Ms. Magazine: Dear Reese Witherspoon All Girls are Good Girls
Check out this article about Reese Witherspoon's speech about being a good girl in Hollywood at the MTV Movie Awards (click on post title). I was watching the awards that night and admittedly, I was kind of fine with what she was saying at first. I took it to mean that girls shouldn't feel like tactics like sex tapes or behaving "badly" (illegal, exposing, etc.)are necessary to gain notoriety. But when I saw this article it reminded me of the readings for class about "bad" girls and "good" girls. I don't condone a lot of the "bad" behavior in Hollywood in general because it can have legal repercussions which aren't good for anyone and not just slut or victim-blaming aimed at females. I do think though that if males acted in the same way it would be a "boys will be boys", "wow those guys are party animals" kind of excuse instead of a gossipy blow to their reputations all over the media. This is kind of h...