or at least the media's take on it... (yes. i am *this* vapid).
i'm kind of fascinated by all the hullabaloo about poor old brit's turn on GI Jane. so what if she just got out of rehab? so she just split from k-fed, and the romance with the lookalike rebound didn't work out? i don't get why her shaving her head must automatically equate with madness. or a cry for help. or some clear evidence that the girl is losing her marbles. i mean SHIT. hasn't every sane girl in the world chafed just a bit at the requirement to walk the very narrow runway of feminine performance? haven't we all, some days, gotten a little bit tired of having to look just so, smile just like that, giggle in just the right way to affirm the world's notion that we are proper girls? and haven't we all, some days, gotten tired of it and said fuck it, and gotten a tattoo, or spit in public, or let out a big long belch on public transit?
i mean, don't get me wrong - i have no idea if la brit was actually thinking all of these things when she grabbed hold of the clippers and took it all off for the cameras, but i like what it represents. or i like my representation of it. :) since in the end, isn't that all celebrity culture is good for?
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human (All the Freaky People)
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