OK I am conflicted here, because my Nomi Malone-o-Meter compels me to make fun of this, but I honestly think it's pretty cool that EB is focusing her efforts on adolescent female esteem.

OK, on to the snark: The use of flash on that site is nearly criminal, and it made my brain leak out of my ears. The voice reads popcorny and fluffy, like the self (no) help columns in Teen or 16 magazine (you know, the ones we all read when we were 11 and 12 and thought the advice was cheesy). I remember when Sassy first came out, and what a revelation it was to read things in a plain voice about issues I could actually connect to.

I think kids are even savvier now than when I was a teenager. While I think the idea is sound, the obvious care to avoid controversy dilutes the messages to the point where they read like a "Hang in There, Baby!" poster. I don't know how seriously girls will take the effort if they feel pandered to.

Cord, I just saw the picture of your future awesome scar. I feel your pain, hon. My husband accidentally made me laugh on the way back home from the hospital after giving birth via c-section and I was in agony. I healed up really fast, though, and I wish the same for you. I recommend you carry around one of those little back scratchers, though, cause that bitch is gonna itch like crazy in a few months.

I got curious about today's adolescent esteem messaging, so I just hunted around google and came across this:

http://www.bebooksonline.co.uk.....efault.htm

I think it's pretty brilliant, in that it speaks in an adolescent voice but still carries a positive message. The questions seem like ones kids would actually ask, and the answers are straightforward without implying a master morality.

I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that our country handles teen sexuality (and sexuality in general) in hushed tones, which actually fosters more confusion and shame when kids enter into puberty - a time already awkward enough To barrage kids with overtly sexual videos (Christina Aquilera's "Dirrty" comes to mind) and then follow it up with pretty pink princesses and rainbows when the time comes for them to ask questions about their own changing bodies just feels like a huge disservice.

dang, I was hoping for some hearty debate from you biddies. Looks like I am going to have to keep on talking to my dog while he stares at me in pity.

I was trying to get myself worked up for a good hearty debate, killorn. However, sadly, I am a slouch tonight.

I can do devil's advocate.

I am aware that you are a very "on the ball" opponent.

I think you would be so much fun to debate, but I just don't have that energy right now.

But I know we can have some fun when I am feeling sharp and witty.

I will need a few beers. :-)

Ok killorn (I know you will get it). I compare her attempt to get to teens the same as Madorianna's (for those in the unawares it is a combination of madonna and Dorian… the literary impaired will never get it) attempt to write children's books.