And now for something completely different…

Slate published an excellent article this weekend about the latest trends in (urgh) ‘tween’ fashions. My first issue with this is that we call the ‘tweens’ what happened to pre-teen, it was perfectly fine. Second, why does the entire nation of girls under 18 seem to look like whores from music videos? I mean dear lord one female poster on The Fray (age yet to be determined) argued that it was cool for her 7 (yeah thats right 7 I didn’t typo) year old sister to wear padded bras and low rise jeans, and that she was well past the age of accountability (well she didn’t use that phrasing but I think the poster may have been 12).

The most common argument is that its always been like this, and on most issues this case is true, but not like this. I feel like I am speaking in the voice of a much older man but it really isn’t true. The Bratz dolls are not progress and neither is a young girl using them as role models. We have seen what this sort of thing does to young girls: Lohan, Olsen, Spears, Hilton, every kid on MTV and in SoCal. Kids are kids let them be kids. Let them screw up, goof off, do their own thing, but this is conformity (and its conformity to a disgusting extreme). MMMMM pedophiles. I mean seriously that who is attracted by 12 year old girls in babydoll tops and micro minis. Most boys their age are too busy playing sports and video games to even notice.

This is a completely apolitical subject which means I am straying from my primary interests (and if there are any, the interests of my regular viewers). I am not about to go running around yelling the sky is falling and decrying the moral decay of our nation and the younger generation because that is BULLSHIT. If kids want to fuck let them, they will be better off than the repressed assholes forming abstinence clubs and daddy-daughter dances (or as I call them West Virginia proms). But don’t force this stuff on them. If there were only a couple stores making these clothes for the ‘tween set and it had to be sought out I’d get it. Unfortunately from what I’ve heard short of shockingly ugly clothing it seems to be the only option. The author and posters all agreed on the difficulty of finding standard coverage wear for girls in the age group.

Freedom and choice are what we should be all about. And if a ‘tween chooses to dress like that fine, not my thing but thats between the child and parent. But when you take away the choice of other things in favor of making this the standard and claim it is because of market demand I raise my eyebrow. Clearly there is demand for something more reasonable than the little miss heiress/slut collection. well I think thats all I can say on the subject.

“When you find yourself in the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain