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Oh, Crazy Xtina. Good on you for not making apologies for yourself and what you wear/wore.

Ha, I love the image of catching your heels in your fishnets... it's a problem I have never had... sounds classy.

Love your past, sister, but pretend that ripped up dress with the blonde afro didn't happen for my sake.

Really? Has she SEEN her fashion choices?
Cavalli Feathers.
Dirrty Video.
Fishnet/crochet album cover.
Really.

The Times is full of shit. Like the Mail but richer and ever so slightly more subtle.

She doesn't give a fuck what you think. And she doesn't have to. She's got the talent to be performing when she's 80, in a caftan and orthopedic shoes, for millions.

She has always seemed very centered to me (even during her Dirrrrty phase) I get the sense that she has been through some hardcore therapy. I admire anyone who is proud to be who they are. It is something her peers (hi, Brit Brit!) have struggled with.

As long as I never again have to see those pants with the design that made it look like fire was shooting from her vagina, I'll give her the no faux-pas thing.

@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Somehow being unapologetic has never been so refreshing. I like the idea of a woman not apologizing for every move she's made.

Fergie and Christina- drinking from the same kool-aid since the Mickey Mouse club.

What about the dirty crazypants chaps? C'mon, everyone wore something they regret. Chaps would do it for me.

One time I, too, was doing a dance move and I had to get off a table (bouncer was kicking me out). Somehow my heel got stuck in my empty Shlitz can and I fell flat onto a group of rowdy Hanson fans. I sat there, with a bruised pinky toe and a tear in my old navy capris. That's my life in fashion.
(es-ki-mo is joking - she would never wear capris)

"I tend to see all negativity and criticism as a good thing because people are at least talking about me, so they must care in some way."

How sad

So the ripped men's basketball shorts and the tattered tie-dyed tank top from high school that I was wearing this morning? They were very important to me at the time. They were not a fashion faux pas.

Go XTina. She's got the most talent out of any of the pop-tarts, and obviously is the most level headed.

I don't believe in leggings.
I don't believe in brown plastic wedges.
I don't believe in bubble skirts. I don't believe in unicorns.
I don't believe in Austria.
I don't believe in Grand Theft Auto.
I don't believe in crotch shots.
I don't believe in ass-less chaps.

I adore Christina Aguilera. She's a great combination of crazy and talented, and she evolves. I honestly can't wait to see what she's capable of in another 10-15 years. I'm with Xtina for the long haul. Even with the crazy lacquer face paint obsession she's got.

I just love her. Even during the Dirrrty era, with safety pins inexplicably hanging from her skunk extensions. Do your thing, not that you need me to tell you that.

@hortense: Yes, despite all the craziness, she seems to have a good head on her shoulders. It's got to be therapy.

kudos, xtina! At least you can sing - who cares if you occasionally dress kind of whore-y? And look at those boobies!

Christina can get away with the crazy shit cause she has the chops to back it up. So dress up like a tart girl! we still love you.

@Philthyist is annoyed: at least Xtina was potty trained and could properly dispose of the kool aid when the time came.

With her voice she can wear what she likes - though saying that, the less make-up she wears the prettier she is. I love the recent retrofication of her wardrobe, fancy dress at its best.

@Philthyist is annoyed: I don't recall Christina's methhead phase.

Good for her for owning it and not giving a shit how many Worsed Dressed lists she's been on. I love X-tina, assless chaps and all.

Like her or hate her, she's got the money and is laughing all the way to the magazine photo shoot.

She looks good, worked a marketed image as a manufactured pop act, and survived it. Good on her.

I will always say that going tits out is way healthier then being sexualized but pretending not to be sexual; it is the lack of this awareness that makes me think miley will follow britney's foot steps. On another note, how sad is it that being objectified comes with the territory of being a talanted singer.

@and Begorrah: Aren't chaps assless by nature?

@and Begorrah: you don't believe in austria? what, do you think it's just a conspiracy of cartographers?

Remember when Christina was the really trashy wild one and Britney was supposedly this virginal sweet little creature?

Part of me wonders if Christina had a support system that Britney sorely lacked.

I love Christina's attitude, talent, and refusal to be a victim. I really fell in love with her when, around the time Britney and Jessica were flaunting their virginity, Christina went on record that yes, she was sexually active, but that she was safe. She came across as being very honest and empowered.

@and Begorrah: But I'm in Austria wearing a bubble skirt over crotchless leggings, with brown plastic wedges while playing Grand Theft Auto - you've got to believe?

