Let me preface this by assuring you I’m not a prude.
I cut my teeth on Madonna’s cone bra, and the full frontal nudity of her sex book made perfect sense to me. It was a genuinely outrageous, revolutionary feminist statement. She was a female pop star, completely aware of the objectification of her kind through history, and she took control of it.
No only that, she dared to push it way beyond the outer reaches of our culture’s wildest, exploitative imaginings. She dared us to try to take advantage of her and in doing so, she made it impossible.
Chrissy Teigen is no Madonna.
I mean seriously, WTF is with baring your labia on an award show red carpet? Like deliberately, and with extreme prejudice.
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She wore it to get attention. It worked.
I think there are few things you said which I see as problematic and completely unnecessary. Using the term "whore" with whatever word prefacing it is only reinforcing that language being used to shame women. Labeling Chrissy "a trophy wife" is offensive and just further denigrates women and reinforces the stereotypes attached to models. And you talk about the focus being taken away from talented people that were there, why didn't you write about them? Why do you care what she wears or in this case doesn't?
Yes Lisa I agree. The tone of this article makes me feel very uncomfortable. I understand and agree with your point Mishel that Chrissy Teigen's dress was overly revealing, but for me this article adds to the societal pressures that teach women to be ashamed by their sexuality. I think that you could have written this article in a more considerate and less hateful way.