When I covered Xtina's nude-knocked-up pics, I totally neglected to dicover that Maxim has a slideshow of the hottest pregnant women.
It is, of course, not very interesting choice-wise. Maxim is generally
boringly celebrity A-list fawn-y, only Monica Belluci is a good
selection, and if you're gonna do it, uh, how can you leave out Gabby
Reece? But leaving aside the merits of the Maxim slideshow
selection process, I just feel even more annoyed with the pregnant-hot
thing. There's the tagline: "When you're Christina Aguilera, you can
pull off swollen ankles." Wow guys, thanks for your generosity in still
finding your favorite pinups sexy even when they are with child. Oh, or
Halle Berry's bit: "Descriptions
like 'over 40' and 'with child' aren´t usually things we associate with
looking hot, but Halle pulls off both better than anyone we´ve seen." Hmmm, why is this "we'd still do you knocked up" thing feeling just this side of condescending?
Maybe it's also lines like this when talking about Naomi Watts...
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