A Rant

Ok ... I need to get something out of my system so please excuse the rant. Today when I was avoiding doing homework I came across this article: http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/02/07/lea-michele-cosmo-cover/. It's basically about parents being upset about a cover of Lea Michele, the star of Glee, appearing on the cover of Cosmo wearing a low cut dress. I won't go into the merits of covers like this or whether or not they should be available for children to see. What I want to talk about is this quote the article referenced: “Lea Michele may be an adult, but to pretend that she doesn’t know her fans are 11 is just ignorance…. Now she is just turning off the parents of these kids who are her future consumers.” Seriously ... parents let their kids watch Glee but don't like the idea of them seeing a low cut dress? Have these parents ever watched Glee? If this offends them then I seriously doubt it. Just because a show is set in a high school does not in any way mean that it is a show for children. Glee deals with/portrays a lot of adult topics including teen pregnancy, homosexuality, masturbation, sex, and marijuana use. And all of that is addressed in the first couple of episodes of the 1st season. The point is that this show has a lot more adult going on in it than low cut clothing. If that dress is inappropriate for your child to see than you definitely don't want them watching Glee. Parents need to pay attention to what their kids actually watch not just what they see on the magazine rack in the super market.

End of rant, please enjoy the rest of your day.

P.S. Maybe I'll actually post my first real update of the last 5 months soon