Giving away 300 sandwiches and her dignity

We must learn to expand our horizons.

Courtney Stodden’s boobs will always be my first ironic love, but I can now add to that ever-growing list, Stephanie Smith’s sandwich blog.

Smith, a cultured woman in her 30s, has struck a bargain with her boyfriend, Eric Schulte.

Important note — he looks like a winning combination of a chipmunk and the CEO of Abercromie and Fitch.

He joked around with her one morning that she should make him 300 sandwiches and he would give her an engagement ring.

She decided to turn this red flag into an opportunity.

She is currently the proud owner of 300sandwiches.com, a site dedicated to the delicacies she’s creating in exchange for bling.

She’s 187 sandwiches deep.

All I want to do is scream at the two of them to get a room.

The fact that she is actually making these sandwiches for her boyfriend in exchange for a potential happily-ever-after is almost as pathetic as her choice in men.

If you want to make a joke of traditional gender roles that’s fine, but learn where the line is. For me, this crossed a big one.

As a woman, I feel as if this was a huge step back.

The problem stems beyond the blog’s poor taste. It is in the misappropriation of the media outlet.

The Internet, people forget, is a very personal tool. People use this blog and others like it to dictate their likes and dislikes.

Though I credit audiences with the ability to exercise good judgment, the fact is that this blog is still out there setting an example.

If you want to make misogyny cutsie-wootsie, keep it to yourself. Don’t publish it.

Don’t create a website dedicated to how well or how poorly you satisfy your partner.

Even as it tries to be funny, it perpetuates the idea that women must provide material goods in exchange for relationships and marriage. A woman can never just be herself.

It’s this kind of bad entertainment that forces women, and men to a certain extent, back into their “traditional place.”

It’s a setback — even if the food looks delicious.

Better move: break up with him and write a blog about life as a woman living in New York who dumped her loser boyfriend.

That would keep me interested.

­— ewenning@indiana.edu
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