December 23, 2007
I'd like to wish the one person who reads this blog a big "Happy Holidays!"
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December 20, 2007
I feel for my fellow Jaime
Oops.
I was going to post something about this yesterday, but unfortunately I had a school project that I spent the entire afternoon working on, and so this is a little outdated, but: Jamie-Lynn Spears, 16-year-old sister of Britney, is pregnant.
I admit, my first reaction was to laugh. I'm sure I'm not alone and secretly everyone on the planet relished it with every fiber of their being (like, I bet even Ban Ki-moon went into the U.N. yesterday and was like, "OMG, Zoey 101 got knocked up! First those naked Vanessa Hudgens pictures and now THIS?").
My second reaction, however, was sadness, both for Jamie-Lynn and her myriad young fans. Undoubtedly, kids have already heard about this at school -- I wonder how many uncomfortable, innocence-shattering dinner conversations parents of preteens across the country had last night?
Nickelodeon, the station that ran Spears' show, is now considering running a special about sex in the wake of this PR dilemma (hopefully not directly after they air Dora the Explorer). I think that this is a good move on their part. Perhaps it will change the focus for Nick viewers to the consequences of teen pregnancy instead of the uncomfortable fact that a young girl idolized by kids everywhere is now having one of her own.
On another note, what an interesting year this has been -- with this and the movies Knocked Up and Juno, there seems to be a strong (if completely unintentional) message from the media that women should keep their unwanted pregnancies. No wonder kids these days are more pro-life than their parents.
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