and you expect it to be so funny. it s all right. i think we re projecting a lot of things on the ad. nothing in the ad talks about weight loss or is necessarily her husband saying she needs to look different. she has this panicked face because some of us look that way. some of us don t have rbf, we have rpf, resting panic face. you re being way too generous about this. what we see in media tells us about what is possible. this weekend my women s studies class, i have my students doing a critique of media representations of bodies. we have young people struggling with eating disorders because they see a culture of thinness. the other thing they want in that ad is that story. you want to come downstairs with the pretty man, beautiful baby, beautifulsuburbia. i ll take it. i just don t want to have to get on an exercise bike to do it. the ad sent the stock