7:30 pm - 02/17/2013
A leading feminist writer has claimed that Rihanna is the new Princess Diana in a highly controversial article which argues the pair share a ‘ravishingly seductive flirtation’ with the press.
Camille Paglia, an American author and lecturer, said the late Diana and the 24-year-old Bajan superstar were both adept at using every photo opportunity to convey ‘allure, defiance or revenge.’
She argues that the messages are drawn from the pair’s turbulent romantic life, then targets their respective partners Prince Charles and Chris Brown.
Writing in The Sunday Times magazine, Paglia added that both women were victims of a ‘festering romantic triangle and had transformed themselves from ' sensitive, wounded, but appealingly bubbly and good-natured provincial girls' into living sculptures for the lens.
She said: 'Not since Diana rocketed from a shy, plump kindergarten aide to a lean, mean fashion machine has there been such a ravishingly seductive flirtation with the world press.'
Ms Paglia, who has in past essays accused Taylor Swift and Katy Perry of killing feminism with their 'insipid, bleached-out personas', compared an iconic 'stage-managed' image of a lonely Diana at the Taj Mahal after the breakdown of her marriage with a shot of Rihanna on her balcony in Barbados, in turmoil over her relationship with Chris Brown.
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'Rihanna is the new Diana': Provocative claim by feminist writer Camille Paglia
A leading feminist writer has claimed that Rihanna is the new Princess Diana in a highly controversial article which argues the pair share a ‘ravishingly seductive flirtation’ with the press.
Camille Paglia, an American author and lecturer, said the late Diana and the 24-year-old Bajan superstar were both adept at using every photo opportunity to convey ‘allure, defiance or revenge.’
She argues that the messages are drawn from the pair’s turbulent romantic life, then targets their respective partners Prince Charles and Chris Brown.
Writing in The Sunday Times magazine, Paglia added that both women were victims of a ‘festering romantic triangle and had transformed themselves from ' sensitive, wounded, but appealingly bubbly and good-natured provincial girls' into living sculptures for the lens.
She said: 'Not since Diana rocketed from a shy, plump kindergarten aide to a lean, mean fashion machine has there been such a ravishingly seductive flirtation with the world press.'
Ms Paglia, who has in past essays accused Taylor Swift and Katy Perry of killing feminism with their 'insipid, bleached-out personas', compared an iconic 'stage-managed' image of a lonely Diana at the Taj Mahal after the breakdown of her marriage with a shot of Rihanna on her balcony in Barbados, in turmoil over her relationship with Chris Brown.
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ya ok.
in other news, I'm having such bad cramps right now I want to cry. The eggs are breaking free out of my tender tender flesh in a beautiful display of nature and the cycle of life and ~God's plan~ but all I can think is FUCK I NEED SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN
that's it
Nhft rn
In fact, cramps are pretty much the worst pain I've ever had, fullstop. Maybe when I had my wisdom teeth out, it was worse. But it"s just hours of moaning weakly in agony.
In fact, anyone with the slightest knowledge of the past 30ish years doesn't need a magazine to know that Diana didn't have the best time.
/lazy
Rihanna's relationship with the press isn't sinister though. That aspect of the comparison doesn't even hold up. The only person I can think of who had such a fraught relationship with the media is Britney in the months before and after she shaved her head.
Oh god, fuck right off. You can only have the first part of that or the second part, not both together at once. I'm so sick of all this faux graciousness I've been seeing spewed everywhere lately.
~OMG SO HAPPY 2B ALIVE #KarmasaBITCH
~EACH DAY IS A BLESSING #CUNextTuesday
~Just thinkin bout all the little things that make each day special #UnlikeYourFace
/rant only vaguely related, mostly just wanted to complain about shit I've been seeing around lately