It's still ok to photograph a female rock star or an actress in a sexual pose.
Even if Liz Phair is not particularly known for her sexuality...have her crouch like she's about to perform a sex act.
Even if Emma Stone's nominated for an Oscar, and for a movie musical of all things...pose her in a nearly see-through nightie, with one strap hanging off her shoulder.
That's ROLLING STONE. Really. ROLLING STONE.
Here, with the same very tired headline, "A STAR IS BORN," are the cover shots of Liz Phair and Emma Stone.
What's going on?
It's possible that women are simply no longer on the radar of "Politically Correct."
If you noticed the Academy Awards the other night, the big deal was BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK.
And GAY GAY GAY GAY TRANSGENDER.
The important thing was not counting the number of women nominated in categories such as best screenwriter, best sound engineer or best director, but to check on the number of BLACKS nominated for acting. Oooh, they dominated in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. That's a start. BLACKS won two of the four top acting prizes. That's a start. Not great, but a start.
There was the usual hoo-ha about GAYS (including a huge kerfuffle because obscure transgender actress Alexis Arquette wasn't mentioned in the "In Memorium" segment. Robert Vaughn wasn't either, but he wasn't GAY GAY GAY GAY or TRANSGENDER.
The winning speeches and the various presenter blabs were all very keen on mentioning "DIVERSITY."
But that only applies to BLACKS and GAYS and TRANSGENDERS at the moment. Everyone else? Oh, they've had their day. Everything is fine.
Jewish tombstones were knocked over in two different cities in the past week. That's ok. Jews have been persecuted for 2000 years. Nothing new there. Besides, Israel doesn't deserve to exist. Give it to the Palestinians.
The Washington Redskins are STILL called the Washington Redskins? Get over it! The Native Americans have been persecuted for the past 200 years. Nothing new. Trump's signed a bill to drag a gooey oil-spewing pipeline through Native American ground. So?
Asians? They're doing all right. Latinos? "The Wall" hasn't been built yet. Muslims? Shhhh, don't mention The Muslims! And women...
Women...well, they stood around marching in PUSSY HATS after Trump got elected. They now "own" the word PUSSY. Case closed. You know, they can wear PUSSY HATS the same way gay writers can call themselves QUEER and rappers can call themselves Niggas. Call yourself the bad word, or a variation thereof, and you're good to go. Go where?
To the cover of Rolling Stone in a fuck-me pose, in the two examples above.
That's progress in the 21st Century.
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