<![CDATA[Jezebel: miss teen south carolina]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: miss teen south carolina]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/missteensouthcarolina http://jezebel.com/tag/missteensouthcarolina <![CDATA[Dear Robin Morgan: How About Kthanxbai To All That]]> So that Robin Morgan thing that Chelsea Clinton supposedly has been forwarding around the internets? It's a sequel to Morgan's seminal second-wave feminist screed "Goodbye to all That" and it's about why you should vote for Hillary Clinton at the risk of "letting history pass by while wringing your hands." (Hey Robin, you know Barack Obama is the fifth black senator in the history of America? Just putting that out there.) Anyway, I decided to do my own version of her essay, "Kthanxbai To All That," in the name of Miss Teen South Carolina, Obama Girl and all other U.S. American women I would rather not have as president even though I totally do not in any way hate women, in fact I think they actually would probs make better presidents than men. Because if there's one thing Robin and I agree on, it's that Hillary is "being exploited as a Rorschach test by women who reduce her to a blank screen on which they project their own fears, failures, fantasies." And like, I'm not going to act like I didn't have to Wikipedia "Rorschach test" to understand what she was talking about there, but I totes agree! There's no other explanation to why she likes Hillary so damn much. Below, my response to her argument.

Kthanxbai to anyone seeking to claim simultaneously that:

Hillary "has to pass as male" and that

Hillary is the candidate of experience because she was First Lady

First Lady denotes "experience" because "she remains a female human being in a world still so patriarchal"

 and besides, that's how female leaders get elected in other even more patriarchal societies i.e. Pakistan/Philippines/Argentina.

Look, some of us would simply like to know the extent of Hillary Clinton's involvement as First Lady. There is, after all, no vice First Lady, hand-picked to assume non-cookie-baking responsibilities in the event of the first First Lady's illness or death. If Hillary were to make public her papers from the Clinton presidency, that might elucidate the nature of what exactly that involvement was. But as it is, all we know is that she promised (in vain) to "crush" her opponents on her health care initiative and hired Dick Morris to re-elect her husband.

Kthanxbai to anyone who can spit out an angry 200-word section on "womanizing" and "marquee charisma", "celebrity culture mania" and the "alpha male horns" of a "handsome, cocky president who feels like he can learn on the job" and think readers will naturally be swayed to vote for  not against!  that guy's scorned wife. And for fuck's sake Kthanxbai especially, Robin, to that other paragraph, in which you cite not only Chappaquidick but Marilyn Monroe's motherfucking suicide to sully the name of the "dynasty" to which Barack Obama is supposedly an honorary heir, with nary a mention of the feminist implications of bestowing "dynasty" status on a surname inextricably linked to the cases of Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Juannita Broaddarick. And speaking of feminist hypocrisies:

Kthanxbai to ppl who want to get away with knocking the Bush twins for being both "alcoholic" and "neurotic" (Alcoholic and neurotic?? Isn't that according on them a little too much complexity, considering the last name??) only to claim that Obama Girl is the victim of some dark misogynist "exploitation." Bitch, Obama girl is a hot but sadly empty-headed Howard Stern attention seeking tartlet who should maybe have exploited the inter-fame afforded by a clever (half-female!) songwriting team to edumacate herself and, armed with the knowledge of the existence of this unique perk of citizenship in U.S. America, maybe exercise her right to vote! But bitch did not. She remained what she was, a tight-bodied tanorexic with a sweet disposition and some really great hair. Maybe she'll end up exploiting those features for a Fox news anchor gig yet; maybe she'll end up at Hooters. Either way, it's probably depressing! On the upside, Jenna Bush teaches kids and hangs out with AIDS orphans etc. etc.

Kthanxbai to all the haters accusing Obama supporters of liking him because he is "cool." Anyone who knows anything about being "cool" knows that getting born black to a white mom with the name "Barack Obama" and spending your childhood attending local schools in Indonesia is not exactly a recipe for "cool." It is a recipe for "intense nerd." That's more the appeal.

And on that note, Kthanxbai to this notion that "understanding the vast global complexities of power on a nuclear, wounded planet" requires extensive experience sucking up to Kazakh dictators in the name of lucrative uranium contracts.

And finally:

Kthanxbai to anyone who seeks to shame me into seeing South Park as "sociopathic woman hating."

That is just lame. South Park is cool! And by laughing at its misogynist jokes I score points with my male friends who like that I am not one of those feminists who challenges the "status quo"!!!! NO, NOT REALLY; I HAVE NO FRIENDS, I WATCH TV ALONE. And laughing at shit is just one way I like to take my mind off the painful truth that no politician is going to change the "status quo" in the way that I would like. And sadly for my gender, when I say "no politician" I mean especially probably not Hillary.

(That said, I think she'd make a better president than her husband, and she'll surely be an improvement on the present, solidarity etc. etc.)

Goodbye To All That (x2) [Women's Media Center]

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<![CDATA[ An observant shopper tipped us off to this...]]> An observant shopper tipped us off to this T-shirt, inspired by our gal Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina, and her answer to a question about maps. And in case you forgot, here's it is transcribed: "I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and The Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US or should help South Africa and should help The Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children." [Busted Tees]

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<![CDATA[Miss Teen South Carolina Is Still Kinda Famous, Appears On Tyra]]>
Tyra is finally back with all new episodes, and yesterday's show was all about embarrassing moments, something we're sure TyTy knows a thing or two about. Her first guest was Lauren Caitlin Upton, aka Miss Teen South Carolina, aka The Iraq and South Africa Such As. She seems to be taking the whole public humiliation thing really well. She dishes some dirt, like about how the girl who was actually crowned Miss USA 2007 is all pissed that Upton is the one who got famous. But the best thing about the whole segment is how far up Upton's butt Tyra is. She is so excited to meet her she embarrasses herself just by gushing.

