Gratuitous Taylor Momsen Post of the Day
An Open Letter to Fashionista: Quit Writing About Taylor Momsen
By John Ortved
A little background: John is our go-to menswear writer. We like to write about Taylor Momsen a bit too frequently. He’s annoyed. We respect his opinion. That’s why we’re publishing it. Also, it’s just another reason to bring up Taylor.
To the editors of Fashionista (Lauren and Leah, let’s not pretend we don’t know each other),
This letter is difficult for me to write, not because my heart isn’t in it, but because the subject—Taylor Momsen—has already had far too much attention from media outlets, including this one, and I am reluctant to keep feeding the beast.
I am greatly disappointed and a little disgusted at Fashionista’s continued coverage of Taylor Momsen and her band, The Pretty Reckless. Momsen’s cultivated, “shocking” antics and irresponsible behavior should earn the starlet anonymity, not attention.
I am not someone who normally goes around telling people what they should or shouldn’t say, but I write about young Hollywood, and I am particularly concerned with the current celebration of this fabricated, irresponsible little phony. Originally, I wrote off her new rocker adventure as just another starlet, accompanied by legions of producers and songwriters, taking her irrepressible talent to the recording studio—just like Lindsay Lohan, Jared Leto and Heidi Montag before her—and I paid her no mind.
Momsen’s carefully placed quotes—meant to bolster her no-bullshit, rocker persona, like cursing on a morning show, and telling FHM “I am not Miley Fucking Cyrus”—were ridiculous, but harmless. She said that she’d like to be considered closer to Kurt Cobain—a notion as fantastic as it was laughable for anyone who lived during the grunge era, has listened to Nirvana’s music, or ever been to a rock show of any kind (ironically, it was Courtney Love who mocked her openly on stage at Alex Wang’s after party in 2009)—than the teeny boppers she was being lumped in
with. Judging by audience size, bank account and media attention, Taylor Momsen is certainly not Miley Cyrus; unfortunately judging by the age of her fans, she is.
With her ripped tights, raccoon makeup and faux hard sound, Momsen looked to be just another teen industry hoping to broaden her appeal from TV to music, sniffing out her own little niche in the pre-teen psyche. Fine.
And then she released this little gem to the press: “I dress like a high-class hooker.”
The majority of Momsen’s audience is made up teens and tweens, which she and her handlers know full-well, and to endorse and glamorize prostitution in any way is reprehensible and irresponsible beyond belief. Many people do not know that the average age of a sex worker during their first year of prostitution is 14 years old. And we’re not talking about Vietnam. That’s in America.
Prostitution, whether it’s “high-class” or not, should not be glorified in any way, especially not to impressionable young women and girls. It is not about a sartorial style or getting media attention because you brought down a governor, it is about coercion, poverty, drug addiction and child rape.
This isn’t a debate about sexualizing youth, or Momsen’s freedom to behave, dress, and give quotes however she pleases. Nor at issue is whether the mistakes of a 17-year-old, and her handlers, who have sought out the public eye, should be scorned publicly. This is a critique of our own industry, for its inability to resist the temptation to cover anything that will get us uniques and page views. Fashionista is a blog, yes, but it is also better than this.
Momsen and her people’s conscious effort to cultivate a trashy rocker vibe, which include her dress, makeup, and stage antics shouldn’t be dissected by sites like Fashionista, they should be treated as they are: the petulant, rehearsed theatrics of an indulged adolescent.
No trip to the principal’s office or the woodshed; no grounding or threats necessary; all we should do is ignore her.
Sincerely,
John Ortved
@jortved
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What I love most about this letter is that Heidi Montag didn’t even warrant a link! Yay!!!
I mean, I don’t think we’ve ever written about her…I hope not!
Thank you Mr. Ortved! I wholeheartedly agree and am warmed to see someone comment with eloquence and integrity on a subject. There is a difference between a fascination with eccentricity and celebrating a disturbed and destructive child. I hope Fashionista heeds your letter.
I actually have completely different issues “celebrating a disturbed and destructive child” e.g. every young star ever, than with anyone with young fans glorifying an industry that is all about manipulating, abusing and raping children, and profiting from their exploit.
