Feministing showed us a new video game recently, and although the video game industry isn’t exactly known to treat its female characters with respect, we’re still disgusted. It’s called “Fat Princess,” and Feminist Gamers (a site we haven’t seen before but are glad we know about now!) has some choice words about it.

Every little girl wants to be a princess, right? But no one wants to be a FAT princess! Then no prince will come to rescue her; instead, they’ll fight an army… just to get rid of her! LOL!

Don’t little girls have a hard enough time having a healthy body image without more not-so-subtle messaging telling them how to objectify themselves? Then again, if we can find this, this and this for our kids, it’s really not anything new. We say: Don’t buy it. There are plenty of other games out there, and even though these games are released and played by lots of people, we can teach our children better.

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Broadsheet:

“A new video game from Titan Studios/Sony has taken the cliché of the beautiful princess in distress, turned it on its head, and fed it lots and lots of cake. So much that — ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! — it apparently takes a whole crowd of soldiers to carry her. See, because she’s fat. Joke’s on you, Mario.”

Melissa at Shakesville:

“…[T]he only thing I can’t figure out is why anyone would want to rescue a fat princess in the first place, since everyone knows that fat girls are unlovable human garbage at whom any sensible bloke would sooner hurl invective than cast a longing glance.

I sure hope there’s a clever dénouement like the Fat Princess magically becoming thin once she’s rescued! ‘Cuz that would rock, yo!”

Jezebel, I Must, I Must Enhance My Bust! Cheaper than implants, and apparently as effective as a cold shower (no, really, read the article), Rodial’s “boob job” is flying off the shelves. Doesn’t anybody like their chest the way it is? If you’re out there, let us know!

Guardian, Enhanced profits at the cutting edge of plastic surgery Never mind the pun; plastic surgery is extremely profitable in England, and they’re catching up to the U.S. quick.

Shakesville, I Done Good–Where’s My Sexual Gratification? “Hey guys, recycle! ‘Cause we’ll totally get with you if you do.” Thank you for touching on this, Shakesville; this kind of sexist advertising follows us everywhere, so much that sometimes we don’t even notice.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Author advises women on creating a tasteful image Oh, thank god. Simon Doonan, creative director for Barney’s New York (you’ve seen him on VH1, I’m sure), has condemned the “whorish norm” of current women’s fashions. Maybe now people will listen? … Anybody?

Adweek (via Jezebel), Gamers Will Not Be Denied Their Ample Boobs An outcry was raised when a video game’s sequel forgot to give the female characters huge racks. But worry not! “The company also told gamers it was ‘working on a fix for this, and your breasts should be back to normal soon.’” Hmm, breasts that change size in just a day or two. Where have we seen this before?

Comedy Central, How Barbara Walters Saved the World from Hillary’s Thunder Thighs Oh, dear. Wrong way to go on this one, buddy. That’s all we’ll say.