Rashida Jones Comments on the 'Pornification of Pop Culture'
The degradation of women in popular culture is a concept almost as old as “popular culture” itself, and actress Rashida Jones‘ Glamour essay on the topic rightfully drew a good bit of attention this weekend.
It’s easy, as a casual observer, to see society’s endless march forward as a gradual descent into (as Jones puts it) “the pornification of everything.”
That’s not to say that brands and public personalities haven’t been using sex to sell things for time immemorial; it’s just that the act of doing so is more brazen now than ever before, especially when the product on offer is the individual him/herself.
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