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Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Angelina Jolie’s breasts

Never has the disappearance of two breasts caused so much comment, so much of it so completely unhinged.

(Add together celebrity + breasts +cancer and I think you approach the formula for madness.)

Out of many, many candidates, I think this might be the most pathetic:

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If true, I believe satirising that sort of ridiculous celebrity worship was part of the point (and, yes, there was one) of this song by late-lamented Australian band TISM. Enjoying this may perhaps be the most appropriate way to mark this inauspicious occasion:

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1 comment:

  1. Bernard Darnton17 May 2013, 09:32:00

    Cutting your breasts off was already quite fashionable. This can only fuel the craze of healthy women mutilating themselves.

    This NYT article on the cancer awareness industry is worth a read:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/magazine/our-feel-good-war-on-breast-cancer.html

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