I admire you taking a stance but I am confused about what facts you have that the girl is disturbed and destructive. Because she dresses like a tramp and talks about dildos? How does that encourage prostitution? Prostitution comes into play when girls are under financial duress, are uneducated, insecure, easily manipulated or feel that their body is their only thing they have of value. It doesn’t come about because someone they admire dresses like one. I think it’s funny that no one has a problem with Gossip Girl where all of the characters are in high school but sleeping not just with older men and women, but rotating out of bed with each other. One scene they are sitting on the steps of school in their uniforms, the next in a $1500 dress in a night club full of adults doing lines of coke off of someones stomach- they plot, backstab, have zero morals and are completely bad role models for teens but no one seems to care because they wear nice clothes (me included). Just an idea for your next “letter”. :)
Yeah I never said she was disturbed (though she’s a teen actress; odds are not in her favor). I don’t really care if she dresses skankily or talks about dildos. Where I get concerned is when she talks about how it’s cool to dress like a hooker. Her fans are impressionable girls; prostitution is not something to be glamorized.
I really like Gossip Girl as a show. I haven’t watched it since the first season, but I don’t really have a problem with the fantastical lives of rich Manhattanites exaggerated on TV. It’s things that happen in the real world that I feel the compunction to respond to.
There’s something in this as she is 17 and a legal minor. Still, as she goes to such extremes to court publicity she’s difficult to ignore.
i like the letter…it reminded me of this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thaddeus-russell/fired-teaching-american-history_b_767172.html that talks about how most of the people who we should be thankful for for certain social revolutions were prostitutes/gangsters.
http://whycantmybestfriendbeme.blogspot.com/
Finally!!! Thank you Mr. Ortved!!!
Finally!!! Thank you Mr. Ortved!!!
I’m glad someone shares my views on the Taylor Momsen tragedy. I love her on Gossip Girl and actually feel that she is one of the stronger actors. I initially thought this was just publicity for the show since ‘Little J’ was going thru the same transformation. But it isn’t and I find it repulsive. That girl is 17 years old talking about she couldn’t live without her dildo. That is disgusting. My younger 14 year old cousin thinks shes cool because the blogs & magazines like nylon say that she is. This needs to stop. Where are her parents?? Get this girl some help because this is a disaster. This also better not negatively affect her work on Gossip Girl because we need Little J :)
from what i remember reading…she doesn’t have the greatest relationship with her parents.
*shocking*
I dont like Momsen at all but what is so wrong with her saying that she cant live without her dildo (besides the fact that she did it for attention) ? There is nothing wrong with female masturbation and it is not “disgusting.” I dont think it should be socially unacceptable for young females to masturbate, it is healthy.
KURT Cobain not Curt Cobain!!!!!!!!!
Preach! John – you took the words right out of my mouth.
Hear, hear! Heartily agree
Dear John (haha),
I’ve actually enjoyed your writing in a range of publications, including New York Magazine and Glamour, but I have to say, this is my favorite piece of your writing I’ve seen so far. Taylor’s style and attitude have been dissected a million times over, from Rolling Stone to Jezebel to Fashionista, but this is the only compelling argument I’ve seen that concisely explains why all this press is a somewhat irresponsible.
Keep up the good writing!
Dear John (haha),
I’ve actually enjoyed your writing in a range of publications, including New York Magazine and Glamour, but I have to say, this is my favorite piece of your writing I’ve seen so far. Taylor’s style and attitude have been dissected a million times over, from Rolling Stone to Jezebel to Fashionista, but this is the only compelling argument I’ve seen that concisely explains why all this press is a somewhat irresponsible.
Keep up the good writing!
John, sit down, have a beer and breathe a second. Ok. This is entertainment / fashion writing, not the Washington Post. This blog only writes about Momsen, because people want to read about her. If nobody was interested I’m sure they wouldn’t bother.
Truth is the stupid, flippant comment is a Momsen forte, but you’d have to be pretty dumb to mistake describing ones style as “high-class hooker” and actually becoming a prostitute. Linking a flippant comment by a celebrity to child prostitution only demeans and distorts the very real and very troubling issues and coercion that drive girls and boys into prostitution. Whatever TM says, she and the blogs who write it cannot be held responsible for that. Some perspective please.
