September 21, 2005
My American Nightmare
To get away with putting her on the cover, Vanity Fair had to make an executive decision that Paris Hilton is somehow empowering. And, instantly, post-feminism becomes pre-feminism, like the hypothetical point where communism meets fascism.
Paris's unwavering confidence in her position as hottest in the room is matched by her and her followers' belief that everybody wants to be American.
Just as the Bush administration's tactic of 'say it often enough and it becomes true' has worked, so the phenomenon of Paris is: 'See it often enough and it becomes relevant.'
article by Emma Forrest
thanks Conscientious
"It is not surprising to learn that Paris Hilton recently gave away Tinkerbell for growing too big."
[illus. via google not from above\ caption from the article]