Does Alex on MSNBC think she is at the beach?

[jodymarie aimee]

Joy Ann just finished and I didn't quick change the channel....look what she has got on....yikes !!!

[monmouth4]

1. Unprofessional..n/t

[Hortensis]

44. Actually, it IS a "professional" look for women cable anchors these days.

Dignity and modesty are not just no longer requirements for on-screen "professionals," they are often proscribed. Most cable programming is first of all entertainment, after all.

Just look at CNN's long discussion of bump stocks and gun rights elbowing aside little, unimportant things like children's healthcare, SCOTUS's gerrymandering case, the newest tax scan to transfer increasingly large amounts of our national wealth to a few.

I opened this thread thinking it'd be about something else, btw, and find involved discussion of a blouse.

[calimary]

53. Just look at Pox Noise.

I noticed that NBC has been trying to redo Megyn Kelly's look, having her wear a few more demure things, less peek-a-boo or "come-hither".

[Hortensis]

87. Oh, really? Poor dear. CNN and MSNBC are both trying to be more "poxy"

to draw Fox viewers, and most of MSNBC and CNN are now on my drop-dead list, so I didn't realize. I did read her show's in trouble.

Who knows, though. Since so many people have been turned into zuckerheads, caring more about what the personalities are wearing and being entertained with the latest manufactured/sensationalized violence or scandal than real news, perhaps it'll help. I thought her serious haircut, losing the hackneyed glam locks, was her big restyling.

[politicaljunkie41910]

162. Alex doesn't appear to be revealing any more than the Twitt, RNC Spokesperson Kayleigh Mcenany is

later in the segment. Both of them are exposing their shoulders and both seem to be covered up to their neck, except that Alex's hair and skin tone are so similar in color that it makes her look like she has little to nothing across the chest but that doesn't appear to be the case.

However, if it is a case where MSNBC is trying to force their female anchors to appear more sexy, than shame on the network, and they should hear from their viewers if they are trying to follow in the steps of Faux News to attract ratings.

[ananda]

91. Professional as in "pro" I guess.

..

[Hortensis]

98. Won't go there. We'd all be pros if conforming to required appearances were the definition.

Lol. The subject reminds me of a ruralish Italian restaurant down in Florida. All the servers, middle-aged women of various figure...profiles, wear t-shirts and black tights. Don't know who started it or if anyone's insisting they keep it up, but it and some good recipes do make that restaurant memorable. Suspect they may like letting people know they're still sexual beings who still have something to strut. At least that, and tips, are reasons I could identify with.

[cwydro]

161. Really?

Sigh.

[TheBlackAdder]

163. Man, and here I thought provincialism was more aligned with conservatives.

[rocktivity]

157. Not for NBC's Entertainment Tonight

For MSNBC News, however...


rocktivity

[WinkyDink]

2. It's RIDICULOUS. I mean, what the freak?!

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. I thought she looked like left over from Saturday night..forgot to change her

clothes....OMG as someone here said...sooo unprofessional....yikes!!

[AJT]

8. Someone made the "walk of shame" directly to work....

[RandySF]

155. No one would say that about a male anchor.

[AJT]

156. If he were wearing a roughed up tux people would know.....it would be embarrassing.

[woolldog]

4. She looks sexy.

Love the outfit choice.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. "Sexy" is not professional or appropriate for a news anchor.

But who wants professional-looking women on their TV? Women aren't good for anything unless they look sexy, right?

[BannonsLiver]

13. You got all of that from "she looks sexy"?

Yikes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Yes, actually.

If you're a man you probably don't get it, though.

[BannonsLiver]

36. yeah I don't don't shame women based on their looks.

So you're right. I don't understand.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. It's not slut-shaming. Nobody is accusing her of looking slutty.

She looks unprofessional, not dressed appropriately for her job as a major network news anchor. The male anchors are all dressed in business suits; why would a female anchor be dressed in a party or beach outfit? If I showed up at my (old) job wearing that top I'd be sent home to change clothes, but not because I looked "slutty" (at my age "slutty" would be a tough look to pull off), but because it would not be appropriate attire for appearing in front of the other professional people I was working with.

