Look: I know there’s sex everywhere all the time no matter where you look. But still, there are times when I get a little shock from the – how to describe it – utter lack of any sense of occasion displayed by those who write about such things.
Example: This news story about Lindsay Lohan posing topless for a French magazine. Here’s what it says after describing how “In the shoot she can be seen simulating sex with both a man and woman.”
Meanwhile, Lindsay will be busy preparing Thanksgiving dinner with her family, at their home in Long Island, New York.
Lindsay’s mother Dina said: “Lindsay is making the garlic mashed potatoes. They are amazing!”
No, no, no. Either you write about the starlet’s bare-it-all antics, or you discuss how she celebrates Thanksgiving. You don’t mix the two – they really don’t go together very well.
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Andrea has a lot of thoughts on this one: One: Is this something her mother is proud of or trying to ignore? (“My daughter is in a nude photo shoot simulating sex with strangers… Wow! These mashed potatoes sure are great!”) Two: Only in America would a reporter try to merge Thanksgiving and sex. Three: Rome didn’t fall in a day, and America won’t fall because of Lindsay Lohan. But the words “civilizational decline” spring to mind. Four: The pilgrims sure as heck are turning in their graves. Finally, is there a funny comedy sketch in there somewhere? Lohan at a pilgrim’s thanksgiving table? Or is it just too sad?
Like I said, lots of thoughts in my head on this one.
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Not to mention the recent Adam Lambert debacle. As Brigitte says, sex is everywhere, but really we are meant to be more than just creatures whose thoughts emanate from 6 inches below the belt. Who really wants to be living on that level of existence?
“See–Lindsay Lohan makes garlic mashed potatoes and sits down to Thanksgiving dinner like the rest of us. Lindsay Lohan is just a normal American girl! Therefore it is normal for girls to pose topless.”
Is that the logic that the article is trying to get across? Apparently girls are buying it.
How will men ever respect women, when women don’t respect themselves?