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New York Times critic Gina Bellafante reviewed “The Hills” yesterday and called Heidi Montag a “feminist hero” because Heidi focuses more on her career and stands up to that bubble-headed dolt she’s dating. I can’t really comment on the feminist perspectives explored in “The Hills” because I only watched it once and the only thing I came away with was that the girls say “like” a lot and their voices sounded like ducks quacking. Oh yeah, and I was bored senseless.
Looking for some feminist reaction, I stumbled onto Feministing.org and discovered that Bellafante wrote a 1998 essay for Time magazine declaring feminism dead and “devolved into the silly” with “popular culture [insisting] on offering images of grown single women as frazzled, self-absorbed girls.” Soooo, are frazzled, self-absorbed girls with fake body parts, fake jobs, and fake lives the new feminist icons?
My gut tells me Ms. Bellafante was dishing out a little healthy satire in yesterday’s article. She was joking! Right?
Posted by 14 ♦ March 24, 2008
At 12:58 pm Marie said:
I hope she was joking…I read that and thought A) how much did spiedi pay for that B) Never read the NY times again.
March 24, 2008
At 1:06 pm Vern said:
14,
I’m hoping Bellafante was joking with the Hiedi reference just like I’m hoping you are joking with the Naomi Wolf reference!
March 24, 2008
At 1:15 pm Aine said:
i’m speechless.
i cannot believe “feminism” and “heidi” were uttered in conjunction.
that is disgusting.
March 24, 2008
At 1:59 pm Mr. T said:
yeah that’s pretty f-ed up… not as bad as this though:
Work Jerks - a safe-for-work sketch about something that is definitely not safe-for-work:
http://digitalfuntown.squarespace.com/dft-blog/2008/3/24/short-shorts-work-jerks.html
March 24, 2008
At 5:23 pm Faylinn said:
With that logic, I must be the ultimate feminist. I’m killing myself with an accounting major.
March 24, 2008
At 5:25 pm midevil said:
I thought the Girls Gone Wild chicks were the new feminism.
March 24, 2008
At 5:44 pm Jenn F. said:
14, your choice of pics of Heidi for this was priceless.
March 24, 2008
At 6:02 pm lawrewvcd said:
Heidi is absolutely gorgeous~~~Her is profile is showing up at a super model site named Richromances.com. Is she dating someone?
March 24, 2008
At 6:35 pm B. said:
I agree with Jenn F. The Heidi pic was priceless. I hope Bellafante was joking.
March 24, 2008
At 7:35 pm Laura @ Hungry and Frozen said:
As said above, excellent choice of photo juxtaposition
After reading the article, she must be joking - she described Lauren as Baroque and Whitney as evoking the Shakespearian mute.
I can’t even watch three minutes of The Hills and its sister, Laguna Beach, without wanting to hurl something at the TV. All those spoiled kids with absolutely nothing to offer the world and nothing in their heads.
March 24, 2008
At 7:40 pm Laura @ Hungry and Frozen said:
Having said that, whatever Bellafonte’s intentions it was worth reading it just to learn that Heidi’s parents live in a place called “Crested Butte.” Sounds like something straight out of Little Britain.
March 24, 2008
At 8:23 pm Demon kitty said:
I dare say Little Britain is a far better example of feminism than anything we have come up with these days.
March 24, 2008
At 8:56 pm CPTWilly said:
14, I love your sense of humor.
Heidi is as much a model of feminism as I am.
But in a totally different she-is-a-sex-object vs. I-am-a-man way.
March 24, 2008
At 9:20 pm Stanley said:
Perfect picture of Heidi, 14! Our femenist hero in action!
March 24, 2008
At 5:11 am Bee Hind said:
She’s not sexy, she’s a cookie cutter bimbo off of the assembly line! I’m letting my subscription to the Times go.
Oh, and Lawrewvcd-
You should go straight to Richromances dot com,
because I know Heidi personally,
and she is single and has a trick pelvis,
and I’m sure she’d LOVE to go out with you.
March 25, 2008
At 8:55 am jayleigh said:
So has anyone heard the 30 second nightmarish preview from her new single “No More”? I started playing it from the People Magazine website and honestly, my coworker in the desk in front me turned around and asked me if I heard a dog barking!! I told her she was close but it was just good ol’ Speidi!! What sucks though it I’m going to have to wait an hour for my stomach to settle before I start eating my lunch.
March 25, 2008
At 8:55 am jayleigh said:
So has anyone heard the 30 second nightmarish preview from her new single “No More”? I started playing it from the People Magazine website and honestly, my coworker in the desk in front me turned around and asked me if I heard a dog barking!! I told her she was close but it was just good ol’ Speidi!! What sucks though is I’m going to have to wait an hour for my stomach to settle before I start eating my lunch.
March 25, 2008
At 10:09 pm It’s British Bitch said:
Crested Butte … hmm sounds like an ideal locale for the Seacrest Timeshares or Retirement Community development. Get a surveyor out there asap.
Vern: hellloooo! I’m finally back from my work trip to India&China.
March 25, 2008
At 3:27 am Vern said:
Brit Bit,
Welcome back! I have missed you! India & China sounds a fuck lot better than Alabama! But, well, that not being able to pick your relatives thing. I’ll be back in a couple of days meself.
Cheers!
March 26, 2008