While Sandra Bullock is applauded for not eating anything for days before the Oscars, professional haters like Howard Stern and Joan Rivers love to watch their ratings soar when they attack successful actresses who are not a size zero. NEVER, do we hear the same acrimony towards men in their penguin suits at award shows–oh no now that is just too boring! While I refuse to post their videos (unfortunately you can easily find them allllll over the internet) because I do not want to help spread their inane comments, I do wonder why a woman like Rivers who not only developed bulimia but also admitted to contemplating suicide because of the pressures the industry put on women in it to look young and thin forever, would spend so much of her time picking and beating down other woman all to squeeze in the last seconds of her career. You would think that someone who fought hard to build her own career among the big men of comedy and late night would be more supportive of other women in her industry.

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