# Britney Spears trashiness now contagious **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932 "2006-03-26T04:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/21 "2006-03-26T20:30:12Z")
> [@Geobabe](#): > > Besides, Britney had an elective c-section because she didn’t want to go through labor. :rolleyes: Don’t quite a few women make that decision? I thought that was fairly common. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/22 "2006-03-26T20:39:11Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I thought it was because she didn’t want her hoo-ha getting torn up. I read somewhere she said that her mother told her childbirth was extremely painful so she wanted to have an operation. Okay, that’s fine if she preferred c-section, but she did so to avoid pain? Hello, you’re going to be in a HELL of a lot of pain afterwards. But then, she’s not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer-marrying K-Fed proved that. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/23 "2006-03-26T20:55:59Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Don’t quite a few women make that decision? I thought that was fairly common. I roll my eyes at them, too. Having been through a c-section, I can assure you that abdominal surgery is not less painful than labor. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/24 "2006-03-26T21:03:42Z")
Did she actually give birth on a bearshin rug?! How would one launder the rug afterwards? The narrative was stupid and selective. One honors “family values” by taking on a mate with a preexisting family? And then an “artist” encourages borderline young motherhood? If you really want to give birth uniquely, consider giving birth in a pool. That was the big fad about 10 or so years ago. blub blub wahhhhhhhhhhhhh ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/25 "2006-03-26T23:45:36Z")
This thread is better suited for **Cafe Society**. I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/26 "2006-03-26T23:58:19Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Did she actually give birth on a bearshin rug?! How would one launder the rug afterwards? You’d get more for it on eBay if you don’t wash it. OK, even I though that was gross. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/27 "2006-03-27T00:04:23Z")
Oh, that poor child. Can you imagine going on a field trip to the museum with your class one day, and end up seeing a statue of your mother, giving birth? “Hey, look! There I am! …_EWWWW_!” ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/28 "2006-03-27T00:39:25Z")
You guys must have missed the part of the text where the artist acknowledges he drew his inspiration “The artist admits to using references that include the wax figure of a pole-dancing Britney at Las Vegas’ Madame Tussauds” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/29 "2006-03-27T00:41:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I read somewhere she said that her mother told her childbirth was extremely painful so she wanted to have an operation. Okay, that’s fine if she preferred c-section, but she did so to avoid pain? Hello, you’re going to be in a HELL of a lot of pain afterwards. I dunno, I’ve known two women who went through both methods who said C-section was a lot less painful. But who cares? It’s preposterous to question Britney Spears’s decision to have a C-section. Good for her. It’s her body and her baby. What I don’t understand is how this sculpture is of Britney Spears. I looked at the face, and **it doesn’t look like Britney Spears at all**. I pulled up a photo of her and put them side by side and I just don’t see a lot of similarity. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/30 "2006-03-27T00:49:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t quite a few women make that decision [having a C-section]? I thought that was fairly common. Perhaps so, but when most women do it, you don’t get artists celebrating natural childbirth by sculpting them pushing it out on a bearskin rug. As for the piece in question, well, I won’t dispute that it’s art. The artist is clearly trying to establish an emotional connection, and it’s not even too hard to figure out what that connection’s supposed to be. But it doesn’t actually succeed in making that connection, so I therefore have no qualms at all about saying that it’s bad art. And the purported connection to Ms. Spears may well bring the piece publicity (which was, after all, the whole intention), but it doesn’t make the art any better. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/31 "2006-03-27T01:06:22Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Did she actually give birth on a bearshin rug?! How would one launder the rug afterwards? Considering who she married, a filthy, body-fluid stained rug probably wouldn’t bother her. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/32 "2006-03-27T01:14:57Z")
Trashy would have been if the statue had the tattoos, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/33 "2006-03-27T04:11:21Z")
> [@fessie](#): > > You guys must have missed the part of the text where the artist acknowledges he drew his inspiration > > “The artist admits to using references that include the wax figure of a pole-dancing Britney at Las Vegas’ Madame Tussauds” My hunch is this is total bullshit. I’m with **RickJay** , in that it doesn’t look a bit like Britney Spears in any respect, and the press release seems overly reverent and pretentious, and the references to “Pro-Life” don’t make any sense. My feeling is that the “art project” isn’t the sculpture itself, but the gallery or artists attempting to make a statement on how any old crap can get a lot of attention by simply attaching a celebrity name to it. If they aren’t that smart, then they simply titled the sculpture after it was made in hopes that it would get some press. You can’t blame artists for doing what they can to get attention. It’s not like it’s an easy living… ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/34 "2006-03-27T04:43:25Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > My hunch is this is total bullshit. I’m with **RickJay** , in that it doesn’t look a bit like Britney Spears in any respect, and the press release seems overly reverent and pretentious, and the references to “Pro-Life” don’t make any sense. My feeling is that the “art project” isn’t the sculpture itself, but the gallery or artists attempting to make a statement on how any old crap can get a lot of attention by simply attaching a celebrity name to it. > > If they aren’t that smart, then they simply titled the sculpture after it was made in hopes that it would get some press. You can’t blame artists for doing what they can to get attention. It’s not like it’s an easy living… I think something like this has to be right. There’s just something… wrong… with the text accompanying the photos in the OP’s link. I was really ready to call this a hoax or a piece of satire til I googled it and saw this is for real. The statue looks nothing like britney. The explanation of the rationale as found in the text accompanying the photos… makes no sense. I think the joke may be on the audience… -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/35 "2006-03-27T04:46:19Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I think something like this has to be right. > > There’s just something… wrong… with the text accompanying the photos in the OP’s link. I was really ready to call this a hoax or a piece of satire til I googled it and saw this is for real. > > The statue looks nothing like britney. The explanation of the rationale as found in the text accompanying the photos… makes no sense. > > I think the joke may be on the audience… > > -FrL- Example from the text: ““She was number one with Google last year, with good reason — people are inspired by the beauty of a pregnant woman,” said Edwards.” (Edwards is the artist.) That’s clearly a smart-ass remark. I think. Surely. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/36 "2006-03-27T06:31:23Z")
Am I the only one who spent 20 minutes searching the internet for pictures of this from…uh, other angles? Anyone? No? All right, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/First_Amongst_Daves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/37 "2006-03-27T12:44:25Z")
Heh. Indeed, the entire thing is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/38 "2006-03-27T15:02:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > What I don’t understand is how this sculpture is of Britney Spears. I looked at the face, and **it doesn’t look like Britney Spears at all**. I pulled up a photo of her and put them side by side and I just don’t see a lot of similarity. I think it’s the other end that’s supposed to look like Britney. ---
**Author:** ![rpinrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/39 "2006-03-27T15:59:43Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I dunno, I’ve known two women who went through both methods who said C-section was a lot less painful. I’ll throw in with **RickJay** on this one - my wife has had one of each and said that if she were to do it again, she’d have the elective c-section in a heartbeat. Recovery for her was WAY easier and less painful after the c-section. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932/40 "2006-03-27T16:13:42Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > I’m with **RickJay** , in that it doesn’t look a bit like Britney Spears in any respect, I think “she” (the statue) looks kind of like Ashley Judd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britney-spears-trashiness-now-contagious/349932.md?page=3)