Interesting article on the cover of Newsweek today. Lately I've been having a real crisis of conscience as a willing cog in the giant BS machine that is celebrity news. Do I really want to be writing this stuff? Isn't there something more useful or at least more positive that I could do? I'm really struggling with this.
So, Newsweek's Kathleen Deveny wrote about the "girls gone wild" effect. There's good news, and bad news in the article, and what I think is sound advice in the conclusion.
"Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole: They seem to be everywhere and they may not be wearing underwear. Tweens adore them and teens envy them. But are we raising a generation of 'prosti-tots'?"
My 6-year-old daughter loves Lindsay Lohan. Loves, loves, loves her. She loves Lindsay's hair; she loves Lindsay's freckles. She's seen "The Parent Trap" at least 10 times. I sometimes catch her humming the movie's theme song, Nat King Cole's "Love." She likes "Herbie Fully Loaded" and now we're cycling through "Freaky Friday." So when my daughter spotted a photo of Lindsay in the New York Post at the breakfast table not long ago, she was psyched. "That's Lindsay Lohan," she said proudly. "What's she doing?"
I couldn't tell her, of course. I didn't want to explain that Lindsay, who, like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, sometimes parties pantyless, was taking pole-dancing lessons to prepare for a movie role. Or that her two hours of research left her bruised "everywhere."
Read full article: Girls Gone Wild: What Are Celebs Teaching Kids? - Newsweek .
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