One
or more hackers recently stole naked pictures of various female celebrities,
and posted them on the internet, thus creating quite a media kerfuffle. Besides
the outrage of the various celebs, Lena Dunham (of the HBO show “Girls”, who
peels down to not much at the blink of an eye) was uber-outraged! She huffs, “Remember, when you look at these pictures
you are violating these women again and again. It's not okay.”
So, being weak and
without moral compass, I must shamefully admit that I DILIGENTLY searched the internet to
find these naked pictures. It was either that or do laundry.
Amazingly, Google Images
is just chock full of naked celebrity pictures, all with aforesaid celebrities performing
acts of various athletic prowess and undress. And all Photoshopped. I really
doubt that Brad would let Angelina do that stuff with two other guys, I mean,
Really. She, the mother of 6 (or 7 or whatever…)
So obviously some 12 year
old boys have become proficient at Photoshop, which raises the question, why
didn’t these celebs just laugh and say the pictures were just Photoshopped?
And this whole issue
raises other questions. For example, are celebs just hanging around the mansion,
wondering, “So, what should I do tonight? Go to the Apple Store? Torment the paparazzi? I know, I’ll take naked
photos of myself and post them on a pretty insecure internet site!” Granted, these folks probably have much
better bodies than the general populace, but couldn’t they be content with just
gazing adoringly into a full length mirror?
And this involved SO MANY
celebs. Why are so many people taking naked pictures of themselves? Did I miss
the memo?
I suggest their managers (or
parents) sit them down and have a stern talk about being careful with their
naked photos. I know, as Ms. Dunham has said, more or less, celebs have the
right to “share their bodies however they want”. But except for the laundry
bills, keeping your clothes on is just so much easier. But of course, that
doesn’t make the news.
