Comments on: What Not To Hear

By: Shoshana

Shoshana — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:24:35 +0000

I love your blog. Modesty and privacy are so important to me, I totally understand what you were saying. I have seen the episode, and saw her uncomfortable-ness with the hosts thoughts NOT herself. Although they make it look like its her fault! Shame on TLC. Stacey London and Clinton Kelly, should know better…since they live in NY, and unless you are blind, especially “fashion experts” should know something, I mean Jews are not the only ones that are Tznius! Some Orthodox Christians, Amish, Mennonite, Muslims, Mormons, etc….They should study there “industry” a bit more, don’t you think????

By: mayim bialik

mayim bialik — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:44:28 +0000

great blog, allison. you hit it all right on the head. obviously i have a way to go, and i can not be the “poster child” for tznius, but my decisions are really based in a lot of thought and study, not just fear of sexuality. the show obviously had to make it palatable for everyone, and i hope you and i get our chance to show the world how fabulous being tznius can be

By: Marta

Marta — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:37 +0000

I could see that Mayim was “playing along” with this whole thing and being very gracious.
It’s good to know we can take Hollywood with a grain of salt when it is all said and done.
Hurray for those of us who know who we really dress for.

By: Alice :: Feral Childe

Alice :: Feral Childe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:15:11 +0000

I never watched Blossom as a kid, but was thoroughly charmed by Mayim on the show. But if I hadn’t Googled obsessively prior to finally seeing the episode on Hulu.com, I probably wouldn’t have picked up on the absence of the tznius discussion on the show since I knew nothing of Mayim’s background. Shame on TLC!
See, we are the designers of the green blazer that Mayim bought on her first shopping trip — the purchase Stacy and Clint so thoroughly despised.

By: Maya

Maya — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:18:07 +0000

I was a huge fan of Mayim as a child. And I am so glad she is looking beautiful and happy now.
I was not aware that she became religous- I wish they would have mentioned it in the episode! That way, they could bring a whole other level to their show.
She is beautiful and looks great!

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:01:14 +0000

I don’t think that they tried to get her to dress “like trash”. There’s revealing done tastefully and revealing done un-tastefully and not of the outfits they put her in, IMO, were outright trashy. They were just more revealing and body-emphasizing than she wanted and she has a right to draw her lines where she sees fit.

By: Katlin

Katlin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:05:17 +0000

The night the show aired, Mayim appeared on Chelsea Lately (which I also TiVo’d) and EXPLAINED why she was never in pants, showing her arms. I was SO MAD at the portrayal of Mayim as being “uncomfortable with her own body” becuase they were trying to get her to dress like trash. They got a very angry letter from me the day the show aired. As another Modern Orthodox Jew working to break apart the stereotypes… I was FURIOUS.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:13:46 +0000

Oh, I forgot–to the reader in Israel Maybe you can check at Hulu.com to view the program. Or go over to The Learning Channel (TLC.com I think) and see if you can watch past episodes.
Good luck–
Nancy

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:10:52 +0000

Hi!
Yup, you zipped by–whooosh. The irony here is when they had a young Mormon woman on about a year ago, they made a big point of addressing her modesty issues. I think they got too wound up in her “ex-child star” status and pretty much blew off her present life. Funny, no one even called her Dr. Bialik. Not even once–it would seem to me that if someone just told you she just finished up her Ph.d I would at least mention it. Oh well. Maybe next they’ll make over someone Amish….(“These aprons make you look broad in the mid-section. “What’s with the bonnets?” “Don’t you have anything other than black?”….)
Regards to all from a loyal gentile fan–

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:08:24 +0000

I was excited to see the episode after reading your earlier post, and similarly disappointed with how it came out. Not surprised, but disappointed. Hollywood tends to avoid religion entirely now, I think; whether that’s from the intensely secular nature of the industry or simply a business decision made in the hopes of not alienating viewers, I don’t know, but if they weren’t going to explain her reasons, they could have at least been neutral about her decisions rather than negatively labeling her. Still, I thought Mayim carried herself very well and was a credit to herself and her people. I also think she needs to buy that zebra shirt.