Grievance Hunter Takes On Horrible Indignity To Women From A Hotel's Print Ad
I read science journal articles all day, every day, but when I'm waiting for a minute or two to get let back into the office at my volunteer mediator job, I thumb through the ladies' mags in the waiting room.

It's fun. I love fashion. And I love big coffee table books with pictures of it, especially pictures of French fashion.

Yet some Australian journalist who apparently has nothing of importance to write about decided to do what's basically one of those junior high writing exercises where you imagine a bunch of things about a picture.

However, this exercise was basically "Decide that everything in the entire photo has some horrible sexist meaning." Which she did.

The story from Yahoo:

Sofitel Brisbane, a hotel in Brisbane, Australia, is being accused of gender stereotyping after publishing a seemingly innocent yet apparently sexist ad of a young couple having breakfast in bed.

Lounging in their bathrobes, with a selection of croissants, fruit salad, and other baked goods on display, the couple stare lovingly into each other's eyes -- but it's their reading material that has social media users up in arms.

A closer look reveals the woman is halfway through a Chanel coffee-table book, while the man is catching up on the Australian Financial Review.

Elizabeth Redman, a reporter at the newspaper the Australian, called out the Brisbane hotel on Twitter, writing "your breakfast looks delicious ... just wanted to let you know I'm a woman and I also read the Financial Review every day."

Others piled on:

"Ah yes, those hotel mornings when you wake up, put your hair in a nice chignon and read a coffee table book about Chanel," one commenter jabbed. "Of course, the fruit platter is on her side, she'd be loath to touch the baked goods," another wrote, while a third said, "No more diminishing please, in any form."

Here's the photo:

As for which food is where, chances are, some stylist put everything where it is -- based on color and proportion.

Does our little grievance hunter think this woman is too passive to say, "Pass me a croissant, hun"?

My problem with this is the same as this guy's who tweeted to the hotel to basically grow a fucking pair. Please, somebody do that the next time one of these nitwits goes all Mel Gibson taking on the Brits over a print ad's supposed sexism.