Letters to the Editor
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P.S.
Sorry about the typos (misspellings). I'd hate for anyone to think I was just some uneducated buffoon spewing nonsense. I'm actually a Doctor and know what I'm talking about. Doctors are trained to put things kindly, but the reality is, when most of you get weighed for your physicals, the first word in your Doctor's head is "WOW!!!".
Put down those Chee-tos and pick up some weights!
P.P.S. Someone tell Britney that she was right about one thing that night. She DID look like a fat cow.
P.P.S.S. The author of this article is an idiot for thinking Britney did anything but get what she deserves and she's borderline mentally handicapped if she denies that Britney is fat and looked disgusting in her outfit at the VMAs.
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One more letter that has nothing to do with this column:
Scrynne, you made my day.
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I'm having nightmares.
The moose in this story is giving me nightmares. You should put a warning or something before posting such a horrible tale of animal cruelty. Seriously, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Celebrity (Britney) Overload
I think the whole Britney debacle is a symptom of the disease known as 'celebrity worship'. Society treats these celebs like they are gods simply because they are famous and filthy rich. There are MANY of these so-called celebrities that have little to no talent. They are usually manufactured 'stars' who appeal to a certain demographic. I personally never liked Britney's music or thought she was very talented. She was molded into being a 'Pop Star' by stylists, managers, choreographers, music execs, etc, etc.
I don't see how someone can 'comeback' from mediocrity? Sure she could hold a tune and manage to learn a few dance steps but big deal! At the height of her 'fame' didn't she lip-sync at her concerts?
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I'm a doctor too
Totally, totally a doctor. Really. I swear.
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Calm down, already
Lib Libenator (sp?),
I'm not a doctor, but I'm going to put my neck out there and say that I disagree with you. One does not have to have a four pack in order to escape the "fat" label. I think that one just ahs to have a fairly flat tummy. Plus the media DOES contribte to young girls starving themselves. Are you hoestly going to calll a young girl weak willed when she's surrounded by mags such as Glamour and Vogue? We are surrounded by unrealistic images of what is considered attractive. Yes the media does put ridiculous pressure on young women to be thin and so does your attitude. Why all the venom, dude? What has Britney done to you, and why are you so mad at those of us who say she isn't fat? Many of us do know what fit is; that's whay we say she's not fat.
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Oh I thought it was all part of the "Who wants to be the biggest public f*@#k up" show
and this week Britney is the winner. Ah, now Amy Winehouse has to try harder (or is it less hard?). Wouldn't it be wonderful if we found the health and sanity of these people as entertaining as their spiral into hell and surely a possible early death? As Mike Gravel stated "Americans are getting fatter and dumber" and with that in mind it makes sense that Miss Spears is the poster child for this mess we are in(although I would never call that bod of hers 'fat'...sheeeeesh. All the men I know keep telling me they think she looks sexy this way....not sure if her method of achieving it is too healthy however) All I know is that if this were my daughter I would have made damned sure she got the help she so desperately needed a long time ago and I would have never let this kind of circus go on at her expense. Is there really a big pay off for this kind of absurdity? If we ignore this kind of behavior instead of rewarding it with attention perhaps we can start to set the bar a little higher for ourselves and our youth.
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Not a musician?
kbrunkhorst:
But as a trained professional musician, I strongly object - no, let's skip object, and go straight to resent - your calling her a musician. I see no evidence of any musical skills on her part, and singing in itself is not musicianship.
As a vocalist of some thirty years (and who plays about 7 other instruments) who only recently began formal vocal training, I was to warn kbrunkhorst: when you don't know whence you speak, your mouth is best used for chewing. Have some beef jerky, man. You're talking through your behind.
Sure, "anyone can sing," but there is a great deal of technique to produce quality sound with the voice, It takes relentless practice, breathing and muscular exercises, and diction exercises. Voice training is at least as intensive as piano, though the voice is a lot easier to wear out than a piano and you must treat it gently.
So stop dissing vocalists as "lacking in musicianship," you're only demonstrating your own ignorance.
That said, Brittany isn't and never was much of a vocalist. She has no technique to speak of, nor much musicianship. I don't get why her "music" is so darned popular, except that it's catchy. She's no musician, vocalist or not.
But, I feel sorry for her implosion of late. It has to be hard to fall apart much less to have to do it on the covers of tabloids all over America. I keep telling my daughter not to judge Brittany, we don't know what's going on inside. We only see the outside--and hear from the people who want us to think she is the worst screw up on the planet. She's not fat by any stretch of the imagination. Wish I looked that good after 2 kids! But that bikini... not the best choice.
I hope Brittany gets it together. For Brittany... and maybe for her kids.
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Hey, dumb
shit! The media doesn't force women to starve themselves or put a gun to their vacant heads and force them not to eat. Christ, get some new material. Britney is fat. She is white trash.
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A Tale of Two Prostitutes
Spears tries to re-make her career, but only by wearing skimpy outfits and flashing people offstage, subjecting herself to the cruelest responses. Baring herself in public, for whatever attention she can get.
Traister watches Spears, reacts just as insensitively and jeeringly as the audience but acknowledges what she does and turns in an article for Salon. Like a criminal who admits to criminal actions without showing any inclination to reform, Traister's "confession," her "candor" is just a con, a dodge. And, like Spears, she's throwing out half-concieved performances for a profit. Baring herself in print.
Both seem covered in armor at the moment they are presumably exposing themselves, so you know they aren't really selling themselves no matter how low they sink.
Spears in performance, Traister in print. Show me the difference.
Hey girls! You can be the woman who strips for profit, or the woman who denounces her for profit. Those seem to be your options. And that's the real tragedy facing young girls today. Which do you want to peddle for a profit, miss?