"I Want to Save Your Life"

Wow. In browsing a few feminist blogs in hopes of finding a post that interested me, I stumbled upon one of the most ridiculous ideas/promos for a television show I've ever come across. In a post at the blog feministing.com, the blogger discusses a new WE show called "I Want to Save Your Life." The show is basically about a super creepy guy who essentially stalks "overweight" women, monitoring their lifestyle/eating habits, in hopes of "saving their lives" from their almost certain impending dooms because of their eating habits. I don't even know where to begin. This show is wrong on so many levels.

First of all, when visiting WE's page for this show, one is met with the slogan "Charles Stuart Platkin (sweet name-"the diet/life/pyschological/all-knowing expert") will help you look inside, to change the outside." So basically the show's premise is promoting the idea that an unqualified expert whose written a few diet books (congratulations!) with no credentials in pyschology is going to "look inside" to get to the bottom of why a woman chooses to eat a sundae. Just what women need: a self-righteous, condescending prick who, by the way, is not a woman and, therefore, lacks the first idea about how women feel about body image, self-esteem, etc. to tell them what their problems are and how they should live their lives! For the women's network to even consider such an idea is beyond me. Maybe this guy's intentions are pure. Maybe he does want to help women who are unhappy with their lifestyles. But creating a show where you stalk women and suspiciously take notes on their day-to-day activities while lurking in the shadows, only to solemly confront them when they walk in the door with a pizza (an actual clip from the promo) is degrading, outrageous, and infuriating (and I'm not even a feminist...well, atleast not til now). I hope this guy drowns in a vat of chocolate syrup.