As a woman and as someone guilty of using "whore" and "bimbo" to describe britney and christina I can say that I respect your decision to not do so. Your post was intelligent and conscientous but I call it like I see it. Of course these words in our vernacular are disparaging towards women but what is worse is that our society continues to acknowlegdge a woman's physical beauty above all else. Do you think that these two girls would make any money for themselves or for their lables if they didn't dress and writhe all over the place like they do? If christna and britney had any kind of intellect and cared about what their images may be projecting than maybe they wouldn't pose on the cover of rolling stone with nothing on or make music videos full of sexual innuendoes and soft-core pornography. There are many women today who make quality music without these tactics, they may be less known, but at least they respect themselves and their art. They wouldn't be called bimbos or whores because they are not and they make sure they don't come across that way. I don't respect either of these girls, their music is crap, and their images are screwing up the collective conscience of many teen age girls who think they need to act this way or look this way because it is fed to them 24 hours a day in magazines, on the TV and in the news. It is no surprise that Joni wants out of this business either, although I feel she could record and produce and distribute her own music without losing her core audience she may just be disgusted with the whole industry. I certainly am.
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