Monday, August 28, 2006

Love and feminist critique for D. Rich


I am an unapologetic fan of Denise Richards. I really love the bitch. I've loved her ever since she was a no-name teen model in YM and Sassy (moment of silence for those two awesome magazines).
I need to get my hands on the September issue of Harper's Bazaar. There is a pictorial of D. Rich dressed like a beasty diva doing "domestic" type things (buying groceries, pumping gas, etc.). Hot!
In the Bazaar interview, she says this while speaking of Charlie Sheen: "I've never done drugs, never been around a prostitute, never known any porn stars. I couldn't even fathom that lifestyle. I grew up in Illinois, not L.A. He told me that was in the past, and I believed him."
I'm not the president of the Prostitute Advocacy Association or anything, BUT, I took a little offense to this comment. For so many women, prostitution is a means of survival. You cannot simply criminalize women for doing this without looking at all the other factors in their lives. Oftentimes, women and young girls are victims of violence, poverty, abuse and other horrible things that don't leave them with many options. In an ideal world, every girl would grow up with self esteem and access to any resource to ensure their dreams get realized. Until then, it's all about figuring out ways to reduce harm and not unfairly criminalize.
"Don't judge, keep sharing."*

* a line from "Beaches"

2 Comments:

Blogger M'Lynn said...

Don't do it...don't do it...DON'T DO IT!

Ughggh...she did it.

[throws bean at TV set]

Thought-provoking post, Shelby! One to chew on.

11:47 PM, August 28, 2006

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

does anybody remember her 2004 Xmas cover of Playboy magazine where she looked like a baubled chandelier? over the top.

9:08 AM, August 30, 2006

 

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