I usually like the stuff she writes. All the name calling and nastyness in the article turned me off though. What is the point of it? Is pop culture going to change because Michelle thinks Christina is a "skank".
Since Ms. Malkin and her daughter and you and your daughter are obviously not the demographic that Ms. Aguilera is trying to sell to, wouldn't it be easier to simply ignore her and go on about you business?
I realize the need to call a "skank" a "skank" is a powerful one within the female psyche, I just expected better from Ms. Malkin.
See, that's the thing - my daughter IS part of the market to which Aguilera's industry is trying to sell, hence my trouble finding age-appropriate clothes. Another example - Nickelodeon channel has these "kidzbop" compilation album ads that directly market my daughter's age group with pop songs, including Aguilera's "Come on Over Baby" (ever read the lyrics to that one?). They are directly targeting my daughter, and while I might agree with you on the use of the word skank and refrain from using it myself, I am just as disgusted as Ms Malkin.
Also, my daughter should also not have to see that RS cover staring at her in the check out line. Something like that is maybe easy for me to ignore, and thankfully, she's usually too busy eyeing the M&Ms to pay any attention to the magazines. But for how long?