Today Sara (Happy Birthday, Sara!) told me about Sinead O'Connor's recent open letter to Miley Cyrus, so naturally I was interested. As I noted over on fb just now, the f-bomb gets lobbed frequently and with great effect in said letter, so if you're squeamish about that, be forewarned.
But I have to say O'Connor's letter really impresses me. I've given this subject a lot of thought, because it seems clear to me that the post-feminist notion of out-there-in-your-face female sexuality as being somehow empowering for a young woman is wrong-headed. To me it feels like old-fashioned exploitation in a new shiny package.
Someone like O'Connor can say that much more forcefully and with more credibility than a middle-aged Mormon lady, right?
Rock on, Sinead.
I loved the motherliness of that letter. I really did.
ReplyDeleteI am new to your blog. Had the exact same thoughts as you about the effectiveness of the fact that the principles of chastity were coming from Sinead rather than from a "Middle-aged Mormon lady" such as myself. Thanks for your post!
ReplyDeleteOn another matter, just finished reading your article/address in 1993 about Mormon humor. Would you be open to a phone interview about Mormon humor? I am a grad student at the University of Iowa and I am writing my thesis on the Mormon cartoon books by Cal Grondahl and Pat Bagley.
My email address is: lynne-cropper@uiowa.edu
Thanks!