Perhaps you heard: The Hills are back, and even the New York Times seems to be excited! Says the Gray Lady: "The theme of ambition permeates the new season, although it detracts not at all from the show's canny sense that there's no such thing as postadolescence: you're a teenager until you start having biopsies and paying a mortgage." (The paper also - jokingly - calls Heidi Montag a "feminist hero".) You know what NYT? We love trashy television too, but there is no need to attempt to intellectualize something aimed at 16-year-olds. Just beach out in front of the television with a bottle of wine like the rest of us. (Speaking of, we'll be live-blogging the show tonight at 10pm Eastern.) [New York Times]
12:45 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Maria Mercedes Lara
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I'm not looking forward to this season as much as previous seasons. They revealed way too much in the spoilers.
OMG. So excited.
If Heidi Montag is a feminist hero there's nothing else for me to do but shoot myself.
I'm stupidly excited for this, even though 30 minutes always seem to fly by without anything actually happening.
Heidi is a feminist hero? I guess if feminist haters wrote that she's their hero because she shames the female race.
If Heidi Montag is a feminist hero, then I am the very model of a modern major unicorn.
Re: We love trashy television too, but there is no need to attempt to intellectualize something aimed at 16-year-olds. Just beach out in front of the television with a bottle of wine like the rest of us.
Cheers to that. Sometimes I feel guilty about the obviously sexist, vapid shows I watch (namely Rock of Love, which my friend and I are obsessed with) but at some point I have to let go of any feminist trappings and lighten up.
@ineffable.me: That too.
For anyone not into this crap, there's a Joan Crawford marathon on TCM! Seriously, people.
Not to be THAT girl, but although I've never watched this show, I was under the impression that it is ruining America. Am I incorrect? Why are we so excited?
@Jaguares: Aw, yeah. That's where I would be if I had that channel.
LIVE BLOGGING? So excited.
I woulda loved to see what Slut Machine woulda done with a live blog of last night's L Word finale, though. That was wack.
I'M SO EXCITED! I'M SO EXCITED! That is all.
The Hills? Are they supposed a girl group composed of Hillary look-alikes, because none of them look like her in the slightest.
Heidi is a feminist hero? Apparently plastic surgery (because the boys tease you), dropping out (because school was too boring), dating a loser(NY Times is right Spencer does nothing all day), backstabbing a friend (Heidi was so qualified for her promotion) and selling out are the qualities for the Susan B Anthonys of this millennium. I must admit an addiction to the show- but comparing it to anything more than a soap opera is ridiculous!
@NefariousNewt: Ahaha that took me a minute, but now I can't stop giggling.
@CindiAnnabelleTucker: So can I expect to see you at the LiveBlog, m'dear?
TEAM LO!
the hills are alive! and tonight's episode is an hour...i can't wait
@Jaguares: Wait, this show isn't a post-modern re-interpretation of "The Women"?
The Bachelor is on tonight. I'll have to catch this later on this week. I'm sure it'll be on everyday.
ACK!! Live blogging! Yay!
i love the side boob heidi's rocking in the picture. tres' feminisme!
Can.NOT.Wait!
i hope the live blogging includes the SHOW "Fresh Takes" ithin the hills starring alicia keys. because "everyone knows it's not easy to be a 20-something in the city".
@Political Party Girl: @CindiAnnabelleTucker: @zizzlepop: @ohheyhey: @Kittenish: Me too! I'm soo excited! And soo embarrassed that I'm this excited!
Also, why is Lauren wearing a Hefty bag in that picture? Do Heidi and Spencer have enough brain cells between them to figure out PhotoShop?
@CindiAnnabelleTucker: please please no spoilers for the L word. thanks! I watch this show, even though it makes me mad. I just wish that Heidi would go away...I can stand the rest of the nonsense but I really don't get her.
@andBegorrah: Hahahahaha my vote for comment of the day.
@CindiAnnabelleTucker: So, you're not her lover Cindi?
@smopenna: Mmmmmm-hm. This is absolutely one of those shows you can't think about too deeply. Just grab yourself some Doritos and cheap wine and enjoy. (Maybe that last part is just me?)
@ohheyhey: OMG I totally missed the part where it's apparently an hour instead of thirty minutes. EVEN MORE EXCITED.
@andBegorrah: This unicorn salutes your ambitions.
@ by mccauller=texaspride: i know! the hour is going to feel so much longer. and now the show will be able to go to deep, probing places it has never been able to go before in its half hour format. wait, no...actually it will probably just include a half hour more of shots of LC clutching her blackberry and putting on lip gloss.
but thats ok because i will be sitting in front of the tv with my wine enjoying it. i know LC is pathetic but i love it
@AnnoyingFemaleLeadVoiceover: I know they overuse it, but "my lover Cindi" gets me every fucking time. God that is hilarious.
@CindiAnnabelleTucker: I was a little bored by the L Word finale. Nothing happened that wasnt obviously going to happen. My favorite episode of the year was last weeks, when Kit had to take the gun from Angie. That was an amazing television moment.
@mccauller=texaspride.: Wine from Trader Joe's + a mini-marathon of Girlfriends (the Toni episodes) = one happy Sara.
@ineffable.me: If anyone related to this show is a feminist icon/hero, I have no other choice than to go postal. I hope the NYT is REALLY KIDDING. JHC.
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