It seems as though an eternity has passed since I had the time for an update. Promises that that will change are being made, however while reading this post in it’s relationship to teen pregnancy, I realized that it was worth sharing.
Many teenagers look to someone for some sort of guidance. Most of them look up at celebrities, and honestly, it’s a really bad thing. What Hollywood is telling us couldn’t be farther from what teenagers actually need to hear! Here are a few examples:
Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant at 16. First off, she used to be a Disney kid celebrity, so imagine what her situation conveyed to kids who watched “Zoey 101”! Second, in the USA -the name of the state eludes me- a group of female teenagers (I’m pretty sure they were around 16) made a pact to get pregnant. They went ahead with it and slept with random strangers (from homeless people, to total strangers) and got pregnant. When interviewed, the girls said they wanted to show their support for Jamie Lynn Spears. Right, nice way to show your support: ruin your future!
Jamie Lynn’s older sister, Britney (which all of you have probably heard of considering the huge coverage her life has had in the media) has just released her newest single, “Womanizer”. Pre-release, I kept an eye on a few interviews she gave, and in all of them, Britney said her album will be the best she’s ever done, with new, original sound. Um hum. Not. “Womanizer” is the #1 on Billboard Top 100 Songs, but I have no idea how it got there. The reviews are horrible, and Britney’s haters aren’t that much more gentle. To top it all, she’s naked in the video. I thought music sold your voice, not your body?! No further comments.
Lindsay Lohan (and a long list of celebrities) have been in an out of rehab for drug and/or alcohol addictions. Either that, or they nearly killed themselves by becoming bulimic and/or anorexic. I used to think the saddest thing you could do would be to ruin your future. I have a new top #1: having all the money you need and yet not being strong enough to get professional help is quite possibly more pathetic.
And last but not least, Paris Hilton, who would rather spend millions on clothes, parties, dog clothes and whatnot, than giving one donation to a single charity. As if that’s not enough, she has got to be the most worst-mannered celebrity living in Hollywood: from peeing in her own hotel pool to wreaking havoc in her room, Miss Hilton has definitely won the “Biggest Brat Of The Century” Award. If that existed.
Granted, Hollywood isn’t all that bad. Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt show us there’s more to being a celebrity than having money and living “la vie en rose”. Namely, spending the said money to help out other people!
As a teenager, though, I have to say, if I were to actually listen to Hollywood’s message, I’d be out there partying all night, flunking school, getting pregnant, and then getting myself into a rehab center for being anorexic.
It’s a good thing I couldn’t care less about Hollywood, then, right? The bad thing is, a lot of teenagers actually do care. So then, how can we help those teens that are facing possible ruination of their lives? I only have two solutions: either obliterating Hollywood’s message, or transforming it into something more positive.
Tags: anorexia, teen pregnancy, teen pressures
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