Facebook Crack Purity Squad Hits Power Girl

Dear Facebook,

Why are your panties in a bunch over a pair of cartoon boobs?

I have to ask because the Facebook Crack Purity Squad removed ads for Amanda Conner signings at comic shops because the image used in the ads was offensive. The ads featured cover of Power Girl #1, which Conner is drawing right now, and who has prominent boobs.

Boobs aren’t offensive. They are to be admired and appreciated, because not only are they slammin’ accessories for any outfit, they also serve a biological purpose.

Boobs feed babies. See, Facebook? Boobs aren’t just about sex. Do you have a problem with babies?

Or is the problem that Power Girl’s breasts aren’t doing anything but making you look at them and feel all tingly in your special no-no place? Would the ads have stayed if Power Girl were cartoon breast feeding a cartoon baby?

I have to ask because there are numerous breast feeding mommy support groups on Facebook, many of which have photos of naked boobs with babies attached to them. Power Girl’s boobs aren’t naked, they’re just large (and not even real! They’re drawn boobs!).

Are you worried about a kid looking at Power Girl’s cartoon boobs and getting excited, forcing “the sex talk”, and ultimately resulting in a nasty complaint to Facebook for putting the parent in that position? Because, you know, it’s the world’s job to change to accommodate the needs of an unreasonable parent.

I get the desire to present a sexless, non-offensive, bland presence so that no one gets offended and Facebook doesn’t turn into MySpace. But, no matter how bland you get, you can’t erase boobs, Facebook. No matter how much your Crack Purity Squad wants to wash off those dirty, dirty feelings.

I used to think that MySpace was a trailer park and Facebook was a suburb. I still feel the same way about MySpace, but am starting to think of you, Facebook, as an office that’s spent way too much time in sensitivity training and is full of whiny, hyper-sensitive adults who get offended at the merest provocation (such as a cartoon boob). Many of us already work in such environments and don’t need such crap from you, Facebook.

Seriously, Facebook. Lighten up. There are many levels of trashy between you and MySpace. Allowing a drawing of Power Girl isn’t one of those steps.

Sincerely,

Lisa

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Lisa Fary’s early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl. She thinks diagramming sentences is a fun alternative to Sudoku.

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