I went to the Everywoman Expo at the convention centre today. It is an expo that's supposedly aimed at women, to cater to their needs and wants. I went with the assumption that it was an expo trying to assist and support women - training courses for women who want to develop themselves professionally and personally. Instead, it was a whoring session on the part of cosmetic companies trying to sell their products to women, because apparently getting rid of cellulites, spending $300.00 on cosmetics and health club membership are everything a woman need or want.

While I would like to get rid of cellulites and look shiny, I really didn't need to spend $15.00 to be allowed admittance to the equivalent of a market; except the products at the expo are about 100% more expensive. It did not feel like an attempt to help and support women, it felt like a chance for companies to make a quick buck off women in general, it isn’t as if women aren’t bombarded with image issues already. All sarcasm meant.

And just for the record - I did not spend a cent, the ticket was a gift, so yay for me.

ETA: And since I'm blabbing about gender issues anyways, the new official SPN promo for season 3 - it is cool, creepy and all sorts of awesome. But, (you know it was coming) is it just me or are all the evil/supernatural beings they show in the clip are, um, well, women? (Wait, I spotted the serial killer ghost). Hell, why are all the victims women (beside Sam and Dean, but considering they only have shots of women screaming in terror and Sam and Dean being all proactive...). What happened to the YED? Not going to go into too much detail, basically, the clip makes all my gender issue antennae go nuts. That's all.