Miss America--There We Are Again
Hi ho, MMMLOGerinos!
The Miss America pageant moved to Vegas last night. I think that's a sort of subliminal admission that, despite carefully crafted packaging to the contrary, the pageant producers have known what the "scholarship" pageant is all about. And it ain't book learnin', baby. Though I did notice all 52 contestants introduced themselves with their name from whatever state and having earned this or that degree or studying in a degree program. Great! We are reassured that this country values smart girls doing smart things, even though these 52 smart women "competing" in Las Vegas where a girl's I.Q. or college degrees are somewhat less important than how hot she looks--at least in MMMMM's experience when she graduated UNLV and worked there.
But that's changed, they say. I sure hope so. But every time I watch the TV show Vegas or the Travel Channel, TV poker or any of the other shows that seem to be about Sin City, I'm reassured that attitudes haven't changed all that much. And perhaps attitudes haven't changed but more people are accepting them as the norm and therefore okay, if what we're being dished up by the media is any guide.
Okay, yeah, I'm a bit cranky. It's one of those grey, dreary Seattle days when being a Boomer isn't so bella. It just feels old. Guess I'll gaze upon my framed degrees and get back to writing my current WIP about well-educated hippie who's romanced by a hotshot pilot AFTER he discovers she's a hottie under those long skirts and henna tattoos . . . Hey, I tells like I sees it. Or I'll succumb to seeing it like THEY tells it.
Ciao and all that crap, Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
The Miss America pageant moved to Vegas last night. I think that's a sort of subliminal admission that, despite carefully crafted packaging to the contrary, the pageant producers have known what the "scholarship" pageant is all about. And it ain't book learnin', baby. Though I did notice all 52 contestants introduced themselves with their name from whatever state and having earned this or that degree or studying in a degree program. Great! We are reassured that this country values smart girls doing smart things, even though these 52 smart women "competing" in Las Vegas where a girl's I.Q. or college degrees are somewhat less important than how hot she looks--at least in MMMMM's experience when she graduated UNLV and worked there.
But that's changed, they say. I sure hope so. But every time I watch the TV show Vegas or the Travel Channel, TV poker or any of the other shows that seem to be about Sin City, I'm reassured that attitudes haven't changed all that much. And perhaps attitudes haven't changed but more people are accepting them as the norm and therefore okay, if what we're being dished up by the media is any guide.
Okay, yeah, I'm a bit cranky. It's one of those grey, dreary Seattle days when being a Boomer isn't so bella. It just feels old. Guess I'll gaze upon my framed degrees and get back to writing my current WIP about well-educated hippie who's romanced by a hotshot pilot AFTER he discovers she's a hottie under those long skirts and henna tattoos . . . Hey, I tells like I sees it. Or I'll succumb to seeing it like THEY tells it.
Ciao and all that crap, Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
posted by MMMelinda at 9:24 AM
