![]() ![]() She then followed up Wednesday with a brief snippet of the new song, plus an explanation of the tune’s purpose. On Tuesday, Lohan first posted a cryptic, 30-second video - accompanied by the caption “I’m back!”- on Twitter and Instagram. The rhythmic rebound seemingly came out of nowhere. Hard things turns to basics.” Lohan is expected to release a companion lyric video at 12:30 p.m. “But I’m coming back, I’m coming back to me. I’ve been weak, contagious,” the “Mean Girls” star sings over a catchy pop beat. The 33-year-old actress and sometime singer released an introspective, bouncy new song, “Back to Me” - her first official single since her 2008 bomb “Bossy.” Lindsay Lohan is plotting yet another comeback. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan share new hope for 'Freaky Friday' sequel 'Bling Ring' leader speaks for first time about robbing Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, other celebs How to watch 'Mean Girls' in its entirety on TikTok - for free On the surface it's so easy to attain social mobility to belong to the same social class as the modern day show girl.'Mean Girls' stars Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert reunite to film ad ![]() Now due to a capitalist free market economy driven by consumption these material class indicators are easily attained through credit, or mobile phone plans etc even if you can't really afford them. Once upon a time socio-economic class indicators were one's education achievements and material objects for example one's car,house, clothes, perfume etc. The happily objectify themselves to the masses and they are well rewarded both economically and socially to do it. These girls appear to be the mode by which these companies reach their female market. Sadly, if the followers could think rationally they'd work out that if they were actually the same as their idol they wouldn't need to purchase material objects to make them the same. This girl who presents 'as the same' as her followers promises that her followers can be the same as her by owning these material objects. Of course this faux working class girl is not at all working class and has a relationship with huge multi-national companies to encourage her followers to aspire to be the same by consuming 'stuff' that she appears to own/use/wear etc. There is still a class aspirational aspect to today's show girl replacement, however instead of the working class show girl moving upwardly mobile we have the what-appears-to-be already upwardly mobile girl pretending to be the same as her followers. Think: the Kardashian's, Parish Hilton and that ilk. ![]() One only needs to turn on the television or pick up a gossip magazine to see that we are inundated with women who are happy to objectify themselves as a means of making a living. Like DreinPA i don't agree that "Most women don't want to be considered objects and would probably judge the role of the showgirl as she was depicted in movies of the past to be demeaning." Meanwhile, in the movies, films like the much-hyped Christina Aguilera vehicle Burlesque or the infamous cult classic Showgirls have ended up feeling dated, exploitative, or just plain embarrassing. Judging by what I read on the vintage sewing blogs, performers like Dita Von Teese are more of interest to straight women of an intellectual bent than to men.įinally, the Pill meant that there were flesh-and-blood women to engage with, rather than just a celluloid or print fantasy. A "burlesque" performer like Dita Von Teese is a sentimental throwback to an earlier era, but it's more homage than a true resurrection, even if it's meant to elicit a frisson. Today, when images of graphic sexuality are a keyboard click away, a low-cut bodice or tightly fitted dance costume may be alluring, but it's not the stuff of most contemporary straight male fantasies. A slow loosening of censorship after WWII and more openness about sexuality in American culture meant that men could get their share of scantily clad ladies on the pages of Playboy or in porno theaters - they didn't have to sit through The Dolly Sisters, waiting for Betty Grable to show a little leg.
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