[BannonsLiver]

51. Fair enough. I'm not sure I agree in this particular case. But that's a thoughtful response.

[muriel_volestrangler]

114. See reply #10. It literally shouts 'shame!' at her and calls her dress 'slutty' (nt)

[question everything]

115. Well said, thank you

It is unfortunate that there are too many men - young and old - and even young women, who do not understand what a professional appearance mean.

On Friday Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC wore an almost sun dress, and had a forum of four men, all in suits and ties.

Ever since Michelle Obama, in 2008, was praised for her "sculptured" arms, all of a sudden many women appearing on TV - cable, network, local - feel, or their producers feel, that they have to show as much akin as possible, whether their arms and thighs are toned.

[WinkyDink]

92. Clothes are not part of the term "looks." Looks are not usually

changed on a daily basis.

[BannonsLiver]

111. Yeah, actually they are but thanks for the input.

[WinkyDink]

118. Yeah, no. "Looks," plural, is not the same as "a look" or "appearance." See:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126957-300-how-your-looks-betray-your-personality/

[a kennedy]

54. and Oh My, did anyone mention that to the faux noise women??

I do agree though, sexy dressing is NOT a requirement for news anchors.

[WinkyDink]

93. No point to that, I should think.

[calimary]

12. Just wondering here - are you male, by any chance?

"Sexy" for a NEWS ANCHOR????

Uh-uh, says THIS now-retired news anchor. That's not the point of a NEWS ANCHOR, okay? A NEWS ANCHOR is selling facts. NOT flagrant sex. And this is a NEWSCAST. NOT a peep show.

[tenderfoot]

14. Oh! Look at her! She's hot!

What did she say?

[leftstreet]

26. ...

[LuckyCharms]

45. LMAO. n/t

[WinkyDink]

90. You made the OP's point.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. That was a bit much.

I've always been a bit irritated at the fact that the news shows dress their female hosts in attire more appropriate for a night out on the town (sleeveless, with cleavage), while the men wear professional-looking business suits. This outfit was way over the top, though. Who let her out there wearing that? Or did they make her wear it?

[marybourg]

84. In the mid-seventies

professional women started balking at the "professional look" and started wanting to look "hot" also, as in "I can have it all". The first signs I noticed (I was an "older" professional woman) was strappy stiletto heels and sultry, long straight, unrestrained hair. This was still a minority "look" then, but it seems to have become nearly universal now, if what I've seen recently on lawyer/doctor shows on Netflix is anything to go by. But I'm long retired, so I don't really know.

And I find the dress, hair styles and obvious selection for appearance of the female anchors that I see (happily only in passing) on cable news offensive when contrasted to that of the male anchors.

[Orrex]

7. Without being too specific, what's she wearing?

I don't want to know details; an approximate description is plenty.

Clamdiggers? Jeggings? Shorts and t-shirt?


Is she in a studio or on location?

[calimary]

15. She's in-studio, in the anchor chair, and all you see is bare skin from the chest up.

She's wearing one of those drop-shoulder tops that looks like a beach cover-up. Those tops are fashionable right now and look great if you're after the come-hither look at a cocktail party or some such big night out. That is flatly NOT appropriate attire for a news anchor. And on a Sunday morning, to beat.

No one will win any points for calling me a prude, okay? But FOR PETE'S SAKE! That is the most massively inappropriate on-camera outfit I think I've ever seen! Worse even than what's paraded all day long, every day, year-round, on Pox Noise.

[Orrex]

17. I'm sure that Bill Hemmer will wear the same outfit in his next segment.

[BannonsLiver]

22. You'll be alright. I promise.

Deep breaths.

[calimary]

28. The patronizing can stop. RIGHT NOW. Thank you very much.

[BannonsLiver]

29. LOL

[cwydro]

24. I wish someone would post a pic.

Trying to figure out what’s got everyone all upset.

