@brendahamLincoln: I was introduced to Daria when it first came out. I was maybe 7 or something. There was occasional blood and curse words, but LORD, nothing shocking that's gonna mess you up psychologically.
I dunno, Sadie. So those nine year old aren't exactly pole-dancing, in that they don't wrap their legs around and and shimmy down, but they seem to look like they know they should be dancing around it in some fashion, on stage, with male admirers. It's hardly innocent. I'm not saying that's Noah and Emily's fault (forgive me, I remember her name from the last one of these posts), obviously, they're only nine years old, but they have clearly been exposed to this kind of dancing and had it made clear to them that it's a good thing for a girl to do.
I found that video immensely creepy. I couldn't watch it all.
@SkipToMyLou: I felt the same way in regards to not being able to watch the video, but for me there was another layer to it. It's not like these were nine-year-olds in skorts and jumpers dancing around a pole. These were young kids dancing around a pole while they were already wearing sexualized clothing. As a child I certainly loved a good tutu, but black and red, that short and with make-up? Ohy.
I'm concerned for all of the innocent, well-meaning poles out there - street lamps, subway support poles, aspiring assassins of President McKinley - simply doing their jobs and suddenly getting lumped in with all of this hyper-sexualized imagery.
Pretty tough to call that MayPole Dancing. Those little girls' hips belie that.
They know what a stripper pole is and how it should be used: at least, they know about titillation, performing for an audience/camera, being pouty/sexy/serious. I die a little for the young women of America.
@Flackette Goes Retro: Attached to what i believe was an ice cream stand, correct me if I am wrong. THAT made me go "Oh come ON, does no one involved with that show have children?"
Thanks to late-night cable, I'm pretty sure I knew what a stripper pole was at 9. Thanks to responsible parents, I'm fairly certain I had never actually danced on one.
@descent: Sorry, I meant to write, MTV has a ton of videos featuring men at strip clubs and men singing odes to strippers. And I'm sure she watches MTV.
I don't know, you guys. Nine-years-old is probably old enough to know what a stripper pole is in today's culture. I think we also have to tack on about five years of exposure to Noah's mind, too...
What is most disturbing to me is that the girls are seemingly doing everything for the benefit of the cameras surrounding them. See how they keep looking out into the crowd of paps? Little girls should dance around because it's fun, not because they're being videotaped and photographed.
@MizJenkins: YES. Thank you! Whether or not the girls know it's a stripper pole, or think of it as a stripper pole, is irrelevant. I think the more pressing, and disturbing, issue is the context: controlled by adults, with adult knowledge, and for adult ends.
@MizJenkins: And those grown men appeared to be drinking adult beverages, while these little girls danced very self consciously around the stripper poles. Big time pervy and creepy.
Beth Ditto is so talented and actually an interesting human being. It's a shame she doesn't get more press. Also, someone please remind me never to read the comments on Perez. Such a gathering of small minds. Ugh
@BetteD: I never click on Perez links, but I really wanted to see Beth Ditto's cover, and laziness got the best of me. She looks totally gorgeous, of course. But seriously, a whole page of "she's fat and gross" comments? That place is an internet wasteland.
Even if it was in an accident, $25,000 is a STEAL for a Maseratti. I was all set to buy Lohan's car...until I saw that the bid was up to $60,000 already - and the reserve still isn't met. I guess I'll have to settle for just watching celebrities crash them.
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