And yes, I’m struggling to take the music critique of a writer who can spell Kurt Cobain seriously. For me Momsen’s music is ok. It’s nothing special or ground-breaking, but it is alright, regardless of how attention-seeking her exploits are.
1. I was sitting when I wrote the letter, as I’m sitting now. Don’t need a beer; I’m drinking whiskey. Thank you for clarifying who it is I write for. As I said in the letter, Fashionista is a fashion blog (i.e. NOT the Washington Post), one that I happily write for, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have standards.
2. I’m aware people want to read about her. People also want to see upskirt photos and executions, doesn’t mean we should give it to them.
3. I’m not stupid. You’re stupid. Wait, that was a pretty stupid thing to say. I of course realize the difference of talking about dressing like a hooker and talking about becoming one, just as I understand the difference between saying that one thinks it’s cool to dress like a Nazi and saying it would be cool to act like one. It’s a slippery slope, especially when your fans are little girls, or in the latter example, impressionable young nationalists.
4. Part of the “very troubling” issues surrounding prostitution is the public’s perspective. People think it’s all Ashle Dupres when the reality is much different. Momsen’s comments add fuel to that fire, so I think it merits a response.
5. It’s true. I mispelled Kurt Cobain’s first name. I wrote the letter pretty quickly. Does it matter that I was listening to “Nevermind” while I wrote it? Scratch that. It was Weird Al’s “Off The Deep End.”
Jon, thanks for your reply. Very good of you.
1) Ok, I agree that improved journalistic standards in the blogosphere would be a good thing. But personally I find TM to be quite an interesting character and writing about her doesn’t automatically imply a reduced standard. I don’t really believe that a writer judging their subject based on their own morality is a characteristic of a higher standard.
2) I agree, please no upskirt photos or executions here on Fashionista please.
3) You know what they say about discussions on the internet descending into arguments about the Nazis. I fundamentally believe that it’s not realistic to expect young actors / singers to be the moral guide for the world’s youths. That’s surely the job of their parents, family, friends and teachers.
4) I can honestly say that my view of Prostitution is shaped more by my other half, who works as a social worker. You are right it’s not Divine Brown or Ashlee Dupre. People become involved in it mainly through coercion, drug addiction and poverty. A flippant comment by a teenage celebrity does not have any connection to this problem. The wider issue is the de-sensitizing of the issue, as you say. But you just have to look at how often words like “whore” and “hooker” are used, even in comments on this site. But you can’t make one flippant comment responsible for that, you’d have to take everyone else who uses that language out to the wood shed for their beating as well.
5) Well I typoed as well, so I guess it’s a wash. To be honest, I never really liked Nirvana (or Hole for that matter). I prefer it a little bit more proggy, so Siamese Dream would be my cut of choice from that period. The good thing about the Pumpkins is that they take you too the happy place, rather than the angry place.
not all of it was angry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Aj8vhbm78
I think this person is stupid. That is all.
I mean she already has Gossip Girl & the Madonna machine promoting her…is there someone else more worthy of the spotlight?
I think it’s a little unfair to compare her to 30 Seconds to Mars because if Jared didn’t go into the studio, we would not have this
http://fashionista.com/2010/10/behold-the-power-of-makeup-girl-on-the-internet-transforms-herself-into-jared-leto/
No matter how much I like to talk shit about people, I always try to remember that smart people talk about ideas and not about other people.
This “letter” is a failed attempt trying to disguise itself as an article.
I think it’s a little unfair to compare her to 30 Seconds to Mars because if Jared didn’t go into the studio, we would not have this
http://fashionista.com/2010/10/behold-the-power-of-makeup-girl-on-the-internet-transforms-herself-into-jared-leto/
No matter how much I like to talk shit about people, I always try to remember that smart people talk about ideas and not about other people.
This “letter” is a failed attempt trying to disguise itself as an article.
i can’t believe i missed that video….
You were too busy saving animals.
no……i haven’t done the foster thingy in awhile, sadly.