[Rhiannon12866]

68. It's called the "cold shoulder" look, doesn't look comfortable or warm enough:

[Me.]

37. They're Called Cold Shoulder Tops

I agree about non-professional but she has a habit/history of skirting the line. However, I did think she really crossed it this morning.

[tblue37]

63. The dress Megyn Kelly wore for her Putin interview was also inappropriate as heck:

[spiderpig]

136. Thank you for posting that.

Wasn't it in a promo for the fabulous interview? And in the "serious" conversation she wore more "serious" attire.

This shot was a head-turner when I first saw it. Nothing says "professional journalist" like a slinky off-the-shoulder dress slit up the thigh, accompanied by a pair of CFMs.

Women who spent their lives fighting for respect must be appalled.

[demmiblue]

43. Here is a pic:

[Orrex]

47. Can't wait for Roy Clark to bust out a solo on the fiddle! (nt)

[comradebillyboy]

77. You are showing your age there; Roy died 25 years ago.

[Orrex]

78. Not if we believe.

[Iggo]

105. Supposably.

[Zorro]

158. Roy's still here

[TexasBushwhacker]

159. Yup. 84. Not dead.

[comradebillyboy]

168. my mistake

[jodymarie aimee]

148. Orrex

love it....thanks for the wonderful laugh....

[cwydro]

49. Well, that is a bit jarring, but I guess she gets to choose what she wants to wear.

I’d feel like my shirt was falling off lol!

[melman]

113. That's it?

That's the outfit people are losing their minds over?

[phleshdef]

129. THAT is what all the fuss is about?

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Man, I don't see why anyone would care, really, if that bothers anyone, those bothered are the problem, not her clothes.

[melman]

138. "those bothered are the problem"

Exactly. Sometimes you have to step back and say 'maybe it's me'.

For anyone scandalized by that outfit, this would be on of those times.

[jmowreader]

145. I think the top is fine

Whoever did her makeup needs to be thrown out of the union, though...she looks half-dead.

[TheBlackAdder]

165. BREAKING: An Important Message From The Church Lady!

.



.

[madaboutharry]

9. The moment she came on the air,

I thought "What is she wearing?"

She has dressed this way before in really poor fashion choices.

[spiderpig]

140. Personal opinion here - but this cold-shoulder look is ridiculous

and will soon become as dated as 80s padded shoulders and 60s Nehru jackets.

Whenever I see someone wearing one on TV I think: "Don't you realize that in coming years you will cringe looking back at yourself?

A well-tailored sleeveless dress is one thing (although I'm not fond of looking at armpits of any gender in a news environment), but this style reeks of "sloppy" and "ain't I current?" I wish it would go away.

[calimary]

10. I noticed that immediately. SHAME on her! I tweeted about that to her.

@AlexWitt Dear God, Alex, would you mind PUTTING SOME CLOTHES ON? PLEASE?? Horribly inappropriate on-camera outfit for a news anchor!

@AlexWitt Who OK'd your "anchoring" the news with all that bare skin showing? HORRIBLY inappropriate! Credibility, NOT semi-nudity! @msnbc

SHAME on her. Jodymarie aimee, you're absolutely right. You wear stuff like that to the beach. NOT to the news set. Unless, I suppose, if it's the Playboy Channel or some such thing.

I'm very uneasy about all that "look how my clothes are almost falling off!" fashion that's so pervasive right now. All those bare-shoulder tops that are okay if it's a cocktail party or an awards night or a heavy date that is deliberately planned to end in the bedroom. I WAS a news anchor when I was younger. Even on radio, I understood how important it was to dress for credibility. When I was working, women were just starting to gain entree - not only into the newsroom but actually on the air. That was back when the only female on the news set was the weather girl or some other professional cutie-pie who did the feature story or the kicker at the end of the news cast, and even then, said cutie-pie dressed at least somewhat appropriately. Back then, your credibility was all you had - ESPECIALLY for women trying to break through that particular glass ceiling. When I started, straight out of college radio in the mid-'70s, there were almost NO women in any significant positions. My first several jobs were because they had no women, at all, and needed one to be able to "check that box". Back then, a woman NEVER dressed like that - unless, of course, she wanted the boss's couch instead of the anchor chair.

