Megan Fox and Jennifer’s Body
This is the only photo I could find of Megan Fox that didn't totally objectify her. But maybe she finds that empowering?
I was going to write a thing about Megan Fox, and how I was confused and surprised because in a recent Entertainment Weekly article she called herself a feminist, and the reason I was confused is because it was part of this exchange:
How did you feel about being sexualized like that [by being in a bikini in the movie Bad Boys II] when you were 15?
I thought it was awesome. I was going to a Christian high school and I wasn’t a feminist yet. I hadn’t sat back and analyzed society yet. I was 15! I just did what I was told to do.
and I didn’t know why this was actually different from what she does now — because she has analyzed it and decided it’s ok?–and how in the same article she also says this:
“I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That’s what our purpose is in this business. You’re merchandised, you’re a product. You’re sold and it’s based on sex. But that’s okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.”
and that seems really conterintuitive to me, and I don’t really see how you can be “empowered” by being a product, but then I don’t know whether I should just be happy that a young and famous woman is calling herself feminist, since that’s so rare, but then what exactly does she think feminism is? And do I think she’s wrong? And who am I to tell her she’s wrong? And why am I seriously in an imaginary debate about feminism with a 22 year-old movie star? But then I read and saw more interviews with her and she’s kinda funny and sarcastic and she is making fun of Transformers II to the extent that super-dude director Michael Bay who’s got to be one of the grossest guys in Hollywood felt the need to retaliate by claiming full responsibility for her entire career, along with the careers of Nicholas Cage and — get this — Will Smith, and so I started to be on her side. (More on Michael Bay in a clever Bitch magazine blog post here.) And then I read a rumor that Michael Bay claimed Megan Fox’s audition for the first Transformers movie was to wash his Ferrari, and I don’t know whether to believe that, and if it’s true, whether she did this before or after she discovered feminism? And is there any possibility Michael Bay could get any more disgusting?
Will there ever be another "Ginger Snaps"? (I don't count the actual sequel.) Should I try to write it?
And then I was going to also write about how Megan Fox is in the upcoming horror film Jennifer’s Body, written by Diablo Cody, and how I have mixed feelings about Diablo Cody as well but generally I have a soft spot for her somehow and think she gets a lot of crap, possibly because she was so praised for one movie, which is not her fault, and it was a cute movie, no matter how overexposed it got or how you feel she handled the abortion issue, and how I am cautiously excited about how Jennifer’s Body looks like it could maybe, just maybe, be a new Ginger Snaps (though not as good, nothing could ever be as good), or maybe it’s just going to suck and really piss me off. But then the Bitch magazine blog beat me to it. So I didn’t write what I was going to write. But somehow it’s still here anyway.
Here’s the preview for Jennifer’s Body, if you’re interested. Thoughts?
I like this article. I have mixed feelings about this girl too. I wrote my own blog about it http://feministguidetohollywood.blogspot.com/
| Posted 2 months, 2 weeks agoYeah.. my first impression was “wow. rip off of ginger snaps?” so many things hinted at ginger snaps. the relationship between the two main girls. the line “you do whatever jenniefer tell you to do” and the line in ginger snaps “you always do whatever ginger wants you to do” shows this perfectly. the scene where shes walking down the hall in slow mo and gives a sideways glance/smirk at someone. the second girl has a connection with a guy friend who she confides in who jennifer ends up seducing (by undoing her top) and presumabley killing. and so much more that i dont have to to write about. and thats just from the trailer! i hope when i go to see it that there are no more similarities. Ginger Snaps will always reign supreme in my books. its practically a classic
| Posted 2 months, 2 weeks agoI don;t think she meant being empowered by being a product rather by being sexual. One of the big failures of feminism is the repression ond rejection of sexuality. When that is all you are or are perceived that is degrading but to deny your sexuality to me ois counter-intuitive and repressive.
| Posted 1 month, 1 week agoThe idea that feminism rejects or “represses” sexuality is old. Most feminists today firmly believe that women have every right to express desire, and that sexuality is a powerful thing. However, at the same time, the whole “I choooooose to be sexxxxy” thing is also tired. I simply don’t think that being a sexual person and being a sex object are the same thing.
| Posted 2 weeks, 6 days agoI think what she meant was that she controls her image and how it’s used more now than she did at 15. We all have to crawl sometimes, but look what she has to show for it; a small fortune, fame, and upward mobility. She is thinking more, and that is always good. Worrying however, about things we have no control over or effect on (like Megan Fox’s idea of feminism), is not always helpful. I think you could aim your intellect towards more productive pursuits. Smart people are rare… they should focus that on usefulness, not idle discussions of Hollywood actresses and their ideology. Then again… to each her own.
| Posted 1 month agoHey, thanks for the compliment about being smart; I honestly appreciate it. However, since this is my blog, I reserve the right to have as many “idle” discussions as I want. Believe me, I’m pretty damn productive most of the time; I think it’s ok to write about something frivolous once in a while. I don’t really need any advice on what I “should” care about.
| Posted 2 weeks, 6 days agoI Love You Megan Fox
| Posted 1 month agoWell said.
| Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago