Britney Rant

While somewhat sad, I acquire a great deal for my news from the yahoo web page, namely my celebrity news (to which I have a slight addiction). Yesterday the main topic of interest, as with many websites, was Britney Spear's performance at the VMAs.
But really, mostly about her supposed "paunch".
Spear's performance was not particularly good-- it was actually fairly bad-- and she obviously knew it. She seemed nervous, frustrated with the way her act was going and, generally, out of it.
I am not a huge Spear's fan (although i have often been caught crooning her tunes at Karaoke and, at one time, even had a slight crush on the lady) and there was no doubt her act was one of the worst of hers that I have seen.
But the media focused far less on her out of step dance moves than they did her dreaded belly.
First off, besides the fact Spear's mid-section is actually quite close to the ideal to which so many women strive, the attention to her abs just points once again to the infuriating (and honestly tired) issue that much of society continues to view (and critique, judge and belittle) women as ornaments rather than instruments or actors.

Today, Yahoo News posted a second, follow- up piece asking whether too much attention was paid to Spear's tummy or if "she asking for it by choosing that unforgiving black-sequined bikini".
many just thought she should have avoided exposing the "bulging" spectacle of her body by wearing her outfit- a black, sequined bikini. According to Janice Min, editor of US Weekly:

"In that ensemble, you just can't have an ounce of anything extra.
Many women wouldn't eat for days if they were wearing that... "Did she look better than 99 percent of women? Yes. But compared to her earlier form, she probably didn't look as good."

I am just so sick of this. Goddamn this body image bullshit.

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