Shit - I remember going to radio conventions where I was the only female wearing a blazer. Most of the other women there were dressed like Alex Witt chose to dress, for on-air, this morning. DISGRACEFUL!!!

I hope women all over America are tweeting to her about how slutty and inappropriate she's "dressed", while purporting to anchor the news. GOD, why didn't she just go on, wearing a bikini forcryingoutloud!

[melman]

121. You've got to be kidding with this

DISGRACEFUL and "slutty"? For showing shoulders.

[BannonsLiver]

11. Lots of Judgy McJudgersons on this thread.

[madaboutharry]

21. I don't think pointing out a fact is being judgy.

She looks ridiculous.

[BannonsLiver]

23. I do. And if a male started the discussion there would be hell to pay.

[madaboutharry]

30. I disagree.

And you don't know the gender of the OP. A lot of members use the names of their kids or relatives in their username. It isn't certain who the OP is. The fact is Alex Witt is wearing something inappropriate for a news anchor.

[procon]

59. Hogwash.

If some dude was sitting at an anchor desk in a cropped muscle shirt with his bare abs, I'd still criticise his poor judgement. Outside of Fox News and their tarted up buxom blondes, the news is a serious business, not a personal fashion show.

Witt made a poor decision, and it isn't her first. News anchors typically dress conservatively for a reason; they don't want to become a side story that makes them the brunt of laughter and derision, as she is now. She leaves a lot to be desired as a journalist, but when she chose to pull a beachy, summer sundress out of her closet in October to show off her bare shoulders, she gave up all pretense to the profession.

So, one more time to the aggrieved fashionistas, the criticism is not about this woman's malfunctioning wardrobe choice, it's about trying separate the respected journalists as consummate professionals, from the giddy clothes horses who giggle and coo on Fox News.

[BannonsLiver]

61. Thanks.

[Dreamer Tatum]

18. Just for fun - what's wrong with FAT? nt

[Oneironaut]

40. Mean post...

[cwydro]

50. She doesnt look fat at all.

[yallerdawg]

19. Alex Witt?

Jezus H. Kryst.

She's wearing a modest blouse with a stylish 'cold-shoulder' cutout!

You did get me to look, though.

[calimary]

41. "Modest" is HARDLY the word for it.

https://imgur.com/a/HVeVF

I guess you have to click on the link. imgur.com changed. Now I can't find the link for posting in discussion groups.

[yallerdawg]

57. Her shoulders are exposed?

My standards of exhibitionism are evidently much, much higher than yours!

My favorite anchor person!

[MoonRiver]

67. Neither she nor Alex have the kind of bodies to show off their goods.

Just saying. If you got it, flaunt it. If not, keep it covered.

[yallerdawg]

72. I think they are both spectacularly beautiful women!

But that has nothing to do with being very good news anchors who do very well at their jobs.

And I couldn't care less what they wear!

[MoonRiver]

73. I don't care either.

Edit: But I do know when clothing is unbecoming to someone.

[phleshdef]

130. That's some sexist bullshit right there.

[Dreamer Tatum]

20. I think the worsd that people are struggling for is "casual"

She looks a little casual on air right now.

That's all.

[SharonAnn]

25. Casual, not professional. Not a credible anchor look. I prefer Rachel Maddow's look. Professional

[onecaliberal]

32. She's not credible no matter what she's wearing.

[cwydro]

27. I cant get MSNBC right now. Pic? Anyone?

Bueller?

[BannonsLiver]

31. It's really a whole lot of nothing

She's wearing a top that doesn't cover her shoulders and some people are apoplectic.

[cwydro]

34. Lol, Im trying to picture what could be so bad.

But I’m not having any luck.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. So if Ali Velshi or Anderson Cooper came on camera wearing a tank top

or one of those sleeveless undershirts to do a news broadcast you'd think he looked totally professional, right?

