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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Dedication of Britney "giving birth" statue.From the article...
"Britney provides inspiration for those struggling with the 'right choice'," said artist Daniel Edwards, recipient of a 2005 Bartlebooth award from London's The Art Newspaper. "She was number one with Google last year, with good reason --- people are inspired by the beauty of a pregnant woman," said Edwards.
Seriously...apart from all the other issues I have with this...I'll stick with these two...
1.) You can seriously tell me that you can't find a better role model for young mothers than Britney? In a nano-second I can point out Reese Witherspoon and Kate Winslet.
2.) Umm...hello...giving birth "naturally" on all fours? (which would require an unmedicated delivery.) That's fantastic and all...but Britney had an elective c-section because she didn't want to go through the "pain" and "trauma" of a vaginal delivery.
So again, I say "oh gag me!"
Labels: Just For Fun
Freaking elective c-section? Barf is right!
story on the bbc about this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4856508.stm
I think it's a horrid statue and why do we have to make giving birth a sexualised moment? What's wrong with showing how it actually happens rather than the standard "ER" woman strapped to bed on her back or some idealised bearskin rug moment?
Ooh, I could rant...
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