The Maxim 100 is problematic all on its lonesome. But so is Jemele Hill's take on the annual list:Because, of course, there's this objective standard of hot that excludes Handler from the top 100.From the sports world, Lindsey Vonn, Danica Patrick, Grace Park, Stacy Keibler and ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews all made the list (Patrick was ranked the highest at No. 25). No arguments there. But did Elena Dementieva, Anna Rawson, and Natalie Gulbis, suddenly cease to exist?
Surely one of them could have replaced, say, Chelsea Handler?
Look, I couldn't tell Dementieva from Rawson if I hit one of them with my Nissan Altima. But more importantly here, either Hill needs to embrace the "fun" of the debate or she should seriously engage with the legion problems of ranking celebrities according to arbitrary - and usually, exclusionary - standards of beauty.
Sure, I would probably have Beyonce and Halle Berry in my top 100. But that's if I decided to put together my own list.
Hill, of course, is free to do the same. And she could do so without slighting Handler.
Also, I'm not going to the Maxim 100 to see a diverse representation of pulchritude. So I can't even be moved to offer much criticism in that regard. I never figured that I was part of Maxim's target audience, and I don't know why Jemele felt much differently.
That's why I consult my own sources when I'm indulging the lizard part of my brain.