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Monday, December 11, 2006 12:00 AM

So long, Paris

For years we've been paralyzed in the tractor beam of her brainless celebrity. Now it's time to kiss the creepy dollie goodbye.
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Sunday, December 10, 2006 06:35 PM

    she may not be a genius but she isn't any stupider than a lot of less "sexualized" women, or men for that matter, George Bush for instance, who are allowed to perform in public

    the fact is she is subject to a HIGHER level of scrutiny and criticism from many quarters BECAUSE she sells sex: both men and women, for somewhat different reasons, resent the fact that they have to use their brains to have something to sell and she doesn't.

    —anon

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