Well! After an intense Versace-runway face-off, Whitney won Cycle 10 of everyone's favorite reality show, making her the first plus-size winner in HISTORY. Plus-size meaning, of course, that she was blessed with, as her makeup artist put it, "the juicy booty." And should any nay-sayers cite this as a "pity vote," keep in mind that she beat out an African refugee who'd undergone female genital mutilation. So seriously, if any contestant was going to carry the pity vote, it would have been Fatima for sure. However, please forgive me for thinking that all the fuss over a plus-size winner just reinforces the idea that plus-size girls, a) are an isolated group, and b) should not normally be winners, thus when they are, it's cause for much joyous celebration. In any case, the body image of America's female youth aside, I would have been pleased had it gone either way between the final two, Whitney and Anya, despite Anya's inability to speak like a normal human being. But here's to Whitney walking in Tyra's full-figured footsteps in what is no doubt a truly historical event.
Oh, yeah, and California voided the gay marriage ban, and I think there's something going on in China.... But whatevs.
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