Letters to the Editor
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Meee--YOWWWWW and eeewwww
Though many women might go so far as to scold the paparazzi for exposing the aging starlet in yet another vicious way,
Calling a woman Britney's age an "aging starlet" is kind of vicious too.
Especially considering the fact that Britney's sexuality was being marketed when she was just a teenager.
It's like you're snarking on her for being too old to do child porn.
This is my flesh, crawling.
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@Silenced
My sentiments exactly.
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You have a menstrual period. Good for you.
One of the most ridiculous things about feminism -- and there is a LOT to ridicule -- is this practice of turning the basest bodily functions into some sort of meaningful sacrament. This is a classic example.
Eve Ensler, who's a third-rate playwrite, turns out a piece that has the word "vagina" in it -- ooh! Now she's wealthy, and milking this for all she possible can.
Childbirth, which for centuries had been a painful, dangerous way to bring a new human into the world -- has become some sort of experience, like a religious retreat.
And, oh, yes, the menstrual period. Let's celebrate that! Let's write big, long, unfunny essays about it. Let's enshrine it as a symbol of women's oppression. Let's insist that everyone take it seriously, that it literally becomes a red badge of courage.
Does anyone realize how silly, how infantile, how borderline insane this is? It's like someone with dementia playing with her own excrement. Would you please just have your periods, like the other three billion women on the planet, like every mammal who ever walked the earth does, and get on with your lives? I mean, come on, grow up.
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Ummm....I don't think non-human mammals have "periods!"
Most non-human species have one short time of "heat" every year, during which time which the female is fertile. I hardly think this phenomenon is parallel to the more-or-less continuous status of the human female from apx. age 12 to 50.
And yes, I DO think many of us feminists over-fetishize "normal" body parts and functions. And to think that, once upon a time, Margaret Cho was actually FUNNY!
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Grammar
Let HER who...
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Why Would You Even Write About This?
That is really just stupid.
If any one cares in the least about Cho or Spears they must be deranged. Women really need some better role models, the ones currently on display just make all of womanhood look miserable. Being proud of having periods is like taking pride is pissing, or taking pride in breathing oxygen. Yeah, women have periods, big deal. If that is what it takes to give women a sense of solidarity so be it, but surely that solidarity can be realized without having to look to nut cases like Spears and Cho for wisdom.
Really, stupid.
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Gross. Just gross. Shut up already for "the goddess's" sake.
I second the comment that this is like watching people smearing the walls with you know, what comes out of that other hole.
It's stupid and infantile to be so preoccupied with something so basic. Okay, it's a good thing to remove the shame component. But is this really an issue worthy of feminist blogging?
Brit-Brit trots all over town with no damn pants on and a lingerie bottom. She knows what to expect. She isn't making some big feminist statement by doing this.
She's a grown up, she can get help or refuse it, as she likes, and the other so-called grown ups need to get their noses out of her crotch. Christ on a cracker, you people are some sick fucks.
As for the mattress, that's just disgusting, my mattress is fine. It's no wonder feminists get stereotyped as flithy, hairy slags who smell. Apparently some people think this is something to be proud of and trumpet from the rooftops. But they don't speak for me.
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As anyone who owns a bitch or a mare knows....
Female mammals do indeed bleed if not bred during their cycles. Cats, pigs, all of them. The quantity does not tend to be as great as with women, and many species are good at keeping themselves cleaned. But yes, they do have "periods", after a fashion.
Just to clear that up for the person on the list who says they don't.
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TMI
Does it seem to you that this is Too Much Information? I mean, it's a perfectly natural function, but I see no reason why it's of interest to anyone but the woman involved, her OB/GYN and her drugstore.
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Margaret Cho: One joke, and it's gotten old.
You know, the one where she puts on her Korean mother's accent?
Was that ever funny?
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"I just saw a picture online of Britney's period stain..."
I haven't yet. I haven't gone searching for the links. My favorite online magazine that is often times claimed to be misogynistic FARK hasn't posted the links.
Which feminist sent Cho the links?
Why did Cho click on the links?
Who cares, and what's the big deal that would force Cho to click on the links?
My 9 year old daughter gets upset when groceries stores don't have People magazine for her to look through. I ask her what she likes about People. She says it has all of these fun articles about stars doing bad things.
Did I mention she is 9? What's Cho's excuse?
(In fairness to Cho, I largely agree with her, and admit that both my daughter and I think the name of our 7th planet is a hoot!)
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Really?
Do y'all not even know who Cat Power is? New covers record came out. It's not bad.
How badly do you need metaphors? Ms. Spears is not a good choice.
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To be fair
Childbirth, which for centuries had been a painful, dangerous way to bring a new human into the world -- has become some sort of experience, like a religious retreat.
To be fair, I do appreciate that women have this sense of ceremony about the body that men seem to sometimes gloss over.
Granted, it is overdone with celebration of menstruation (like guys celebrating farting), but I think it is a good object lesson for men to take in that the everyday is something to celebrate and that we are all connected to nature.
This is hopefully one function women excel at, bringing the divine into the ordinary, that we as a society can utilize to improve all of our lives.
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And Another Thing....
Why would any one want to support Spears to begin with? She is just another talentless, entitled white girl whose celebrity is based primarily on her overt sexuality. It is terrible that people like her exist to warp our brains. She, like so many others, is only there placed before us to make us all dumber. That's free-dumb for you.