I was on pinterest not a few moments ago and every once in a while when I peruse the site, I will click on the Celebrities link and check out what new pictures have been posted onto this nifty little site. Not going to lie, it was pretty cool to come to the realization that Charlie Chaplin and Hellen Keller were contemporaries and even met at one point.
However, as cool as these moments of "ah ha!" are, I am finding more and more often the disappointment of seeing those celebrities that I will admit that I have idolized at one point or another having pictures posted of them in questionable attire and situations.
I guess the one that really disappointments me are the photographs that have been turning up of Miss Watson. My favorite quote by her was spread far and wide over facebook most especially in the Mormon circles it would seem:
"I find the whole concept of being ‘sexy’ embarrassing and confusing. If I
do an interview with photographs people desperately want to change me –
dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there’s
the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a
mini-skirt. But that’s not me. I feel uncomfortable. I’d never go out in
a mini-skirt. It’s nothing to do with protecting the Hermione image. I
wouldn’t do that. Personally, I don’t actually think it’s even that
sexy. What’s sexy about saying, ‘I’m here with my boobs out and a short
skirt, have a look at everything I’ve got?’ My idea of sexy is that less
is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder."
What happened? I see more and more of her artfully placed wearing very little and even some instances where I am sure she is supposed to give the feeling of being completely bare in front of the camera.
It just makes me wonder--how hard is it really? To say no? To skirt around the contracts that give the photographed no say in what she wears? Or for that matter, if she will wear anything at all?
It is hard to realize that someone I thought would finally give girls a great role model at least in matters of modesty and finally slipped off that path and given Them what they want--- Hermione in a mini-skirt.
How much pressure is put on these girls that seem wholesome at the start of their careers but then start taking the same pictures as every other top cat celebrity?
I guess we will never really know what I would do if I were placed in the same situation. But this is what I would hope from me:
1. I would watch my speech so it wouldn't be misconstrued and reflect incorrect views on my personal beliefs.
2. I would refuse to be photographed in anything less than to-the-knee shorts, baby doll sleeves and appropriate neck and hemlines. If the material is sheer, I better be wearing something underneath (like slips and such, that's what they are for after all).
3. I wouldn't partake in questionable activities and any show, movie or picture I appear in would be something that not only I would be comfortable seeing or rewatching but that my family could partake in and not feel that they lost me.
4. I would be myself. Chances are you would even catch the usual CTR ring on my finger.
5. And lastly, although I am sure that I have already implied this, I would conduct myself in a manner that would not reflect poorly on myself, my family, or my religion.
Now that I have laid this out for you to see, feel free to hold me to this if I ever I get famous. I have a feeling if it really is as hard as pinterest of the world wide web would have us believe to keep your standards, morals and word, I will be printing this short list and hanging it on the mirror I look into every morning to remind myself what I have promised.
Here is to hoping there are a few celebrities that will be brought to light in the future that I can encourage my little girls to look up to because I know that they will be looking.
Side note: I still love Miss Watson as an actress. She is incredibly talented and I hope there are a few things that I can watch from her in the future.
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