Nipple Gate is Out of Control

Gloria Allred? But of course. She was in town yesterday when Mandi Hamlin, the woman who was disgraced by TSA for her nipple ring, received the Bold Spirit Award from the Women’s Leadership Exchange. Here are the gory details. All I can say is “doubletripleouch.”

7 Comments to “Nipple Gate is Out of Control”
  • Papa Rotc

    Yes, I too was disgusted to see Gloria Allred involved in the whole deal, let alone to see the repeating video of the thing being cut off a manikin. And then to give her an award? For what? Having a nipple ring? What’s society coming to?

  • Rawlins

    Gloria Allred is to feminism what Paris Hilton is to nuanced intellect.

    I heard La Gloria speak not that long ago, where she extolled: that men who are knowingly and falsely lead to believe they are the father of a child, accused knowingly and falsely by a woman stating that said man is (falsely and knowingly under oath). That these men should still pay child support for the child until 18 because ‘he accepted that this was his child’.

    I was raised by flaming feminist activists but by the time that ‘men are the problem’ lunatic shut up, I was foraging for a Molotov cocktail since you can’t take pit bulls to seminars..

    Where the hell is Trey when we need him?

  • Bethany

    I’m sorry - it’s pretty much well known now that you’re gonna have to go through a metal detector at an airport. I don’t even wear an underwire bra when I go to the airport, just because there are things you just do to make your flying experience as painless as possible. You make sure your liquid stuff is in 2 oz. containers. You wear shoes you can easily pull on and off. You don’t put a gun in your carry on bag.

    You don’t shove metal into your girl parts that you can’t easily pull out.

    At what point do we stop awarding people for not having common sense?

  • Sean

    It’s this same mentality that awards children for showing up to school and not pissing themselves. Everyone has to be congratulated for every little thing they do, no matter how mediocre. We don’t want people to feel bad about themselves. So we award them for standing to the TSA when they forget some basic travel “musts.”
    Yes, they treated her poorly. How much of that did she bring on herself by not being prepared for travel. If you have your poop together, you won’t get hassled.
    Now you get hassled and you get an award? Is she Capt. Beatty from Fahrenheit 451? Everybody has to be happy?
    I’m rambling. Ooo, this chaps me.

  • Daniel

    Ah, yes, the All-Sales-Are-Final school of feminism. Ironic surname, considering she has no shame.

  • Maggie

    I don’t think it would occur to me to take out nipple rings if I had them. Maybe if you have them you’re extra-aware that you have metal in your body and therefore would take any and all precautions, but I’ve never had to take off earrings before. Or any jewelry. So if I had nipple rings (yes, doubletripleouch!) I think I’d assume they wouldn’t be a problem.

    But I’m the one still pissed about liquids and gels, so maybe I’m just a problematic traveler.

  • Bethany

    The liquids and gels is asinine, really. I mean, I could have several little containers of liquid that, when combined, could still make a bomb, right? Especially when mixed with a very dangerous nipple ring.

    So what exactly did they accomplish?

    I’ll follow their stupid rules, but I still think they’re stupid.

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