[BannonsLiver]

38. If AC wants to wear women's clothing that's his business.

[saidsimplesimon]

70. Being from the old school

of professional dress codes, it is my opinion that TV news anchors should dress better than Ben Franklin.

Didn't Thomas Jefferson say, "As for fashion, bend with the wind, on principal stand like a rock".

[TenHouseCats]

135. But but ...

they're men, and that automatically renders them professional in all ways.

[spiderpig]

164. Thank you.

AW looks ridiculous now and will look like a fool a year from now.

It's been remarked that Cary Grant was the epitome of men's style because he never went to extremes in his attire. Always classically cut and tailored, which has given him a timeless image of class.

I wear what I want, but I'm not on camera purporting to be a serious journalist.

[spanone]

48. here....

[cwydro]

55. Thanks! Nt

[spanone]

58. 👍🏼

[Oneironaut]

39. I dont know why it would matter, unless if she was forced to wear those clothes.

I’m all for professionalism, but maybe she thought that top was cute and felt like wearing it today? It’s not like she’s naked or wearing BDSM attire. Not sure what the big deal is.

[calimary]

46. Please see Post 43.

"It's not like she's naked"? Well, all the camera has to do is zoom in a little, and...

[Oneironaut]

60. I still dont get it. Shes a little casual, but her shoulders are showing.

You would think her boobs would be hanging out based on the replies here. It’s pretty funny.

You can tell DU is getting bored and it’s a slow news day.

[xor]

80. When I went to go seek out what the fuss was about

I assumed it was going to breasts hanging out with last night's makeup smeared all over her face. When I first found video of today I figured I must be looking at an older clip because it didn't seem bad at all. I dunno.

[muriel_volestrangler]

110. ... and ... what?

What would a zoom show different? Is there some detail in the print of her dress that offends you? I get that bare shoulders are anathema to you, but I can see those without zooming in (and I have no religion telling me to find bare shoulders offensive). Is there something about her nostrils you hate too? A skin blemish? An out-of-place eyelash?

[cwydro]

166. I know, the SHAME post kinda made her sound like Hester Prynne.

I mean, geez.

[LuckyCharms]

52. I didn't see it on TV, but judging by the pic of her in this thread...

I think she looks OK. Maybe a tad inappropriate, but not over the top in my opinion.

[BannonsLiver]

62. You'd think she was wearing a thong from some of the reactions.

[Old Vet]

56. Jesus H christ, Are we adults here, Is this 2017?

Nothing in-proper with what shes wearing, Shes a fairly attractive lady wearing a nice outfit. I would of thought NOTHING about it if it wasn't for the do-gooders making a issue out of it.

[procon]

71. Yes, and that's the whole gist of the criticisms.

If she was going to the beach or a BBQ, then you're right, there is nothing improper with what Witt is wearing. However, she's a big time news anchor on a major news network, and instead of presenting a professional image as a respected journalist, Witt chose to look like she was attending a garden party in that frock.

Yes, she might be "a fairly attractive lady wearing a nice outfit", and again, that's the point, she's not hosting a lollapalooza fashion sale on the Home Shopping Network, yeah? Look at most TV anchor hosts, they are very professional and conservatively attired in unremarkable, dark, muted clothing choices.

This is not a question of us "do-gooders making a issue out of it", it's that some of us still think that its important to respect the value of journalism, a profession that is under constant attack by rightwing sources. Let not defend Alex Witt as she swings her news show towards the Fox News business model, where women really are cast as on air personalities based solely on their looks and their silly gyrations in keeping those too tight red dresses from revealing everything.

[wasupaloopa]

89. Some of you think that, fine. Most of us don't.

It ain't that big of a deal.

[procon]

107. And who are these people you speak of; the "most or us"?

It's quite likely that most Republicans don't respect journalists, preferring to hide their shenanigans behind spurious claims of "fake news" whilst ogling women on Fox News. Please, point me to the links, the discouraging stats, that prove this stunning assertion you present is factual, that it ain't a big a deal, or admit this is merely your own personal opinion.

