It has been over a month since I've posted an entry in the People We Need to Kill Series. I was surprised as you are.
OK, maybe you weren't surprised. I don't want to presume that you pay this platform the kind of attention I do. Nevertheless, it does feel like that just yesterday that I unloaded a lifetime worth of angst and rage on somebody, but that's probably just me.
In any case, with a provocative title like People We Need To Kill, I have to be very careful with my selection of targets. The chosen quarry must be universally despised and worthy of a homicidal rant. And I think if you've ever watched The Learning Channel, you'd agree that the moms featured in Toddlers and Tiaras meet those qualifications.
If you haven't I invite you to sample this wonderful clip:
Take June, the "mom" pictured above, for example. Her Toddlers and Tiaras episode aired last fall. It was one of the most watched shows in the history of T&T. Eager for another fix of media attention, CNN reported last week that June brought her 6-year old daughter to a college bar and had her dance on stage while crazed college students threw dollar bills at her.
When my daughter was 6 we still had her on a leash. For the record we never had her on a leash, but I think you see where I'm coming from.
Here's the irony. These pageant moms and the whole beauty pageant subculture with its emphasis on cheesy decor, faux stripper routines and anti-intellectualism, seem to be most popular in the South and the Rick Santorum states -- the people who are most opposed to abortion.
The same people who could most benefit from it.
1 comment:
That was one of the most disgusting videos I've ever watched.
Did you ever read Christopher Hedges' "Empire of Illusion"?
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