One of many things I get to add to my list of failed attempts:
- smoking in middle school (I totally coughed)
- A’s in college
- getting to meet Bill Cosby
- Selling long distance phone plans door-to-door (I lasted one hour)
- grilling chicken (I always make the fire too hot)
ps – Do you mean this is a failed attempt at an article? A failed attempt at a letter? Something disguised as a letter that is really something else? Or just a failed attempt? I’m confused.
I like that… Smart people talk about ideas, not about other people.
But I did like the article, tho…
I agree. I could care less who writes about this girl. Jeez…she isn’t the first girl to dress like a low class hooker. On halloween I saw hundreds…and in the entertainment industry they are a dime a dozen. A lot of women (the interesting ones) have a dark side. Some advertise and some don’t. I, personally, do not think anyone under the age of 18 is interesting though. Someone who is interesting is Eleanor Roosevelt who is the author of Rashomons quote. “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.” I remember this from when I was a teacher and was forced to put that on the chalkboard because my students were obsessed with negativity, belittling eachother and deriving way too much pleasure from it.
You need to check this out for inspiration. It’s a true story about a 13 year old heroin addict, Christiane F. The fashion is awesome AND David Bowie provided the soundtrack. My father bought this for me when I was in 6th grade as a drug deterrent.http://stagevu.com/video/rhbqwvnflucd
Yes, I saw Christiane F. was I was younger. I was a Bowie fanatic. I definitely want to see it again now that its been a few decades. My mom gave me ‘Liquid Sky” to watch. It didn’t work though.
Lady Gaga jocked so much of her style of Liquid Sky.
I’m hot and bothered by this currently, not so much for the fashion but the calm coolness of the dialogue…
http://taytrong.posterous.com/32630849
You two are my favorites!
Thanks but my heart belongs to Britt.
It’s pretty sad that this letter has gotten more attention than this…
http://fashionista.com/2010/11/alber-ebaz-on-his-collection-for-hm-its-not-about-dress-for-less/#disqus_thread
You’re mean!
rashy!
haha, calm down. Like John’s letter, it’s not that serious.
Hopefully, you guys will have some interesting stuff tomorrow and all this will go to the next page and be forgotten.
In the meantime, maybe you can get something here…
http://www.crash.fr/#/collection/serie_180-5.jpg
haha, calm down. Like John’s letter, it’s not that serious.
Hopefully, you guys will have some interesting stuff tomorrow and all this will go to the next page and be forgotten.
In the meantime, maybe you can get something here…
http://www.crash.fr/#/collection/serie_180-5.jpg
thank the heavens for some voice of reasoning in all this bruhaha!! the girl is embarrassing to say the least. she should be locked up until she can acquire decent manners and decorum of public behaviour. Thanks John!!
Well put! I say we/you feature these types as long as its true fashion coverage. I do like Taylor in terms of looks,GG,and clothing. I wish the adults in this industry didn’t feed the fire and encourage bad behavior the way they do. Like those horrid quotes! I used to talk smack all the time at that age.
I admire the stance, her antics are tiring. What I will say is that I heard her music at a party, and, I have to say, she isn’t talentless by any means (except in screen acting, ahem.) However, that only makes her antics more unnecessary and tiring.
I love her. and jared leto. So keep writing fashionista!
this is a fashion blog (yeah. its called Fashionista) not a celebrity tabloid. (perez hilton? ilovetaylormomsenshe’sawesome.com?)
its so tiring seeing a bunch of articles on here about some forgettable no-one-really-cares stunt of momsen the brat who virtually has nothing to do with fashion- oh unless being in a T.V. show is what counts, of which she doesn’t even seem to really care about. so stupid.. thank you Ortved for pointing all of those things out.
this is a fashion blog (yeah. its called Fashionista) not a celebrity tabloid. (perez hilton? ilovetaylormomsenshe’sawesome.com?)
its so tiring seeing a bunch of articles on here about some forgettable no-one-really-cares stunt of momsen the brat who virtually has nothing to do with fashion- oh unless being in a T.V. show is what counts, of which she doesn’t even seem to really care about. so stupid.. thank you Ortved for pointing all of those things out.
i think floria sigismondi is the best at that kind of video genre (just saw tm’s latest video.) that is my two cents. besides her youth and her way of dress, it’s too much too soon. music should be built over time and this doesn’t come across as being so.
