The Comfort Zone

An Opinion by Ivy Dillinger



Esquire magazine runs a page called “10 Things You Don’t Know About Women,” where, each month, a hot actress makes her list for all the world to see. (Well, maybe not all the world. Maybe just the middle-aged, former frat boy poseurs who subscribe.) The current issue features someone named Padma Lakshmi, who apparently played “Princess Bithia” in ABC’s ludicrous miniseries The Ten Commandments. As you can see, Padma fits the bill – she’s hot. (Not to mention married to novelist Salman Rushdie and recently Newsweek’s cover model for a feature on India.) But she also fits the bill of a hot woman who feels an inexplicable desire to be one of the boys.

“Many of us prefer a good single-malt Scotch to an apple saketini,” says Padma. “Women grab their crotches, too.” Take a look at this woman. Who does she think she’s kidding?



Hot women will make their greatest strides when they simply ditch the twaddle and get comfortable with acting superior.