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...irresponsible and out of touch: Generation Y, as in why bother? The reaction of campaigns to this message has been to try to pander to youths' perceived greed for entertainment. After watching the WWF wrestler "The Rock" introduce House Speaker Dennis Hastert and seeing Gov. Jesse Ventura flaunt his feather boa, few can question the image of politically irresponsible youth. Thus the media's message has become ingrained in our political culture...
Thanks at least partly to Britney, the marketing of sexy clothes and makeup to prepubescent girls is booming. Rave Girl, a national chain, sells feather boas, leather pants and stretch flares to girls ages 7 and up. "Girls' clothes started getting sexier about two years ago," says Jaime Williams, a manager at a branch outside Chicago. "Basically, everybody wants to be a princess. Not like the ones in fairy tales, but a hot princess like Britney." In Manhattan, designer boutiques like Betwixt and Infinity sell adult labels at adult prices in Alice-in-Wonderland sizes. A pair of Diesel jeans...
Ranchwear will be also stage a return. Levis, cowboy boots and big buckles. Twenty-gallon hats, accessorized if necessary, will be worn without a trace of irony, such as when Senate majority leader Trent Lott turned up at Bush?s ranch recently wearing his Stetson with a huge feather protruding from the hatband...
...almost as usual. Amid various cross-dressers and naughty priests, there was a crew guy outfitted in a spangly cowboy outfit, an assistant director dressed like Cher and actresses Thea Gill and Michelle Clunie--fresh from filming a lesbian love scene--tricked out as "Texas hookers" with red feather boas. Then there was the pumpkin-carving contest, including one jolly squash accessorized with a...well, put it this way: it's not a banana, and the pumpkin is happy...
...Fear not, Thresky; rest assured, you are our most beloved Bird-- We shall guard you from those Poonsters; cease your weeping, we implore! Shed no feather as a token of the cruel things they have spoken, Leave their solitude unbroken!--Stay with us forevermore! Leave their sad mock-Flemish castle to their new-made impostor! "You're safe," we murmured, "forevermore...