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View Full Version : TV Episode About 8-Year-Old ‘Topless Showgirls’ Yanked Off the Air


Le Libérer
23rd March 2012, 18:13
"Topless Showgirls," Pittsburgh dance instructor Abby Lee Miller teaches her students a "classic" burlesque fan dance, which they are to perform in flesh-toned bras to create the "illusion of nudity." The dance must convey that the children are "hot," "mean," and that men "can't afford" them.

"I like to push the envelope," Miller says. "And this is taking it right to the limit."

No lady, you burned the fucking envelope. And then some.

http://gawker.com/5895847/heres-the-tv-episode-about-8+year+old-topless-showgirls-yanked-off-the-air
RedAnarchist
23rd March 2012, 18:33
The very fact that someone even considered this idea is extremely disturbing.
NoPasaran1936
23rd March 2012, 18:34
The very fact that someone even considered this idea is extremely disturbing.

Indeed, exploitation of the child to say the very least too.
Le Libérer
23rd March 2012, 18:38
The message and example this woman is setting for these young girls will damage them for the rest of their lives. You cant ingrain in a child that their bodies are valued by a dollar bill and they end up healthy women (or men).

I always find it disturbing when adults push small children into adult situations. And I derive that the girls "felt" exploited when they said they felt naked and weren't clothed enough.
manic expression
23rd March 2012, 18:39
I'm genuinely embarrassed for my species.
ParaRevolutionary
23rd March 2012, 18:50
The whole culture of child beauty pageants is sick.
l'Enfermé
23rd March 2012, 18:51
That's fucking child abuse right there. Goddammit those people are so stupid!
MustCrushCapitalism
23rd March 2012, 19:56
This is disgusting and vile to a level which I thought previously impossible...
28350
17th April 2012, 18:42
at times like these i can't help but feel one should be licensed to parent
TheGodlessUtopian
17th April 2012, 18:49
The whole culture of child beauty pageants is sick.

Yes, but I would say beauty pageants in general is a culture of sickness...
Left Leanings
17th April 2012, 18:56
Yes, but I would say beauty pageants in general is a culture of sickness...

Definitely. Cos often they subscribe to one-sided canons of what constitutes beauty. And then there's the competitive element, the winners and losers aspect of it all. But that reflects capitalism all round yeah.