Heroism Stripped

Aesthetics,Britain,Feminism,Gender,Human Accomplishment,Pop-Culture,Sex

            

An anonymous sage said that “expectations tend to be self-fulfilling”: Expect nothing and you’ll get nothing. In the West, if kids so much as dial 911 in an emergency, they are decorated for bravery. So, it’s hardly surprising that evincing narcissism, self-adoration and bad taste has been elevated and recast as heroic, honest and gritty.

Going by the MailOnline’s sensibility, the au naturel uglies below are really “brave mothers and daughters [who] bare all – and reveal their hopes and fears about ageing” [sic]. I give you your new heroines. Scroll down for an eyeful.

8 thoughts on “Heroism Stripped

  1. Redman

    Never ceases to amaze me: no pride, no modesty and no virtue! Also, no real brains but, then, that’s a given.

  2. OldMan

    From the male perspective of facing middle-age: Having subjected my eyes to those buxom britannic beauties, I think my libido has just been extinguished once and for all.

  3. Robert Glisson

    Headsman, Headsman spare your axe. I ain’t touching this one with a ten foot pole.

  4. My RON-PAUL i

    Have any of these women considered having a BRAIN TRANSPLANT instead of a boob job?

    But then, if you are a complete boob (above the shoulders), I guess you need a good pair below the shoulders….

    Oi vay – I’m just as content to be retired from the hunt for “female companionship”.

  5. Nell Bowen

    C’mon now, they aren’t the only brave women revealing their hopes and fears, it’s contagious.
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    “I think women are having conversations that are far more provocative, intellectual, stimulating and humorous than most people give us credit for,” says Dubuc. “Amanda sort of represents . . . the image that Lifetime wants to be projecting.”

    “Amanda de Cadenet likes to talk about sex.
    The British photographer — and BFF of troubled star Demi Moore — even dares to quiz some of Hollywood’s biggest names about their favorite lovemaking positions.
    “I am down with all of them,” Gwyneth Paltrow tells Amanda on her new talk show, “The Conversation,” which starts next week on Lifetime.
    Jane Fonda shares too: “While I am quite flexible and I can kneel, [sex] is not quite as comfortable for me as it used to be before I had a fake knee.”
    Who is Amanda de Cadenet and why are famous women telling her these things?”

    Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/fifty_shades_of_grey_iTKmAFFaWjcNlI0lLJDIII#ixzz1sYCGBoSb

  6. JP

    Any time someone remarks about how they have “intellectually stimulating” conversations, you can bet it’s the exact opposite.

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