Venus Bye Trap

I am not alone in thinking this was a picture of Whitney Houston. Only if you look very closely at the face do you recognize that it’s tennis twin Venus Williams. The person who posted this on Dlisted was upset about the haircut and exhorted Venus to go long again. I, frankly, have a different concern: WHERE , OH WHERE ARE YOUR MUSCLES, WOMAN? The first word on your shirt is “strong.” But I can see it in your eyes and in your tentative thumbs-up that you’re combating feelings about having left the house today feeling like a freshly shorn cat, who will seriously consider never speaking to its owners again because how confident—another word on the shirt—can you be when they cut off your glorious fur and you have to parade around naked? And that’s what you are here, Venus dear—naked without your brawn. And you know it. I speak from experience when I say that being muscular can induce a bit of self-consciousness—the size of the trapezius, the enormous lats—but the truth is sinews are hot, even on girls. Bring the sexy back!

~ by JT on November 7, 2007.