As Rich and I were in the check-out line at the grocery store, I did my usual, reading headlines of the magazines there. I had to laugh and cringe this week, though, because of the headlines I saw.

That’s not to say I don’t laugh and cringe every week, but these really stood out to me.

First – Jessica Simpson. I haven’t really followed Ms Simpson, but a few weeks ago, she was on the cover of a magazine, wearing some outfit with multiple belts, with a headline that ran something like: “Simpson tells reports to back off – she’s proud to be a normal weight.” I remember thinking, as I looked at the picture of her, “Normal weight? Really? I guess she looks more normal, except for all the belts she has on over that leopard print top. How sad she’d need to tell people she’s not fat – she still looks so skinny!”

Yesterday, there was another picture of Ms Simpson. This time, the headline was: “Jessica Proud to be Back in her Daisy Dukes.”

I thought she was telling people she was proud to have put on a little weight just a few weeks ago?

The next: Oprah. Oh, this one killed me. “Lose weight with Oprah!” and “Oprah’s New Diet to Drop 40 Pounds!”

What happened to the last diet she was on, with that trainer, Greene, I think it was? Does that not work any more? What’s so fancy about this “new” thing she’ll be doing?

And the world wonders why women have such image issues.