Are Jan Moir And Samantha Brick Deluded Or Brilliant?

There€™s always some controversy revolving around women and their bodies in particular, and the latest and perhaps most outspoken on this bandwagon are Samantha Brick and Jan Moir, with both ladies using columns at the Daily Mail to throw doubt and confusion into the hearts of women everywhere. Jan Moir€™s most recent controversy has been over her stirring hate against Katherine Jenkins, who ran the London marathon for Macmillan, in memory of her father who died of cancer in 1996; the supposedly abhorrent thing about this is that she did it whilst looking pristine and perfect in Prada sunglasses. She also dared to wear a slightly cleavage exposing dress to Lady Thatcher€™s funeral (as if she€™s the only women to ever show off a bit more than appropriate). The ridiculous headline read €œKatherine the (I'm so) Great: A marathon in full make-up. 'Cathedral cleavage' at Lady T's funeral. Shy and retiring Ms Jenkins simply can't help stealing the limelight.€ Ignoring the absolutely awful writing present there, the whole article is just a tirade against a perfectly nice woman whose only crime is always trying to look her best, and the only place that this could possibly be called good journalism is at the Daily Mail. It€™s possible then that Jan and Samantha Brick may even disagree on a few things: Sam has recently published a huge article about how any dignified woman ought to be thin, sparking even more arguments than her previous one about how she€™s so sexy that other women hate her. "I am 42 years old and have been on a permanent diet for the past 30 years," she said. "The logic is simple and irrefutable: any self-respecting woman wants to be thin, and to be thin you need to spend your life on a diet." It€™s all very well that Sam has a personal preference for being thin (although it is concerning that her husband is so open about his threat to leave her if she gains weight). However, it€™s unfortunate that she is preaching this message to every woman out there, many of whom have conditions or problems that would make it much more difficult for them to stay as thin as she does; she is also completely disregarding the fact that weight isn€™t necessarily an indicator of health. A woman could also be a dress size or two larger than she is and still not be considered overweight; the message should be about a healthy lifestyle, not waist size. It is just a shame that Sam can€™t see her hypocrisy: she complains about the way women act around and talk about other women, and yet is basically doing the same by judging others€™ weight so publicly and getting into their heads with unnecessary nonsense. There is only one way in which Samantha Brick can be described as brilliant: her unerring self publicity. It can be no coincidence that these recent comments about dieting came at the same time as her book release of memoir Head Over Heels In France. The article was published after the book: was it not doing well enough? Did she need more attention? Perhaps we€™ll never know. One thing we can be sure about is that her name is definitely infamous now. Clearly, a good balance needs to be maintained between the worlds of Jan Moir and Samantha Brick. If a woman wants to run a marathon wearing make up and Prada sunglasses then she has the right to do so. Equally, if a woman struggles to fall below a certain weight but keeps herself healthy, there is nothing wrong with that either. Neither woman is brilliant except in their capacity to get what they want and get a reaction from people. Both are deluded if they think that women care about what either of them is saying.