BRITNEY SPEARS...........TODAY'S REBEL????




Hippies: The rebels of the sixties. They rebelled against their parents while they ran around naked in fields of flowers and smoked their marijuana and god knows what.

Disco fever hit the seventies where people danced their rebellious spirits out while the punk scene came around the 70's-80's era. But what about today? What about our decade? Who's the rebels that represent us? The answer, my friend, and hopefully I'm wrong, seems to be the pop-heads. All the boy bands/ blonde pop singers are today's rebels, and the best example of this is the Miss (Mrs?) Britany Alexander Spears.

Take her clothes, or should I say lack their of for example. What she often wears is seen to some as controversial. That tan sequined little number at the mtv video music awards popped some worried eyeballs out of their sockets. The punks were well known for their radical yet questionable attire while the hippies were naked, so Britany is somewhere in between. Parents are scared to death their daughters are going to turn into Britany Spears wannabes and strip at local churches while their sons will beat girls who don't look like Britany Spears. She is seen as a bad influence, just like the punks and hippies were.

Not only is her looks dangerous to society but what she actually does tears the barrier of etiquette apart. Her notorious dance moves are sex filled and often times involve kinky things such as giant snakes to turn guys on. Her music videos are scenes of her having fake sex with a bunch of people, while her lyrics are sometimes on the dirty and inappropriate side. The lyrics to her song about masturbation, The touch of my hand show just that. I shut myself off from the world so I can draw the blinds/I love myself its not a sin/I cant control what's happenin/Cuz I jus discovered/Imagination's taken over/Another day without a lover/The more I come to understand the touch of my hand./

Another key thing that related Britany Spears to past rebels is, along with Sid Vicious, Britany shows you don't have to have any real vocal talents to be a singer.

Then of course, there's the whole Britany marrying "George Castanza*" thing. What a wacky out of control thing to do! That girl must be as loose as a goose, but hey, stunts like this are nothing new. Punks were known to do anything insane; they'd even probably crap on a reporters face to prove they were troublesome and unlike you in every way. And don't forget when Britney and Madonna lip locked on MTV, shocking the whole world with the sudden tingling sensation in their pants. Britney brought the controversial world of lesbianism to its knees and had men everywhere begging for more. This girl is outrageous, spontaneous, and will do anything to be seen and heard.

It's sad to think people like Britany Spears are the rebels of our time, when they are really puppets of the corporate media.

Hippies stood behind their beliefs of love and peace, punks believed in rebelling against the government and pissing people off, and we stand for pop music. If this is the most radical the youth of today is going to be, than we might as well all be dead.


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