Earlier: Miss Teen USA 2007: Stupid Answers To Stupid Questions

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<![CDATA[Since When Is It OK To Be Cheerfully Dumb?]]> Between Sherri "the world is flat" Shepherd and Kellie "I thought Europe was a country" Pickler, ignorance is bliss right now. But, writes Christine Fenno on EW.com, it's time to ditch the ditzy girl image. "In a world where so many trailblazing, intelligent women  Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, take your pick  try to make the world a better place with brainpower, you've got to ask yourself: Do Sherri and Kellie have any humiliation threshold?" she writes. "Do they even realize how vacant they sound?" One possible answer: They do, and they don't care! Watching Kellie Pickler on Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? will make you embarrassed to be human. She doesn't know what country Budapest is the capital of, so she flounders... "I know they speak French there. Is it France?"



When she finds she is wrong, and the answer is Hungary, she exclaims, "Hungry? That's a country? I've heard of Turkey." And so Kellie follows in the foosteps of other "dumb blondes" like Anna Nicole Smith and Jessica Simpson, making women look bad. And when host Jeff Foxworthy says, "Kellie, focus," Kellie replies, "I'm listening to what you're saying, but I only hear what I want to," prompting Foxworthy to fire back: "That's just called being a woman." (Kellie boos, but only after the audience does.) She doesn't seem humiliated, and gleefully shrugs off the fact that she cannot answer a third grade geography question. Fortunately, a growing number of psychologists believe that happiness is overrated and cheerful people make less money. Yay?

Here's the reasoning: People who are never really content are restless.

The glass is never entirely full to them, and they always want more. They have an edge to them, and this edge may give them the competitive drive to excel in school and on the job. In short, a little bit of discontent sparks success.
And yet, bubbly dummies like Kellie, Sherri and Miss Teen South Carolina aren't exactly being laughed out of town by smarter, discontent people. Why do they have any say in the world, and how can we get them to shut up?

It's Time For Kellie Pickler And Sherri Shepherd To Quit Playing Dumb! [EW.com]
VIDEO: American Idol's Kellie Pickler Thinks Europe Is a Country [Us Magazine]
Earlier: Miss Teen USA 2007: Stupid Answers To Stupid Questions

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<![CDATA[Miss Teen South Carolina To 'Facebook' Frenemies: Victory Is Myn!]]> Geopolitics whiz Miss Teen South Carolina has a message for all her jealous Facebook friends and frenemies, one of whom just won the "Most Valuable Tipster" designation here at Jezebel. "I like the attention," she writes on her 'Wall'. Why? Because it provides her with a platform from which to voice her opinions on a variety of worthy causes, namely, how anyone who feels her stupidity was an embarrassment to our country just shouldn't be allowed to procreate.

All these girls are grown girls, but they sure dont act like it. They are all imature and need to grow up. I hope yall aren't planning on starting a family, because your kids would grow up in a mean world.
Spoken like the leader of the next Khmer Rouge! After the jump, Lauren Caitlin Upton's impassioned defense of her answer to what admittedly, was "not the easiest question", followed by her "Wall of Meanness," a collection of her most hateful emails (and her withering responses), which will stand forever as a testament to her triumph in the face of hate and the time-tested ability, in the face of national disgust, of an overabundance of cleavage and self-esteem to prevail.

ok to all the jealous girls out here

this is for you

i am not stupid

that question that i got at miss teen usa was not the easiest question and with ten million people watching me LIVE, i was nervous

yeah like you wouldn't be

so to you girls out there.

get a life and stop being so mean

i did not even have time to think about it

i am smart, not a dumb blonde like you think

kthanks

Okay, just briefly to refresh. Here, in text form, the captivating display of eloquence that won Miss Upton an appearance on the Today Show and her very own online geography quiz:
I personally believe the U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa or should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us.
With every silver lining, of course, lurk dark clouds of internet hatred. Mercifully, a positive attitude can prevail, as she displays in her "Favorite Quotes" section:
Wall of Meanness Sarah Womack Today at 7:59am Report Message

Are you the dumb bitch that humiliated America? Do us all a favor and write an eloquent apology to the nation and then quit the whole stupid blond beauty queen thing and start studying harder.

This one if from a really mean girl who thinks i humilated America. Well guess what hon, you just humilated yourself. I am putting this up on my blog where two thousdand people can see it everyday and think about how mean you were to me. If you mess with me, you get what you deserve. =)

Another really mean girl
this one is my favorite.

in like, South Africa...
Between You and Natali Wind
Natali Wind
9:09pm August 25th
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You're a stupid whore.

ok wow
so this loser just messaged me out of the blue
can we all say jealousy
this was really mean but guess what
i dosen't hurt me
it only hurts yourself
what goes around comes around
this one is also going on my blog where thousands of people look everyday
kthanks
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this really isn't funny. the question wasen't to identify the US. obviously i could do that. what is with yu girls these days. why do yall feel like you have to be mean to other people to make yourself feel better.your not hurting anyone but yourself. i dont care about your little messages. they dont hurt me. so leave me alone and live your own life. stop trying to change myn.

SO this guy also randomly messaged me. and yet again i did asolutely nothing to him.

Matt Slade
10:53pm August 28th
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You are so stupid...How the hell did you get 4th...must be because you are blonde twit and thats what Donald like...fuck!!!

ok so you saw two min. of my national tv meltdown. you have never talked to me, seen me in person, or even met me, so how can you say i am stupid. can you honestly say you have never made a mistake in your life. serisously. and my hair color has nothing to do with it. dont judge me when you dont even know me. and stupid. i am anything but. i have a 4.0 grade average and a full academic schlorship to ASU. yeah, im real stupid. get a life. your not hurting me, only yourself

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