um, so i recently started watching here comes honey boo boo. it was an accident. by "accident," i mean "there weren't any good shows on tv, so i got sucked into this." for those of you who don't know about honey boo boo, here is a clip that shows you all that this program has to offer.
if i can't find a job after graduating, i think i will apply to be a translator for honey boo boo and her family. the producers put up subtitles for about half of what they say on this show, even though i have no trouble understanding it. oh georgia. you really are like another country.
i am totally entertained by honey boo boo, but the show also makes me SO SAD. when i watch it, i think: this is what we have to work on as a country. this is a perfect example of our weakness. we can't elect a republican president because he will ignore honey boo boo even more than a democratic president would.
in all seriousness, i can't watch the show without thinking:
1. honey boo boo's 17 year old older sister wouldn't be pregnant if we had better sex ed in schools, better (free) access to contraceptives, and if she was getting a better education and felt like she could make something of herself.
2. honey boo boo's mama weighs 307 pounds (i know this because she weighed herself on the show) and could use some better education about cooking and eating healthily. she might not weigh 307 pounds if she had found a love (or just appreciation for) exercise when she was younger. but oh wait! she had her first child when she was 15. she probably didn't finish high school. she's part of this cycle of poverty that she's raising her daughters in.
3. honey boo boo's mama could get some parenting tips from michelle duggar, the mother of 19 on another TLC show i watch, 19 kids and counting. michelle duggar is a little crazy about religion, but if i had to pick one of these reality show moms to raise my child, michelle duggar wins HANDS DOWN.
4. honey boo boo is the only character i don't blame for anything. she seems like a pretty normal 6 year old, all things considered - she makes fart jokes and loves her pet pig and likes to play in the mud and play dress up. honey boo boo is not the ridiculous character on this show, even though the show is named for her. i also enjoy sugar bear. yes, that's right, honey boo boo calls her dad "sugar bear" instead of "dad." i do not know what to make of this.
5. there is no way this family has health insurance. sigh.
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