Yeah, I caught up with you early, and have been following you through many professional incarnations: RB, AAA, AC on ABC, Starring and now SD. Somewhere between early RB and AAA there was a descent into darkness and every ugly "Gawker-"like being crawled out of the woodwork with denigrating comments. Does it make them feel powerful?? Hard to say. Have never understood it. But I think it's interesting to open the subject for conversation.

Hey, Amanda,
When I first saw you interviewed on Attack of the Show(it was AOTS, right?) my eyes said 'pretty lady' but it was the words coming out of your mouth that stuck in my head enough to look you up on that other show you used to do. And it is your intelligence, and insightful view on the world and all its foolishness that keeps me coming back. It is a crime that there are men in this world who cannot take women seriously. And I think the objectification is just an excuse. If you weren't so attractive they'd find some other reason to dismiss you. Look at the news coverage of any female politician. I never once heard any comments on Bill Clinton's wardrobe, but how many pantsuit jokes did we hear about Hillary? The Neanderthal didn't go extinct, he just learned to wear a suit and tie, or maybe operate a keyboard.

IMHO, of course. :-)

Hey Marius,

Haha AOTS... memories. :) Totally agree about Hillary. Something about powerful women makes some men very uncomfortable.. hence the corny pant suit jokes. Now I'm no Hillary supporter.. but I've been really saddened to see the sexist way the msm has covered her during this election. I guess when you're first at anything though, like she is/was, you are going to get friction-- but has Barack been treated the same way? Is sexism more prevalent than racism in the US media? Hmmm. I think so.. but I'm particularly attune to it because, well, I'm a woman. What does everyone else think?

Sexism/racism prevalence in the media may be difficult to discern -- bias causing stories to be dropped and similar situations of missing information aren't readily noticeable. However, sexism has certainly been very blatant. I've noticed several organizations putting together videos of the more conspicuous examples.

I agree with everything in your comment, except the Bill Clinton remark. You must be aware of all the remarks about him. During Sen. Clinton's presidential campaign, were there any jokes about her sex organs? There must have been hundreds of jokes over the years by Leno and Letterman about Pres. Clinton's penis. There has been much more focus on his sexual escapades than on the excellent policies he advanced.

Where did you film this? The location looks really familiar....

hey Andy! Great to see you here. This was shot in New Haven in front of the Yale Bookstore. :)

What was the protest and who were the people being interviews and asking questions? I was confused with the beginning context.

I think Marius makes a good point.

Hey Matt! Here's the original video for some more context: http://snurl.com/2vvzw

Ahh... the internets. I get comments too, but never about my breasts... my B-cups are SOOOO neglected :P

There is no doubt that Amanda is very intelligent, but this was not one of her best.

"There must have been hundreds of jokes over the years by Leno and Letterman about Pres. Clinton's penis"

Very true, but only after he had made 'little willy' a star. When is the last time you heard a reporter comment on whether or not a candidate's suit matched his tie, or something equally idiotic?

Men are pigs. And hey, some of my best friends are men. But they're still pigs.

I have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of attractive Internet and TV hosts of both genders. Most are interchangeable are rarely missed when they move on. What sets you apart, Amanda, is your intelligence and your wit. (And your willingness to take the occasional Taser hit.)

But the Internets spawn a large audience who are either 14 years old or regress to that state, secure in what they believe is their anonymity behind handles like xxxsexdude@yahoo.com. It is sad but inevitable that they will react in certain ways.

Even more sad, I think they are simply giving voice to feelings that most guys walk around with pretty much all the time but do not dare express.

Chalk it up to genetics, or the coarse culture, or hormones in beef, or whatever. It will be a while before we move forward.

Still, I remain hopeful. We're gonna have a black guy for a president soon. And much of the criticism of Hillary (though certainly not all) focused not on her gender or her wardrobe, but on her policy positions and unscrupulous politicking. A mere 24 years ago Geraldine Ferraro never got past, "Can you make a blueberry muffin?"

Ironically, I have just been featured on a Playboy list of bloggers you want to see naked. Please know that unlike most of the bloggers on the list I did NOT consent to being on it and I will certainly NOT pose naked.

I just got here from that link on Playboy, and I frankly haven't seen much of what you have done since Rocketbook and that one time when you got hit with a taser. So I think the publicity is probably a good thing for you, all things considered.

I would point out that the desire for men to want to see an attractivel woman, and moreover see that woman naked, is a natural biological imperative that drives our species forward, and is to be anticipated and expected.

Similarly, I read recently that a picture of a smiling baby causes women's brains to flood with dopamine -- much like the reaction one gets from taking cocaine, or that men have when viewing pornography. Biological imperative stuff.

So do Mom's who want to see pictures of smiling babies "objectify" babies? Are they creepy? And do parents who let their kids be photographed participate in this economy cater to that need and objectify them? Absolutely -- Take Brooke Shields for example, who went from an objectified baby model to an objectified Calvin Klein model. Same deal, different biological imperative.

The reality is that Entertainment "objectifies" everything in the literal sense ... in the sense that we take individuals and turn them into a product -- an object to be consumed. In your case, a pretty woman journalist/blogger, you are already an object -- the question remains what kind of object you choose to be. That men would prefer you to be a certain kind of object is totally natural, to be expected, and in no way creepy. What may be creepy are the people who will try to manipulate you to cater to that need (Fashion photographers, pornographers, etc.).

I'm an art pig...
oink oink...

Yeah, we're looking at you Gawker.

You're a beautiful girl Amanda but things will never work out for us. I'm sorry. It's not you, it's me. I've been tempted by the fruit of another. And her name is Part Time.

Sarah, you're the star of this show!

thats some deep shit