@sweetbeans: I don't think it's that sad. At least she's not dwelling on it. If she's found a constructive way to deal with a bunch of gossip sites and shitty tabloids basically calling her a skanky whore, more power to her.

I love that "wardrobe malfunction" is now common parlance. Justin Timberlake has brought so much to us BESIDES sexxy!

@onthecornerofparkerandwoolf: SO MUCH WIN.

Good for her for owning her past looks. It makes me a bit sad that she's so seemingly resigned to being objectified, seeing as she is in a unique position to subvert that.

I always got the impression that it was all about the career for her, rather than the stuff that comes with a career in showbiz. She seems very driven and focussed.

@LUCIC FOR PRESIDENT: thank god somebody got that reference. i was a little worried it would fall flat and i'd just sound like a biatch.

I could never hate on Christina. She seemed super grounded but also really strong and she actually has lots of talent to back up the talk. And out of the Britney, Jessica, Mandy Moore craze, she seems like she's stayed the most relevant (even though I love me some MM). But I hope she never spray tans the crap out of her face and pencils on black eyebrows again.

i still say that she can wear whatever the hell she wants because she has the Talent to back it up. does she go a little overboard with the vocalizations and runs? hells yes. but she could sing circles around half the other girls out there flaunting themselves.

@ineffable.me:This is true.
@KittenFluff: There wasn't one. I was referring to the early LONG commentary on her fashion choices from Fergie- and now Xtina's. Lots of verbiage from two people who are silly to me.

@and Begorrah: I believe this comment is 'effin awesome.

I could see myself hanging with Christina. Minus the 'no apologies' for my own fashion faux pas. I feel like the world needs a big giant apology for some of the shit I wore growing up.

@onthecornerofparkerandwoolf: Rand McNally wants to take over the world.

The best part about Christina is that she's a singer who remained a singer, and hasn't tried to become a "serious actress.' She's awesomely talented, and absolutely seems to have a nice grounding.

I will probably be eating my words when Crossroads: The sequel or something similar comes out.

@onthecornerofparkerandwoolf: la la la I can't heeeeeeaaarrr yooooouuuu.

@and Begorrah: But do you believe in life after love?

@Xavoc: Not without Master's permission.

@tscheese: Probably. There was an old MTV special with her and her family, and they seemed pretty normal. Her little brother was blissfully unaware of the cameras, her then-teenage sister kept trying to avoid them, her mom seemed sweet and supportive, and her stepdad seemed like a chill and nice guy who she calls Dad.

@ineffable.me: No. Won't you tell me something true, I belieeeeeeve in you.

@summerwheatley: Yeah, she seems really cool and down to earth. Everytime I've seen pics of her with her husband, they just look so sweet together. Also, I love that he put the moon from her tour into their son's nursery.

If she wanted, I'm sure she could have gotten a reality show, done a fashion line, and acted in a craptastic movie. But instead, she's stayed with what she does really well, and is in the tabloids about 90% less than Britney and Jessica.

@summerwheatley: All right- I've thought it over. If I were her, and I looked back to the good old days- I would be positively giddy over how hot I looked. I would be all "I wore the chaps and I looked fine!" I FLAUNTED it.

So, now I understand how a woman does not regret chaps. Good on her.

@hortense: Amen, sista.

I think she's awesome and more well-rounded than others. I also think she could tone down the makeup. Just a bit.

I love her. I read an article years ago where she responded to some other singer calling her a bad feminist for wearing things like assless chaps, and not only didn't go "why I'm not a feminist" (looking at you, Madonna), but gave a thoughtful answer about why she disagreed and definitely did consider herself a feminist.

@Scoregasm: That comment just struck me as desperate for attention. Which makes me sad because she's so talented and successful, and not a train wreck like so many of her peers.

She gets a free pass for anything she damn well wants to do because of her Samantha on SNL. "Ladies, I'm a dude!"

Christina Aguilera is a good example of what happens when your mom stays out of your career. I would like to see a Celebrity Death Match between Xtina's mom, Lynne Spears and Tina Simpson.

Douche city.

@onthecornerofparkerandwoolf: That is my all-time favourite play ever. I love Tom Stoppard.

She always looks like she just smelled a fart.

I hate pop stars but love Christina with a secret passion I save for bands like Aqua and 3 Inches of Blood.

And seriously, I've been called out for wearing "fashio