dolphinboy

I admit, I'm a Firefly geek, so that's primarily why I think this is so cool. Her two appearances were wonderful and I thought her character was awesome and, yes, incredibly beautiful. I don't watch Mad Men, but I don't think she's gotten as much recognition compared to Jon Hamm or even January Jones, which makes it even cooler that she's getting big time recognition like this and a cover, spread, and article in Esquire. Even cooler, it was women who were poled, according to the article, which means it wasn't just about the boobs.

I hope this gets her out into the mainstream and maybe making big time feature films. Maybe it's unfortunate that her looks and not talent might finally help her really break out, but I don't care, I think she's wonderful and, admittedly, her looks are pretty close to perfect based on what I find most attractive in a woman. She didn't even need the giant boobs, but I'm not complaining.


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draven31

I'm a women and I find her attractive... Of coarse I'm also a firefly geek..

Thrush

You know Jon Hamm is thinking dont stare at her boobs, dont stare at her boobs, dont stare at her boobs.....

dx23

And this is her husband



How and why?!?

the big train

Sure it was.

It's strange, Christina Hendricks possesses many physical qualities I find attractive, but she just doesn't do much for me beyond my appreciation of her boobs. I think it's that I find her face to be nothing at all special.

dx23

Dr. DVD

Glad to see this happen from a more mainstream source and not a geek website. I hope this also helps the notion that women don't have to look like emaciated waifs to be considered beautiful.

Congrats Christina! When does that issue hit newstands?

mndtrp

Good for her. I hope to see more of her around.

cartman

While I could never declare a "best", I wholeheartedly agree!

dolphinboy

From Esquire.com:

Christina Hendricks: A Letter to Men

The sexy star of Mad Men — and Esquire's all-new issue devoted to women — has a few things she'd like to get off her chest

By Christina Hendricks


We love your body. If we're in love with you, we love your body. Your potbelly, everything. Even if you're insecure about something, we love your body. You feel like you're not this or that? We love your body. We embrace everything. Because it's you.

Speaking of your body, you don't understand the power of your own smell. Any woman who is currently with a man is with him partly because she loves the way he smells. And if we haven't smelled you for a day or two and then we suddenly are within inches of you, we swoon. We get light-headed. It's intoxicating. It's heady.

We remember forever what you say about the bodies of other women. When you mention in passing that a certain woman is attractive — could be someone in the office, a woman on the street, a celebrity, any woman in the world, really — your comment goes into a steel box and it stays there forever. We will file the comment under "Women He Finds Attractive." It's not about whether or not we approve of the comment. It's about learning what you think is sexy and how we might be able to convey it. It's about keeping our man by knowing what he likes.

We also remember everything you say about our bodies, be it good or bad. Doesn't matter if it's a compliment. Could be just a comment. Those things you say are stored away in the steel box, and we remember these things verbatim. We remember what you were wearing and the street corner you were standing on when you said it.

Never complain about our friends — even if we do. No matter how many times we say a friend of ours is driving us crazy, you are not to pile on. Not because it offends us. But because it adds to the weight that we carry around about her.

Remember what we like. When I first started dating my husband, I had this weird fascination with the circus and clowns and old carnival things and sideshow freaks and all that. About a month after we started dating, he bought me this amazing black-and-white photo book on the circus in the 1930s, and I started sobbing. Which freaked him out. I thought, Oh, my God, I mentioned this three or four weeks ago and talked about it briefly, but he was really listening to me. And he actually went out and researched and found this thing for me. It was amazing.

We want you to order Scotch. It's the most impressive drink order. It's classic. It's sexy. Such a rich color. The glass, the smell. It's not watered down with fruit juice. It's Scotch. And you ordered it.

Stand up, open a door, offer a jacket. We talk about it with our friends after you do it. We say, "Can you believe he stood up when I approached the table?" It makes us feel important. And it makes you important because we talk about it.

No shorts that go below the knee. The ones almost like capri pants, the ones that hover somewhere between the kneecap and the calf? Enough with those shorts. They are the most embarrassing pants in the world. They should never be worn. No woman likes those.

Also, no tank tops. In public at least. A tank top is underwear. You're walking around in your underwear. Too much.

No man should be on Facebook. It's an invasion of everyone's privacy. I really cannot stand it.

You don't know this, but when we come back from a date, we feel awkward about that transition from our cute outfit into sexy lingerie. We don't know how to do this gracefully. It's embarrassing. We have to find a way to slip into another room, put on the outfit as if it all happened very easily, and then come out and it's: Look at me! Look at the sexy thing I've done! For you, it's the blink of an eye. It's all very embarrassing. Just so you know.

Panties is a wonderful word. When did you stop saying "panties"? It's sexy. It's girlie. It's naughty. Say it more.

About ogling: The men who look, they really look. It doesn't insult us. It doesn't faze us, really. It's just — well, it's a little infantile. Which is ironic, isn't it? The men who constantly stare at our breasts are never the men we're attracted to.

There are better words than beautiful. Radiant, for instance. It's an underused word. It's a very special word. "You are radiant." Also, enchanting, smoldering, intoxicating, charming, fetching.

Marriage changes very little. The only things that will get a married man laid that won't get a single man laid are adultery and whores. Intelligence and humor (and your smell) are what get you laid. That's what got you laid when you were single. That's what gets you laid when you're married. Everything still works in marriage: especially intelligence and humor. Because the sexiest thing is to know you.

zuffy

Ditto.

WallyOPD

I have a few things I'd like to get on her chest.

PopcornTreeCt

Hooray for boobies!

bootsy

Christina Hendricks is not the best looking woman. Not even close. She has great breasts but good lord can we stop the nonsense.

Perkinsun Dzees

Those poor women.

dolphinboy

No woman is the BEST looking. No album is the BEST album. We love lists and we love ranking people. So, for me, it's just nice to see someone that I admire (and if you saw her on Firefly you'd know it was more than boobs or even good looks that made her delicious) doing well in a business where you can easily disappear.

In Firefly's brief run, I kept thinking if it had gone longer, that character was so good that maybe she would have become a regular or become somewhat reformed and make regular guest appearances.

Now I'm just happy for her success with Mad Man and the attention that should come her way from such a prominent magazine giving her such a title.

musick

The Infidel

Jesus Xavier Christ! I haven't seen waves like that since the 2004 tsunami.

davidh777

Was she Inara's madame friend?

LickTheABCs

She was our Mrs. Reynolds.

bluetoast

Damn, didn't know she was married to that random guy who happened to be in every random teenage movie from the early 2000's.

dolphinboy

Mrs. Saffron Reynolds.

davidh777

Ah, nice, thanks. Now I'm compelled to rewatch that episode (I guess she was alson "Trash"). Man, Fillion looks young after I've been watching Castle.

DJariya

I was first exposed to Chrstina Hendricks on the old UPN show Kevin Hill before Mad Men and Life.

No doubt about it that she's pretty damn hot and her voluptuousness is her key trait. But, IMO she is definitely not the most beautiful woman out there. I actually think her Mad Men co-star January Jones is way more hotter and naturally beautiful than her.

Giantrobo

Pale...check
Redhead...Check
Big Boobs...CHECK CHECK