Pop Culture Gone Wild

   This was the second article we read by Jessica Valenti thus far in the course.  I really enjoy her writings and feel that she makes valid claims that are easy to understand. 
    In this article she talks about how sex sells, which is basically all about selling women, not men.  She makes the point that pop culture is becoming increasingly pornified and I would have to agree.  Going along with what she said about Playboy pencil cases for kids, I have seen plenty of Playboy merchandise in stores that are directed to young girls.  Some of this merchandise includes: shoes, shirts, hats, socks, purses, etc.  I feel that by doing this they are trying to send the message to young girls that, being a Playboy Bunny is the way to go, when in fact that shouldn't be the case. 
   I also found her talk about Girls Gone Wild interesting as well.  I personally find it highly demoralizing for a girl to subject herself to all of these people for just fifteen minutes of fame.  About a half a year ago the Girls Gone Wild bus came to a local bar by my house and the amount of girls that I know from high school that wanted to go and try to get on television was ridiculous.  I just couldn't believe they would want to do that just to be seen.

Until Next Time.