What the FUCK. You did NOT just diss Jared Leto.
I did. His music’s really bad. I loved “Requiem for a Dream,” though. “Fight Club” too.
Great films, breathtaking, the both of them, I’m just offended for Jared (musically) he’s being compared to Lindsey and Taylor, his band is legitimate. Lindsey, Taylor, and Heidi Montag, 10 seconds should be long gone.
To each their own I suppose.
Let me expand my previous comment, yes Momsen is trash, yes SHE has no talent or even credibility, Jared Leto is an extremely talented musician and performer, so what, he went from acting to singing. That shouldn’t make him a joke, just very talented.
I think the similarity is that they both wear too much eyeliner.
Thank you sooo much!
Loved your letter. As a journalist, I refuse to contribute to her 15 minutes of unmerited fame and she’s now on my black list of people I no longer write about. Unprofessional of me? No, I just have my ethics and as a representative of the media, a certain responsibility towards the public.
Except for the Gossip Girl, which I watch on occasion and enjoy, I didn’t know much about Ms. Momsen. However, I did notice that she had started to take herself a little too seriously , by way of how she looks in the photographs of gossip magazines. I thought that she was taking her look a little too far, not to mention making herself look, truly, like a slut at such a young age. So, where are her parents in all of this? Or has Madonna adopted her,too?
“just like Lindsay Lohan, Jared Leto and Heidi Montag before her”
This would make sense if Taylor wasn’t leaps ahead of all these people in talent–her music is actually good. This is why she is getting a pass in the media, I believe. Also, she got her start on a sexually provocative show not Disney.
I’m not familiar with Jared Leto’s musical career…but My So Called Life is awesome. And not on Disney.
Yeah, OK she’s 17 and a publicity hound and is doing lots of stupid things. John, I do think your post infantilizes her quite a bit. Momsen is not 5 and a lot of what she does is designed to get her publicity and lots of attention. She has made herself impossible to ignore and I think Fashionista is quite right to report on her.
^If you reread his letter he says that… that’s why he wrote the letter to Fashionista.
Ironically enough we can only praise John’s sentiments but his initial intentions about ignoring her quite futile though I’m pretty sure he knows this as well being a journalist.
If anything this letter might encourage other parties to view her future antics as something predictable and passé, and we shouldn’t care less because her ACT will become old and boring. Its like Paris Hilton and her gossip life, it will go UP then it will go down and eventually people didn’t care about her.
The only thing we can do is let time pass by. While Taylor does as some talent, her persona takes away the merit of her music, inclusion she is a joke. If anything calling her “slut” or “whore” is a compliment to her however if people continue to write the lack dignity this girl has which causes shame to music that she ‘idolises’ I’m pretty sure it will be more hurtful to her.
I Google news Momsen every other day, not because she’s hot (She’s not: she looks like an especially neotenic colt), or because her clothes are particularily cutting edge (Siouxsie aSioux eye make up, Anna Tsuchiya torn stockings and shifts, Wendy O Williams black tape pasties; her fashion is REFERENCED, not created. I check because the blog responses from all of the morons feigning shock horror and disgust are bloody funny.
I find the outrage evinced on so many blogs as false as you say her behavior and quotes are.
Behavior that can be pretty well placed as beginning at the time of the debut of her current band…
Yes it is publicity, but get a clue folks…
its for a HEAVY METAL band!!!
She has separate personae for each of her jobs; Rocker, actress, and model. Speaking of which, you would think being a HS graduate with THREE careers would give her the right to not be judged by morons who have never met her.
And isn’t it about time that that teen girls, subaltern and liminalised as they are, deserve a voice that wasn’t spewing Disney lies to girls at a time when they could use an alternative to false virginity designed by a corporate think tank?
Or best yet, had parents that actually spoke to them, rather than snivelling about lack of “responsibility” on the part of the media, as if media responsibility doesn’t begin at home.
I Google news Momsen every other day, not because she’s hot (She’s not: she looks like an especially neotenic colt), or because her clothes are particularily cutting edge (Siouxsie aSioux eye make up, Anna Tsuchiya torn stockings and shifts, Wendy O Williams black tape pasties; her fashion is REFERENCED, not created. I check because the blog responses from all of the morons feigning shock horror and disgust are bloody funny.
