Katha Pollitt on Britney Spears, Paris Hilton: They Can Take Care of Themselves

And just in time for Salon’s Rebecca Traister’s sad little defense of Katha Pollitt, we find Pollitt writing about those oft-maligned young women, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Is she sympathetic? HA!

From: Katha Pollitt
Subject: Re: the Pink video

I think it’s okay to ridicule women who play into men’s demands if they are as successful at it as Britney spears and Paris Hilton! They can take care of themselves. They have plenty of agency, and they use it for bad things.

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