I haven't been posting much lately (but Aaron has!), so let's get back up to speed: Bonnie Fuller Huffington-Posted this, uh, let's call it an "essay" on the appeal of the finely aged female. She invokes a litany including Jennifer Aniston, Cindy Crawford, Demi Moore, et. al., and she supports her argument in favor of oldies-but-hotties with an ample and admirable collection of images. If you scroll down (and you did, to look at all the pictures), you'll even find a quiz. Extra clicking! Ms. Fuller must be right: old is the new hot!
Has your attention been grabbed? Of course it has. Now, read some more filler...Unfortunately, Ms. Fuller never gets around to explaining or examining why today's sex symbols also happen to have been yesterday's. Are America's youth just not attractive enough? Is Photoshop the new plastic surgery? Perhaps we're living in some crazy post-feminist society where we can only objectify women who existed pre-post-feminism! (Not likely.) Are we just lazy? Bored? Or, have we been duped by Meg Ryan's PR agents? Perhaps the discussion is entirely irrelevant. (Possible.)
Only after she names a few 30-somethings (as if!) does Fuller finally pose a relevant question: "do they honestly have even the depth of deep hotness and complexity as our 40-somethings?" (Um, what in the name of Heidi Klum is "the depth of deep hotness?" Can that actually be measured?)
And with that, before any complexity or intrigue finds its way into the piece, we're off discussing another piece (Sarah Palin) and the irony is complete: a entirely superficial list somehow extolling the virtues of complex beauty.
What won't the Huffington Post talk about next!
Huffington Post and Bonnie Fuller cautioned per Sec. B-2 and 7 for piquing my interest and not my intellect.
Only after she names a few 30-somethings (as if!) does Fuller finally pose a relevant question: "do they honestly have even the depth of deep hotness and complexity as our 40-somethings?" (Um, what in the name of Heidi Klum is "the depth of deep hotness?" Can that actually be measured?)
And with that, before any complexity or intrigue finds its way into the piece, we're off discussing another piece (Sarah Palin) and the irony is complete: a entirely superficial list somehow extolling the virtues of complex beauty.
What won't the Huffington Post talk about next!
Huffington Post and Bonnie Fuller cautioned per Sec. B-2 and 7 for piquing my interest and not my intellect.
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