Archive for 'Britney Spears'
Media-Made Role Models
Okay, I will admit right upfront that I have a problem with media-made roles models. Case in point: teen media-darling Jamie-Lynn Spears, the star of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101. She has an official fan club and numerous unofficial fan clubs worldwide, clothing and accessory lines, DVDs, even a Zoey 101 ring tone. Tweens and teens admire [...]
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Stage Mother vs. Vague Mother
Here’s what I don’t get. You have two child-stars-turned-superstars, idolized by tweens and teens everywhere, who suffer from egomaniacal, self-destructive behavior, and whose mothers are being bashed by pundits and bloggers alike for either doing too much or too little for their daughters. Let’s start with Britney Spears. MSN features an online “Big Debate — [...]
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