What?

[lithera]

Watch this video with Amanda Palmer in it. While you're doing that, read the blow.

"Incredibly cool and beautiful singer Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls fame) has been forced to search for a new record label after Roadrunner refused to promote her latest single, video and album. Why? Because she refused to let them remove shots of her “fat” belly from the video for Leeds United (see above), and is therefore “uncommercial”." - From thefword.org

Are you kidding me?

Seriously? Are you kidding me?

Comments

[yellowseptember.livejournal.com]

I think Roadrunner needs to lay off the crack.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

[apestyle.livejournal.com]

Roadrunner needs to know when to say when.

Can we get them into some 12 step program before they hurt themselves?

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'd say the damage has been done already.

[pullthestars.livejournal.com]

WHAT.

[sepulchrave.livejournal.com]

for fuck's sake, her stomach is FLAT it's just not rock hard concave. I would kill for her stomach.
Heaven fucking forbid that we show differntly shaped body parts from the current cookie cut out that makes all of us feel shitty about our bodies. Good for her for not folding.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Amen.

[gaaneden.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[lysistratah.livejournal.com]

MEN WHO SEE A GIRLIE BODY WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A TEENAGE BOY'S WILL THROW UP THEIR OWN SPLEENS!

Right. What the hell?

Preaching to the choir, babe. Good for her. I hope she's able to turn it into a shitload of publicity and get more audience for her actions than the craptastic label would've thrown her way.

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

Her fans who have started the "Rebellyon" site are pretty much defying the "uncommercial" label. Thankfully.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

This is a very good thing.

[kielrain.livejournal.com]

WHAT! that's.... what!?

gah.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

No kidding.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

*FURIOUS BEYOND WITTICISMS*

Excuse me, I need to go write a letter of complaint.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

iconlove!

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

*GRINS* I'm on a mission... from GAHD.

The icon is by openend_icons - found it aimlessly wandering LJ, took it home.

[eggies-red-dres.livejournal.com]

Um. I looked even and could find any fat, or hardly even a belly.

Let's prioritize things to get rid of:

1. Those crappy lame tap suits
2. matching bowlers

See? Belly isn't even *on* there.

Man...

[bmessina.livejournal.com]

Not that that was 5 minutes wasted, being a Dresden Dolls fan, but I spent the whole thing looking for the "fat" belly. I kept assuming there would be some kind of fat suit gag, or something like that. Disappointing.

Re: Man...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Apparently they think she's fat.

WTF.

Re: Man...

[xnbach.livejournal.com]

Because anorexic tweenagers with horrible body image problems make up 99% of the Dresden Dolls fanbase anyway. I think this kind of unrealistic body paranoia is the kind of thing people will point to in a hundred years to prove that people in the past were insane. That, and the fact that America won't let gay people get married. Third Graders in the year 2108 are going to think their teachers are lying to them about this stuff.

Re: Man...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Nah. Not 99%. I've met a lot of Dresden Dolls fans in the California desert.

Re: Man...

[xnbach.livejournal.com]

Maybe I don't have the right corporate music industry mentality, but the whole reson I like the Dresden Dolls is that I like their music. When considering whether or not to buy their music, it never once occured to me that I should be using each member's body fat index to make that decision. I guess I'm just funny that way.

Re: Man...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[kitty-das.livejournal.com]

This is just outrageous. I'm at a loss for words.

I hope she has no problem finding a new record label.

[elscoobysnacko.livejournal.com]

Here I though she had a baby bump or something. I was straining to see if she had a beer gut or something... Or that it was someone else in the video...

[jinian.livejournal.com]

God forbid they should show a woman who's smokin' hot and over the age of twelve.

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

New rule: Executives are only allowed to take punitive action against "fat" people who weigh more than they do.