Hillbilly Hussy Complaints (letters to Editor)

News and Observer (Raleigh, NC) ^ | May 14, 2002 | Various

[RippleFire]

Letter 1

Of all days

On Mother's Day, I opened up the paper to a full-page assault on my sense of decency. The page 3A Hudson Belk ad showed what I could only call a "hillbilly hussy" seductively showing her curves. This is a form of pornography that really makes me sick because whole families look at your newspaper.

Little kids look at this and say, "Wow, my mom doesn't look like that." Poor frumpy-looking mothers (like me) who contain a BIG heart, who endlessly pour out sacrifice and love for their family (as opposed to the outpouring of breasts from a skimpy swimsuit) ask, "Is this all that matters?"

I want Belk's to issue a public apology. The venue in which all could see this display also needs to realize that a newspaper should be worth more than just lining for the litterbox.

Nancy Brockhoff

Wake Forest

Letter 2

Poor lesson

On your page 3A on May 12 was an advertisement that contradicts your own representation as being a "teaching tool" for young students.

By accepting such ads, what is The N&O trying to teach?

LaVerne Domach

Newport

The ad in question. Original was full newspaper page.

[RippleFire]

MAC, the cosmetics company that found increased visibility with ad campaigns starring eccentrics like RuPaul, K.d. Lang, and Lil' Kim, have just announced that Sandra Bernhard is the cover model for their 2002 summer collection called ' Pool Party'. This is a limited edition makeup collection which includes a lipstick named "Sandy B". The visual is stunning (see below) and will be on all MAC Counters and in MAC Stores from May 9 'til July 2002. Get it while you can!

Ladies, I sympathize, but be glad it wasn't Ru Paul! As for the cosmetics company, what are they thinking of? This girl needs more than cosmetics.

[billbears]

The venue in which all could see this display also needs to realize that a newspaper should be worth more than just lining for the litterbox.

Belk's issue an apology? That'll happen, sure. And the first writer was correct. All the N&O is good for is litterbox lining

[white trash redneck]

Little kids look at this and say, "Wow, my mom doesn't look like that." Poor frumpy-looking mothers (like me) who contain a BIG heart, who endlessly pour out sacrifice and love for their family (as opposed to the outpouring of breasts from a skimpy swimsuit) ask, "Is this all that matters?"

Any "little kids" who compare their moms to a model don't fit my definition of "little kids." The letter writer has issues of her own, and should leave her brats out of it.

[D.P.Roberts]

Wow! Talk about Nancy Brockhoff putting her envy on parade.

[Hodar]

You nailed that one ... These women have 'issues', and no doubt tons of 'junk in the trunk'.

[Jeff Chandler]

Didn't she co-star in a movie with Sigorney Weaver? What was the name of that movie... oh, yeah, ALIEN !!!

[Jeff Chandler]

Girls, remember to take your vitamins.