Blog 8: Maxim's "Unsexiest" List

My last blog was about the new Axe Shower Gel and their attempt to out-do themselves with their new sexually-encouraging commercial contest. It appears that Maxim is doing much of the same. In an attempt to be even more sexist that usual, Maxim, which annually releases a very much-hyped sexiest women alive list, recently unleashed a new list.

This list is the "Unsexiest List." In other words, they are blatantly calling these women ugly, which may be better because at least they would honest. The list included Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker and Britney Spears among others. Not only did Maxim list the girls, but they also described in detail why these female celebrities are so unappealing. They didn't shy away from their true feelings, either.

I can't help but wonder why this list was created. It is because these five women repulse the collective Maxim staff so much that they had to do something about it? I doubt it. My guess is that it was done for sheer publicity through debate and shock value. What is certain is that they have achieved in their goal.

The message this is sending to young girls is as bad as anything else Maxim has ever done. What are all the girls who like Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker supposed to think now? Their idols have been labeled as the ugliest in Hollywood. Not only do these young girls have to look like the women on Maxim's sexiest list, but now they probably feel like they shouldn't look like any of the five women on the unsexiest list. Maxim, like Axe, never ceases to shock me.

PS: The story I found, which I am sure has ran on countless other websites in countless other stories, is as follows:

The folks over at Maxim magazine think it's too easy picking Charlize Theron as the Sexiest Woman Alive. They'd rather weigh in on who's unsexy.

The unfortunate recipient of the lad mag's Unsexiest title is "Sex & the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, whose character Carrie Bradshaw is not only in high demand with the opposite sex, but is also a fashion diva among the fair sex.

Maxim, however, points out her more, um, equine features: "How the hell did this Barbaro-faced broad manage to be the least sexy woman in a group of very unsexy women and still star on a show with 'sex' in the title? Pull your skirt down, Secretariat, we'd rather ride Chris Noth."

In the runner-up position is the Beehived One herself, "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse, whose "openly hemorrhaging translucent skin, rat's nest mane and lashes that look more like surgically attached bats."

On the small screen, "Grey's Anatomy" star Sandra Oh took third place for playing "Dr. McSkinny, with her cold bedside manner and boyish figure."

Rounding out the Unsexy 5 is Madonna in the penultimate position "with a mug that looks Euro-sealed to her skull." The heir to her pop princess throne, Britney Spears, took last place because, "Less than five years ago, Britney had a python wrapped around her well-toned torso onstage at the VMAs. Since then, she's lost the ability to perform, but gained two kids, two useless ex-husbands, and about 23 pounds of Funyun pudge."