i'm flabbergasted.

a few weeks ago, i stumbled upon an article on aol, declaring that not wearing makeup to work on mondays was some kind of strange phenomena. it went on to say basically that its very brave to not wear makeup and that its sooo awesome that jane doe or whatever her name is that they interviewed for the article, is basically kickstarting a freaking revolution by not wearing makeup. honestly, i have two words for you aol, "fuck you." i know many, many women including myself, my friends, teachers, fellow classmates, etc, who DONT wear makeup every day. dont get me wrong. i LOVE makeup, and i have a lot of it. but i dont have to wear it. in fact, i'd say i wear it once a month. because either i forget to put it on or dont have time. and i dont feel less of a woman for that. i have ugly days, and pretty days, but neither of those depend on whats on my face.

ive seen so many girls crying over problems with zits. its a cycle, girls. puberty= zits. then you put on 4 pounds of maybelline foundation every day to cover said zits. then, the makeup suffocates your face, and you get MORE zits. now you have a different color face and neck, and you have bumps all over your face, and your eyeliner is smudged to your chin. WOW WHO'S A LADY NOW.

BUT here is the point... tonight i was on aol.com again [huge fucking mistake that i keep making. silly me.] and here is a quote from this article about taylor momsen that aol led me to.

"And she's been seen drinking, making out with another girl and partying the night away."

ok. taylor momsen is 16. she's in a band, the pretty reckless. she writes her own music, rebels against fashion norms, and she's basically your average teenager, if the average teenager were given a starring role on one of the cw's hottest dramas, and millions of dollars. should she be drinking? no. partying the night away? no. but that's what a lot of kids her age do. just because i didnt, or you didnt, doesnt mean no one did. and for all the parents that complain about this shit, and then say in the same breath "i was sixteen once!!" NO YOU CLEARLY WERENT. because you seem to think EXPRESSING YOURSELF and DOING THINGS THAT NORMAL KIDS DO is a crime.

but here's the part that reallllly got me. apparently, momsen was seen making out with a girl. wait, what? a girl?! oh my god stop the press this girl needs help. FUCK YOU. FUCK YOU. AND FUCK YOU.
now do i think taylor is a lesbian/bisexual/whatever? no, but i dont know her personally. and maybe she was kissing her for attention, or kissing her because she felt like it, or kissing her because she likes her. but the point is, it doesnt matter. what matters is that in 2010, people shouldnt be considering homoerotic kissing to be offensive. LIVE AND LET LIVE.

honestly, is this what we want to teach our kids?
HATE. HATE HATE HATE. hate people who kiss people of the same sex. bad girl, taylor momsen. the fact that gets me the most is parents are always saying that kids do the opposite of what they're told. and there are so many parents saying "dont kiss [insert same sex here]s. don't participate in "gay" behavior."

i just really cant stand the fact that this is listed as one of her offenses. get a life. seriously. the people that work for aol, and pop eater, etc, are serious journalists? find something actually newsworthy to write about and let taylor and all the other celebs live their own lives.

we've become way too obsessed with celebrity culture.


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