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Tasteless Lifeline section
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: Voices
I felt that Caitlin M. Foyt's article in Wednesday's paper, to say the very least, could have been more tastefully done. I found it highly offensive to have pictures of dildos on the front page of the section, spanning most of the page.
CMU students are not the only ones who have access to this paper. These papers are placed in waiting rooms on campus where children may flip through the pages. Had this been in a magazine like Playboy or Cosmopolitan, a parent would know not to allow an 8-year-old to read the magazine in the first place, but one would not expect this in Central Michigan Life. It is rather frustrating because Foyt could have easily honored Ms. Colin without being offensive by just toning down the images or by focusing more on Ms. Colin herself in the images. I mean, honestly, was it really necessary to make them practically life-sized? Just placing 'sex' in the title is enough to attract an adult's attention without subjecting innocent eyes to images meant for mature readers.
Lucky for you, I do not have children, but if I did and they got a hold of this I would consider suing. Your writers, especially an editor, should know better than to do this.
Jessica Matchynski
Mount Pleasant graduate student
CMU students are not the only ones who have access to this paper. These papers are placed in waiting rooms on campus where children may flip through the pages. Had this been in a magazine like Playboy or Cosmopolitan, a parent would know not to allow an 8-year-old to read the magazine in the first place, but one would not expect this in Central Michigan Life. It is rather frustrating because Foyt could have easily honored Ms. Colin without being offensive by just toning down the images or by focusing more on Ms. Colin herself in the images. I mean, honestly, was it really necessary to make them practically life-sized? Just placing 'sex' in the title is enough to attract an adult's attention without subjecting innocent eyes to images meant for mature readers.
Lucky for you, I do not have children, but if I did and they got a hold of this I would consider suing. Your writers, especially an editor, should know better than to do this.
Jessica Matchynski
Mount Pleasant graduate student
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