I’m not alone

March 24, 2009

I’m glad to see that I’m not the only person bothered by the hypocrisy of the Jonas Brothers in general — sexually charged shows for teens and pre-teens performed while wearing chastity rings — and by the foam-spraying in concerts in particular.

Here’s Ugly Sister at the Location of Contestation blog:

Wow! The Jonas Brothers really do spray white foam all over pre-adolescent girls in the audience! I though it was just an exaggerated (over-exaggerated, even) symbol of the way bands like the Jonas Brothers sell sexuality to kids while calling it chastity. Too absurd to be real, right? Teen-age boys spraying a white, foamy substance into the faces of their screaming, frantic, enraptured fans? To promote abstinence? How could a  such a crazy and crude South Park gimmick actually be accurate?  And yet it is. Pretty fucking brilliant.

2 Responses to “I’m not alone”

  1. Amy Says:

    Does your daughter like the Jonas Brothers? Mine could care less about them. Good, I guess. Honestly, I don’t know how we managed to raise kids who seem to be pretty immune to peer pressure as far as how to dress/act/think.

  2. Lisa Pampuch Says:

    Likes ‘em, knows who they are, certainly not nuts over them.


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