I find the outrage evinced on so many blogs as false as you say her behavior and quotes are.
Behavior that can be pretty well placed as beginning at the time of the debut of her current band…
Yes it is publicity, but get a clue folks…
its for a HEAVY METAL band!!!
She has separate personae for each of her jobs; Rocker, actress, and model. Speaking of which, you would think being a HS graduate with THREE careers would give her the right to not be judged by morons who have never met her.
And isn’t it about time that that teen girls, subaltern and liminalised as they are, deserve a voice that wasn’t spewing Disney lies to girls at a time when they could use an alternative to false virginity designed by a corporate think tank?
Or best yet, had parents that actually spoke to them, rather than snivelling about lack of “responsibility” on the part of the media, as if media responsibility doesn’t begin at home.
Correction : JARED LETO didn’t bring legions of producers and songwriters to the recording studios. He wrote almost all the songs from their 3 albums himself and a few of them with his bandmantes. And they co-produced all their albums.
Comparing him & 30STM with Heidi Montag and Lindsay Lohan is just bulls***. Maybe they are not for everyone but for us who listen to their music with open hearts and open minds, they are no less a credible act out there.
And it’s not fair to judge the band bcoz their frontman is an actor. He happens to have both acting and singing talent. I know you guys might be laughing your hearts out when I said Jared has both acting and singing talent but let me tell you one thing, after 3 albums and non-stop touring for since late 2009, music is definately in his blood. He’s not playing the part as rock star as most people said, HE IS A ROCK STAR.
And with some knowledge and experinces from his acting jobs over the years, he uses it to produce and direct amazing short films accompanying their singles.
So,whatever people say about Jared, whether his so-so acting talent, his playing the part of a rock star, his crazy hairstyles, his weird fashion sense, he’s a douchebag or thousands other horrible things that are being written all over net, we, the fans who chose to believe in him see it differently.
So, say whatever you wanna say about Jared, we don’t give a s*** about it.
Yeah I don’t honestly think Leto makes the same music that Lohan and Montag did; was just using that list to take a shot at his band, whose music is total shit. That’s the nice thing about a letter, as opposed to an article, I can just editorialize freely.
In my fantasies, 30 Seconds To Mars and Dogstar compete in a battle of the bands. And they kill each other.
Agreed,
Sure, I agree with jortved on his grudge against Momsen, but 30 seconds to mars, is a great band, so what jortved doesn’t like their music,
Jared is very talented, great lyrics, beautiful sound, and they put on one kickass show.
If you haven’t seen this, it’s worth a look…
http://stagevu.com/video/anwiniiooyti
You’ll have to hire one and find out for yourself. But I guarantee that they don’t wear black suits (very cliche) like in the GF experience and they don’t buy things on sale.
…Is that you, Jared?
that fact about the average age of sex workers is SHOCKING
Take a look at David Schisgal’s 2007 film “Very Young Girls.” It’s eye-opening.
finally. some sense in opposition to taylor’s nonsense. no teen or child should parade around as a hooker and expect praise. it’s beyond her expression as an individual because she is a public figure no matter what. and to support such disgusting “self-expressions” to underage teens is just wrong. what is her point? to be a messed up teen prostitute singing songs about priests and pedophilia and drugs and sex? what kind of a point is that? seriously. the media should stop covering her. period. if she doesn’t have anything positive to promote, then she shouldn’t express her thoughts.
finally. some sense in opposition to taylor’s nonsense. no teen or child should parade around as a hooker and expect praise. it’s beyond her expression as an individual because she is a public figure no matter what. and to support such disgusting “self-expressions” to underage teens is just wrong. what is her point? to be a messed up teen prostitute singing songs about priests and pedophilia and drugs and sex? what kind of a point is that? seriously. the media should stop covering her. period. if she doesn’t have anything positive to promote, then she shouldn’t express her thoughts.
