In the Way of Control


We're kicking this off with Beth Ditto. It was either her or Kelly Clarkson. Recently, one nite, i told a girl she looked like Beth Ditto. This girl never heard of her or the Gossip (which was a shocking let down in itself, especially considering that we were at a bar where the DJs play the Gossip). To me, comparing someone to Ditto is a huge complement. She's charismatic, fronts a successful "controversial" band, she has a nice round face and most (or best) of all, she isn't ashamed of being fat. We can safely say that she does not give a SH*T. If only all girls had this confidence. Anyway, the girl i spoke to later told me (i assume after seeing trashy photos of Ditto) that she was at first offended, but then reluctantly took it as a complement because i respected Ditto so highly. She was offended because Ditto is fat and she probably thinks i was saying that she is fat too. And she thinks that's a bad thing. The word fat--even though so many Americans can be called that--is sadly looked at negatively. Yay, i was able to tie Beth Ditto into one of the main points of this blog. And yes, i would tie her up.
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Here's part of the problem. When you search for images of Beth Ditto, you'll find a few like this:



But mostly, you'll find something like THIS:


or this:



This was a really odd place for Ditto to appear. It says, "Guess Who?," assuming that people who read the Enquirer would have even HEARD of the Gossip. Like they're gonna go to the page to reveal who it is and say "oh my god, that Beth Ditto, i would have never thought!"