The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 What If Britney Were Topless And No One Cared? http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/what-if-britney-were-topless-and-no-one-cared http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/what-if-britney-were-topless-and-no-one-cared#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:51:28 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/06/what-if-britney-were-topless-and-no-one-cared Oh honey....It is a bad sign for your stardom, and your sense of place in the cultural moment, when you are a major tabloid pop star and you whip out your breasts for your new video and the Internet doesn't explode.

The topless photos of Britney Spears-published yesterday in News of the World-haven't even been posted on Perez Hilton. (Drudge is also a no-show at the Britney pics party.) Those of us who have labored in the salt mines of the gossip blogs easily recall a time only some months ago when we would have been texted to attend to our laptops when some Britney topless action occurred on a weekend. Now there is a giant gaping silence. (Part of the problem is that her non-breast parts, as photographed, look so unbelievably terrible. Perhaps everyone feels bad!)

This is sort of embarrassing for everyone! It is pretty much like someone ripped off her top at a party and everyone was like "Oh boy, call her a cab right now, she is bringing us down and this is not sophomore year of college."

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]]> Oh honey....It is a bad sign for your stardom, and your sense of place in the cultural moment, when you are a major tabloid pop star and you whip out your breasts for your new video and the Internet doesn't explode.

The topless photos of Britney Spears-published yesterday in News of the World-haven't even been posted on Perez Hilton. (Drudge is also a no-show at the Britney pics party.) Those of us who have labored in the salt mines of the gossip blogs easily recall a time only some months ago when we would have been texted to attend to our laptops when some Britney topless action occurred on a weekend. Now there is a giant gaping silence. (Part of the problem is that her non-breast parts, as photographed, look so unbelievably terrible. Perhaps everyone feels bad!)

This is sort of embarrassing for everyone! It is pretty much like someone ripped off her top at a party and everyone was like "Oh boy, call her a cab right now, she is bringing us down and this is not sophomore year of college."

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