Hurray for Peggy Ornstein, who writes in "What's Wrong With Cinderella?" :
"In the 1990s, third-wave feminists rebelled against their dour big sisters, “reclaiming” sexual objectification as a woman’s right — provided, of course, that it was on her own terms, i.e., that she was the one choosing to strip, or wear a shirt emblazoned with “Porn Star”, or make out with her best friend at a frat-house bash.
"Third-waves have embraced words like 'bitch' and 'slut' as terms of affection and empowerment―that is, when used by the right people, with the right dash of playful irony. But how can you assure that? As Madonna gave way to Britney, whatever self-determination that message contained was watered down and commodified until all that was left was a gaggle of six-year-old girls in belly-baring t-shirts (which I’m guessing they don’t wear as cultural critique)."
The above expresses so well what I was trying to say here.
Ornstein continues:
"If trafficking in stereotypes doesn’t matter at age three, when does it matter? At six? Eight? Thirteen?", expressing exquisitely what I was trying to say here and here.
Go, Peggy Ornstein!
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Count my voice as objecting to the whole third wave phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteIck.
I'll take civil discourse and people saying what they mean rather than cleverly disguising their meaning in words saying the exact opposite. It leads to no good. Like the Disney princess craze, which is disgusting both as a universe of role models and in all other ways!
Count my voice as objecting to the whole third wave phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteIck.
I'll take civil discourse and people saying what they mean rather than cleverly disguising their meaning in words saying the exact opposite. It leads to no good. Like the Disney princess craze, which is disgusting both as a universe of role models and in all other ways!