What I find most amusing is that this girl thinks she dresses like a high class hooker. I know a few high class hookers and they don’t dress like that. She dresses like a two dolla ho. BUT it must be noted, that a lot of fashion magazines are doing entire spreads of models and celebrities just in their undergarments- so why is it so shocking that she runs around half naked? Did Cheri from the Runaways promote prostitution? She simply was trying to be ahead of the game and state what she thought was obvious. She is going to look back at her antics and stupid statements in a few years and be morbidly embarassed. Until then, lets focus on building young women up not tearing them down…no matter how lame their behaviour is.
These high class hookers who you know, what brands do they like? Where do they shop? Do they pay full price or get stuff on sale?
I assume the ones who make alot of money dress very chic…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXtPibTyzAY&feature=fvst
amen to the letter. can everyone please ignore this ridiculous, fame-hungry wannabe? doing so would drive her insane, because people who pull the kind of stunts that she does do it to get a reaction, to get attention.
Amazing.
I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this letter. This is not the only blog/website that talks about Momsen too much. She is everywhere and for no good reason. She is just a child and as a grown woman, I have no desire to ever hear, see or read about her again.
I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this letter. This is not the only blog/website that talks about Momsen too much. She is everywhere and for no good reason. She is just a child and as a grown woman, I have no desire to ever hear, see or read about her again.
hear hear indeed. would also like to add that no self-respecting (oh, the irony) “high class” hooker would be caught dead in momsen’s outfits and make-up.
Ttally agree with La Caprichosa, it’s nice to know that some people still value morals but it’s pretty hypocritical to think Taylor Momsen is wrong to act the way she does, and yet still make sure to catch the latest episode of Gossip Girl which is far worse than any perverted comment/ action Taylor has made (this is of course not directed to the original writer, I don’t know what his views on GG are). These actors who are suppose to be Manhattan elite teenagers are indulging in promiscuous sex drugs alcohol but it seems everyone turns a blind eye and rationalizes this issue for the sake of fashion./ Try telling that to the thousands of impressionable preteens and teens who toon in religiously to it. Is quality fabric and good design more important that the mindset and lives of youths of this generation? Especially when they will be running our society in the decades to come? TV has a great influence of everyone despite what some of you believe. It’s not just fantasy, find a 12 year old gossip girl fan and they will tell you that they would kill to live a life like Blair or Serena, or would love to adopt the lifestyle of Taylor Momson, (or have already done so ) because she’s so “cool” and rebellious and sexy. It would be nice if people cared more about people rather than superficial things.
Here is something to change the subject: http://flavorwire.com/129249/10-reasons-to-ditch-project-runway-for-the-fashion-show
“I dress like a high-class hooker.” well that’s an insult to high class hookers…she looks more like streetwalker or someone who actually might work in a seedy strip joint to me … anyone remembers the ” Tips” strippers shoes?
What I find half-hardheartedly humorous is the implication that those idolized by a young audience must maintain a phony appearance of decorum and traditional modesty, for sake of preservation of youth innocence. Celebrities grow up, they want liberation from social expectations. Is she committing acts of repugnant indecency, such as robbery, physical altercation, public sodomy, murder, etc? No. She dresses in revealing attire and uses select words that some have dubbed immodest. Murderous. Scandalous. A stench to her personality. Right.
If child innocence is ever so precious, I suggest turning them over to religious motherly figures: nuns, orthodox mercenaries, etc. not Hollywood stars. Get real.
Poor Raccoon McPantless. I mean she’s already blamed her parents for supposedly not guiding her. I think that’s totally lame and she must just stop showing so much skin, and grow up!
THANK YOU for writing this… it’s about time. She does nothing admirable – get her out of the spotlight.
“All we should do is ignore her.”
This is our current Avril Lavigne. Except instead of just being rebellious, she also wants to be seductive. She’ll grow out of it, and then look back and be utterly embarrassed. I don’t care, really.
I appreciate this letter. I am currently working on a project in my Women’s Studies class about sex trafficking, and little girls are being kidnapped from as young as nine years old and sold into it. It’s not funny or sexy for a teenage girl to liken her image to a prostitute and glorify it to other little girls. And sadly, I have to say that Taylor Momsen is very much like Miley Cyrus in this way. Fashion shouldn’t always have to be about acting hard or indifferent or loving controversy. We can’t ignore her altogether, but people should definitely stop wasting energy writing so much about her until she learns what being a woman actually is.