[wasupaloopa]

142. Like I said it ain't a big deal

You make such a big deal of some woman's bare shoulders.

I doubt you are a majority.

[procon]

146. If that's your only takeaway from all the posts in this thread, no wonder

the real criticisms don't even register.

[Rhiannon12866]

64. LOL! That's the "cold shoulder" fashion look, donchaknow?

It annoys the hell out of me, too - not just that it's unflattering, but it makes no sense if you're looking for a warm sweater...

[BannonsLiver]

65. Fashion confession

My pet peeve: People who aren't actual cowboys wearing cowboy hats. It just looks ridiculous.

My God this thread is delightfully ridiculous.

[cwydro]

74. Its a good one, thats for sure!

The Church Lady would be proud.

[Stallion]

85. Usually Hiding a Bald Head at Clubs in Texas

[lpbk2713]

66. Oh dear me.

Shoulders!!11!

[CakeGrrl]

69. You should see the female staff at the MLB Network

Granted, it's sports/entertainment, but the women sure do have to glam it up for fans of a sport whose players consistently spit and crotch-adjust. High heels, tight dresses and skirts. No slacks or pantsuits - or anyone over about 3% body fat - to be seen.

[Agschmid]

75. Ashton is that you? Am I being punkd?

This is the *new* DU? Apparently?

Really?

[MFM008]

76. Thats what my mom said

.....................

[xor]

79. BARE FEMALE SHOULDERS ON TV? ON A SUNDAY!!!!

Someone get that woman a burqa ASAP!


I wouldn't have thought anything of it if I saw it before reading your thread. Maybe a generational thing?

[WinkyDink]

95. It's not a bad outfit per se. It IS, however, not appropriate for the job. You know, like it works

in the real world.

It would be inappropriate for a teacher, for a banker, for a cop, for a physician,.....you surely get the drift.

But hey, if Jeremy Bash shows up in just swimming trunks, I'm there! 😝

[Polly Hennessey]

81. Alex Twit became confused.

Alex gives us news tidbits while we wait for our Daiquiri. Weather today: bright and sunny. Perfect for off the shoulder attire -- make that both shoulders. It is the Balmy Breeze News Hour with Alex Twit.

[OregonBlue]

82. I think she's a beautiful woman. I think the look is fine on her. I don't think it's appropriate

for a news program. Not a very serious look. On the other hand, I don't think she should be stoned for having made a bad choice.

[question everything]

83. Or Nicolle Wallace?

On Friday she was wearing sun dress while having five guests, all men, in suits and ties. Yes, I, too, turned it off.

Ever since Michelle Obama, in 2008, was praised for her "sculptured arms," many women facing the screen - I can hardly call them journalists - show that they, too, have them. And if the tables are open, show some thigh, too.

[WoonTars]

86. Someone explain how this is different to the gop "ban" on sleeveless attire...

...for female reporters? How about its none of your damn business what she chooses to wear on the air.

What is this, the fucking fifities?

[wasupaloopa]

88. I agree with you. She is wearing the current fashion I think.

It is a shoulderless top. Add sleeves and nobody would notice.

I think seeing bare shoulders adds a little more skin in the image but seeing shoulders is not unusual.

I don't have a problem with it.

[WinkyDink]

96. Yeah, I'd find your comment credible if I didn't think you would NOT be okay with, say, Melania

wearing the same outfit.

Or a male TV newscaster showing up in a T-shirt or maybe no shirt.

[muriel_volestrangler]

126. Why would someone not be OK with Melania wearing that?

For instance, here's a First Lady making a speech to the DNC (and being praised for her dress):



http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/15-times-michelle-obama-slayed-flotus-style

I think a political speech is comparable to presenting a TV show.

[WoonTars]

141. Do we know each other? Last I looked Melanoma has worn MUCH less than that...

...and I've been fine with it...

