Britney Spears: Women's Studie
Britney Spears is everywhere these days. She is currently on tour, has just released her third album in the past three years, and is also starring in an upcoming movie. Excluding all of her musical awards, Spears has won Best Naval (for having the best belly-button appearance) and a month later was also featured on US magazine as one of twelve "Women of the Year." In addition, she has appeared in the last few months on the covers of Vogue, Celebrity Hair Styles, and Seventeen magazines. Alongside Paul McCartney, Angelina Jolie, Boby Dylan, and Dave Matthews, Britney was also named one of Rolling Stone's "People of the Year" and featured on the cover. On the cover of Rolling Stone and in the section on her, she appears extremely feminine. Britney Spears is depicted as sexy, yet innocent--the ideal woman. Britney Spears has become a topic of controversy in popular culture. Her dancing and singing are not controversial, but rather her appearance. Britney, at the age of twenty, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone with a low-cut pair of jeans, and a lacy top that covered less of her than a bra would. Inside the magazine, she wore a partially see-through lace dress, showing off her legs, giving a
Despite the criticism of her appearance, Spears has been successful in selling her music and her image, so why should she change? Britney's image is worth over a million dollars to the Pepsi Company, who recently signed a contract with Spears to use the pop idol to sell their product. Naomi Wolf, author of the Beauty Myth refers to beauty as a currency system, like the gold standard (12). Spear's sexual appeal and beauty is being used to sell products. Wolf quotes John Kenneth Galbraith's economic explanation of the use of women representation to sell products as "behavior that is essential fro economic reasons..." (18). So as long as sexual appeal and beauty continue to sell to consumers, I'm sure Britney Spears will keep her well-constructed image of sexiness and innocence and continue to sell her appearance. Studies. 4th Ed. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, "No More Miss America!" From Robin Morgan, ed., Sisterhood is Powerful. New York: Vintage Books, 1970, pp. 521-524.
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