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No doubt about that, but it's important to be realistic as well. This was supposed to be her mega-awesome-super-fantastic comeback performance. You gotta play by Hollywood's rules in that case. I'm all for promoting realistic expectations among girls regarding their bodies, but if someone's trying to make a comeback like Britney Spears was, she's not exactly in the position to be making that kind of social statement (and, honestly, I'd be much more willing to forgive it if that's what she had intended, but really as far as I can tell she's just delusional regarding her diminished sex appeal as well as many many other things - she needs some serious help).
And, let's be frank here, while she's not in terrible shape - and I said so in the post LPM was responding to - she's also not exactly fit. I'm all for responsible messages in the media, and there should be more "average" bodies seen on television. People should understand that they are not alone in being out of shape (as most Americans are), but that doesn't equate to acting like it's reasonable wear an outfit that barely fits and shows every roll and stretch mark on national tv for what is supposed to be a comeback performance. There are other clothing options that are still sexy but more appropriate for her current body - and MTV apparently tried to get her to wear one of those, a corset - but that's not what she chose. She was trying to recapture her past sex appeal and glamour, and for that she is, as I said, about 30 pounds overweight (maybe 20, I'm bad at guessing weights). If she gets the rest of her shit together and wants to use her star power (assuming getting her shit together helps regain it) to promote more acceptance in the entertainment industry for varying weights and body types, then I'll get right in line to support her for that. For this comeback attempt, though, it was a terrible decision.
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