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2021-06-18
[PJMedia] Megan Rapinoe among ’trailblazing’ women replacing Victoria’s Secret angels

If James Bond were real, he’d be dead before the opening credits.
I thought she wanted to look like a man.
But you know — and maybe even love — the routine.

Most every Bond movie opens with Bond finishing up his previous, off-screen adventure with some daring stunt, followed by the sexy opening credits and the new movie’s new theme song.

At the end, after Bond is done saving the world from some unlikely villain, he beds the woman with the unlikely name in some unlikely locale.

Cue the main theme and closing credits.

Insanity Wrap used the word "routine" to describe the contrivances of a typical Bond movie, but they’re really anything but.

Bond movies sell a fantasy, an escape from routine.

There’s nothing believable about an unkillable secret agent with a license to kill, whose corny lines somehow always get the women into bed with him.

Women, as they say, want Bond, and men want to be Bond.

The fact that no man is Bond (and, sadly, no woman is actually Plenty O’Toole) isn’t important.

People enjoy the fantasy. People need the escape.

Does every woman who buys something for herself look like a Victoria’s Secret Angel? No, but that’s beside the point.

And when a man buys something for his woman from Vicky’s, that doesn’t mean he’s dating an Angel. That’s beside the point, too.

Victoria’s Secret is in the same business as Eon Productions — the company behind the Bond movies. They sell fantasy.
Seeing Rapinoe in Victoria Secret is not any fantasy of mine.
Part of that fantasy is the models — affectionately known as "Angels" — who are as nearly as unlikely human specimens as James Bond.

So when our friend and colleague Stacey Lennox forwarded us a report that crybaby National Women’s Soccer League star Megan Rapinoe would be modeling for troubled fantasy retailer Victoria’s Secret, Insanity Wrap got a bitter little laugh out of it.

When Stacey went on to say, "One of my followers asked why they were replacing pretty models with ’eye broccoli,'" we actually, literally, really howled.

We aren’t certain that fashion mag Marie Claire meant to be so indelicate, but they headlined the story with "Victoria’s Secret is replacing angels with advocates."

Fantasy is no longer allowed. You’ll get your lingerie and a lecture, instead.

Not even George Lazenby and Later Roger Moore combined were enough to destroy the Bond movie franchise, but Insanity Wrap is certain that replacing Angels with Advocates will be the final nail in Vicky’s swiftly closing casket.
Related:
Megan Rapinoe: 2020-06-08 Celebs demand defund now!
Megan Rapinoe: 2020-03-03 Coronavirus round-up: 12,000 confirmed in Iran, only 125 new yesterday in China, and more
Megan Rapinoe: 2020-01-12 Megan Rapinoe Blasts IOC's ‘No Protest' Policy: ‘We Will Not Be Silenced'
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Victoria’s Secret: 2019-08-12 There’s no video of Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide, prison guards skipped mandatory checks, 2 Dems named by Ep’s girl
Victoria’s Secret: 2019-08-08 Billionaire Wexner says Epstein ‘misappropriated' at least $46 million from him
Victoria’s Secret: 2016-11-22 Police Hunt Pair Of "Feminine" Men in yoga pants
Posted by:Deacon Blues

#25   wrong Stacy

Stacy Adams is apparently a mid-price mens shoe brand. They describe themselves as debonair, leaving honourable for the politicians. Some of their designs stocked by Macys would fit in well at the office, while others are more suitable for musicians looking for signature shoes to match their signature song.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-06-18 20:41  

#24  Pretty sure I saw four generations' worth, once, bailing out of two big MBs. Boys, too, not that I'm insinuating anything.
Posted by: Butch Gurly-Brown8928   2021-06-18 19:28  

#23  Say, dirt, were you by any chance one of the Hefty Bag ladies I used to see waddling, sprinting, or sashayin' from luxury vehicles into VS? Always a highlight of a visit to the mall, that, back in dear old Houston.
Posted by: Butch Gurly-Brown8928   2021-06-18 19:22  

#22  ^ Honorable
wrong Stacy
nice try though!
Posted by: Mad Eye Thaigum5222   2021-06-18 19:08  

#21  Zombie Co seeks extended death spiral. Cool.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-06-18 17:50  

#20  It's always been crap. Polyester. Chinese.

If you want decent lingerie for your wife, go for La Perla. She'll appreciate it
Posted by: Thinetle Barnsmell4594   2021-06-18 17:31  

#19  Swalwell's Secret.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-18 15:46  

#18  I'm sure there's a Chinese firm, maybe several, poised to take over Victoria Secret's market.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-06-18 14:33  

#17  Ok, so someone tell me I'm nuts and I'll just be quiet.

If you disagree with Comrade Stalin, you must be crazy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-06-18 13:38  

#16  I went into one of their stores once, looking for a present for my wife, mind you. When I saw that all of their crap is Made in China I left without buying anything.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-06-18 13:35  

#15  If the execs know the business is toast anyway, maybe they're trying to figure out how to make themselves look more attractive.

A woke executive suite might be prejudiced against hiring former V.S. execs, unless they signaled their virtuous change of hearts somehow.
Posted by: james   2021-06-18 13:19  

#14  Why stop with merely annoying people and guys in lingerie. Imagine the impact of Stacy Abrams in a thong talking about election integrity. That will have an impact...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-06-18 12:19  

#13  I cant fap to that!
Posted by: Undercover Alpaca   2021-06-18 11:32  

#12  There’s nothing believable about an unkillable secret agent with a license to kill, whose corny lines somehow always get the women into bed with him.

They haven't met 49Pan.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-18 09:27  

#11  Got to be a reason for all of this, some root cause.

As long as we're doing Covid vaccines I'd like to see a national testosterone injection for men. Or put it in the water like fluoride.
Posted by: Matt   2021-06-18 09:23  

#10  "One of my followers asked why they were replacing pretty models with ’eye broccoli,'"

I'm so stealing that!
Posted by: Warthog   2021-06-18 09:06  

#9  I'm interested to hear how the voice of woman responds when a few trans soccer plays start dominating the league. She's lefty enough to suggest that would be a great thing, initially, but I have to believe that can't last.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-06-18 08:44  

#8  #4 - I wanna smack the shit out of her for kicking someone else's food outta their hands
Posted by: Frank G   2021-06-18 08:35  

#7  Ok, so someone tell me I'm nuts and I'll just be quiet.

If you're nuts B, then we're all nuts.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2021-06-18 08:25  

#6  How did the USA and Soviet Union exchange places?
Posted by: Grinesing Unating7534   2021-06-18 08:19  

#5  Got to be a reason for all of this, some root cause. Something in the water, the breakfast cereal, pesticides, Round-Up, Pepsi, the meds, BCP's. Dammit... it just isn't logical. A genetic alteration of the 'natural order' appears to somehow be taking place.

A new twist on Margaret Sanger's population control ?

Why am I suspect? Because discussion on the topic is absolutely forbidden.

Ok, so someone tell me I'm nuts and I'll just be quiet.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-18 08:07  

#4  Her Subway commercials where she assaults innocent with her well placed kicks and destroys their food is enough for me to forego patronizing that food chain; now it looks like i no longer have a reason to shop VS…
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2021-06-18 08:01  

#3  Well, perhaps we know she did indeed have a 'secret.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-18 05:43  

#2  
Now we know "Victoria's Secrets", and it ain't pretty.

Prediction: This company "Victoria's Secrets", which is tittering on Federal Bankruptcy will be gone in 270 days... stay abreast of their future, read business reports, any of them, given their choice of spokes persons; this is the world according to VS, and they are going to hang their business future on them ... right .
Posted by: Grereting Glurong4843   2021-06-18 00:17  

#1  Their stock looks pretty on the hanger, but it doesn’t fit anyone well, and is not all that well made.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-06-18 00:16  

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