Like i said, this ain't the fifties and we need to stop judging women based on their looks, or what they wear..

[Voltaire2]

171. thank you. What the fucking fuck is up with the shaming going on here?

[ismnotwasm]

94. Jesus Christ

From the description I thought she was must be wearing a crop top and daily dukes.

[WinkyDink]

97. Mohammed. Do you find it logical attire for female journalists who aspire to projecting

seriousness, even gravitas?

[SaschaHM]

99. She's showing her shoulders and a bit of her neck.

By the way some folks are making it sound, you'd think she was exposing her breast.

[WinkyDink]

103. Do male reporters dress in any way to jeopardize their seriousness? Not talking of

"on the scene" of wars or tragedies, but in-studio.

[SaschaHM]

106. I'm sorry that you can't take a woman seriously if she's showing her shoulders.

Last I checked male reporters weren't going through nearly as much of the sexist shit that women on air are subjected to. And yes, I'd take Thomas Roberts in a tank top on Sunday in studio seriously as well.

[WinkyDink]

112. 1. Re :Roberts-- You might, but not without noting his shirt. Don't play. 2. I can make a

general observation while not revealing my own. I would take Ms. Witt seriously, because I am familiar with her work.

But do I think she goofed today? Hell, yes. It's plain WEIRD.

[SaschaHM]

116. And you are entitled to that opinion. I don't think she goofed and I find

the complaints on this thread over bare shoulders to be overblown.

[phleshdef]

147. Its worse than overblown. Its absolute brain dead nonsense.

Its seriously "get a fucking life" material.

[Voltaire2]

172. exactly!

This is how proper women dress:


I give up.

[A HERETIC I AM]

100. Ring....Ring...Yes, hello Zales Jewelers? I need 250 strings of pearls

As it would seem this thread is short of things to clutch”

Jesus H. Christ on a location shoot wearing taffeta and strappy sandals

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

150. Hahaha...

I sadly agree with thee 👍

[Baconator]

101. What's up with all the slut shaming?

I'd expect this from the christian right exclaiming their horror at Michelle Obama's exposed shoulders...

What the hell?

[SaschaHM]

102. I have no idea. "Professionalism" seems to be the go to excuse in this thread.

[WinkyDink]

104. You've never heard of the concept "professional attire?" #sad #disingenuous

[SaschaHM]

108. Not surprised that you're starting to sound like Trump.

[WinkyDink]

120. EXCUSE ME??! Go read my history of posts, doofus.

Yeah, alert ME, after your asinine insult.

[SaschaHM]

128. Insult. If you start calling people Sad and Disingenuous w/ hashtags, don't

be mad when folks compare you to Twitler because that is what he does.

I'm sorry if bare shoulders on a Sunday morning has broke your puritanical little heart to the point that you feel the need to lash out at anyone not living in the 60s.

[procon]

123. More surprising is Alex Witt going to work dressed like she was at one of Trump's parties. nt

[Baconator]

119. I don't know if you're a woman or ever had to wear professional attire...

... but if the answers are yes then you've been judged using all the same taglines you saw in this thread.

It's a crappy double standard.

[WinkyDink]

122. Yes. Teacher. Now, you were saying? Tell me, minus a wisecrack, that you would find that blouse

teacher-apropos.

[Baconator]

133. Sure...

I don't faint at shoulders...

[phleshdef]

149. Yea and its superficial garbage with no value to it outside of nosey ass people whining about it.

[WinkyDink]

109. 1. Look up "slut." 2. AS IF Melania's clothing choices have never been knocked on DU. AS IF.

[Baconator]

117. The last one I remember for Melania was wearing heels in a disaster zone...

That at least has some context and makes sense.

Right now everyone seems to have their plain white panties twisted over some exposed shoulders.

I'm grateful every day for the very little thought I have to put into my professional clothing. Suit, business casual (slacks w/ button shirt or a polo) or just my everyday Army Combat Uniform.

I've got 3 of each and can mix and match until the cows come home.

The women in my program have to have a full freakin' wardrobe and I'm sure they get the same dirty looks that folks are digitially passing along here.

Too short..

Too tight...

Is that a tanline I see?

Too loose...

Slut...

Battleaxe...

There's no winning and everyone should just keep their judgy bullshit to themselves until these ladies are showing up to work in bikinis.

[WinkyDink]

124. She changed her shoes. Next?

[phleshdef]

125. I love prudish American bullshit on a Sunday.

I don't give a shit what people wear or don't wear. I don't objectify that kind of shit.

[RandySF]

127. Where can I see?

[SaschaHM]

134. Check post #43 if you want the pic.

If you want the thread to make sense though, someone w/ photoshop is going to have to put her face on top of an exposed Playboy model

[Hassin Bin Sober]

152. There might be a link on The Family Research Council website.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

131. I'm more disturbed anyone started a tut tutting thread about her outfit than by her outfit!

[Mira]

132. I will not read the other comments

so I'm not influenced. I saw it, and turned it off with the loud comment of: "that's what I call a fashion risk..."
I honestly don't like her show because, being a visually oriented human since birth, I don't like her hair because it is utterly incongruous with her face.
Call me shallow....

[samnsara]

137. dang i missed it.. was watching Roy Rogers...

...as part of my escape from the 21st century....

[RandySF]

139. FFS I just heard this crap re. Wonder Woman

[rocktivity]

143. Unfortunately, her hair is covering most of the dress' neckline, so it looks like a tube top

with matching tubes on her arms. The bare shoulders are completely inexcusable -- and that hairdo was borrowed from someone fifteen years younger. MSNBC's makeup department needs a makeover.



At any rate, this thread would not be complete without




rocktivity

[CTyankee]

151. at last someone posted the pic of her...

While I don't like the look I don't particularly have an opinion whether it is "appropriate."

My response: big yawn...

[seaglass]

144. Female News Personalities in Boston Say Theres A Push To Dress Sexier

http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/female-news-personalities-in-boston-say-theres-a-push-to-dress-sexier/193090

...

“What you don’t see on TV is that many times women have clothespins in the back to make [their clothes] tighter.”

Asked who is behind the pinning, she described it as a “self-reinforcing situation,” in which less prominent anchors, hoping to move up, emulate provocatively dressed anchors. “It’s a way of getting attention,” she said.

Almost no one in the business wants to go on the record to discuss what form the encouragement takes. They’re afraid of losing their jobs or ruining professional relationships.

But off the record, current and former female broadcasters in Boston tell stories about wardrobe consultants hired by station management pushing clothing that some on-air talent don’t want to wear; women crying in the makeup room because they feel pressured to dress a certain way; a modestly dressed anchor being asked to dress like a sexier new colleague who wore her skirts short and her tops unbuttoned.

[RandySF]

154. She looks fine

She’s not naked. It’s Sunday on a holiday weekend. Warm day on the East Coast. What’s the big deal?

[OldHippieChick]

160. Let's start w/ I'm an old fart, but I am a hippie and

do not like shaming women or blaming them for their clothes. At the same time, I think there is professional dress an there is something else. If she chose the clothes, she needs to know she chose unwisely. If the clothes were forced upon her by TPTB, then we need to let them know they belong in Hell.

[malaise]

167. She was just wearing the latest in fashion

I don't plan to wear it, but I don't get the question about the beach. What's wrong with bearing the top of her arms and her shoulders?

[snooper2]

169. This thread shows DU's demographics perfectly...

[Pathwalker]

170. OMG! Kate Baldwin on CNN is showing CLEAVAGE! And worse,

she's wearing a sleeveless top - her entire arms are showing! Oh, the horror - where's my fainting couch?

BTW, the shoulder cut-out has been a fashion trend for a year now, Alex Witt has been wearing them for six months. It sure took you all a long time to notice.
Also, the female weather person on the Weather Channel has a shoulder cut-out top on too - is she a slut, too?

This thread reeks of sexist puritanism.