I got my September issue of Seventeen the other day in the mail...by the completely ravaged cover it looks like perhaps the P.O. has something against cover girl Ashlee Simpson! Golly...
I have been working on this post in my head since yesterday because there are a couple of things that I want to talk about, but, unfortch, it's still going to sound super awkward. Here goes nothing!
Yesterday on PopSugar there was a post entitled "Ashlee Simpson Looks Generic," where they pointed out just how, well, generic the younger Simpson sister has become. And it's true! She looks like every other stupid machine-made starlet out there and, dang it, it's boring! How did Ash become this girl? Let us hearken back to nearly 3 years ago, when a brunette, bumpy nosed Ashlee graced the cover of Seventeen's November 2004 issue.
I have to say that sometimes it takes a bit for me to catch on to new popstars; the fact that I don't have TV and don't listen to Top 40 radio stations kind of inhibits my ability to know who exactly is the hot! new! thing! (though now-a-days my addiction to the blogosphere is changing that). That means that this issue of Seventeen was pretty much my first introduction to Jessica's little sister, and I liked her pretty well. She seemed different than the rest of the fame squad at the time, proudly sporting bottle-brown hair, loads of black eyeliner, a quirky style, and a physique that was not exactly modelesque. The article portrayed her as an optimistic, independent girl making a name for herself, as herself, despite the huge fame of her older sister. Shutup, I'm not idealising. Cue March 2006's issue:
I have been working on this post in my head since yesterday because there are a couple of things that I want to talk about, but, unfortch, it's still going to sound super awkward. Here goes nothing!
Yesterday on PopSugar there was a post entitled "Ashlee Simpson Looks Generic," where they pointed out just how, well, generic the younger Simpson sister has become. And it's true! She looks like every other stupid machine-made starlet out there and, dang it, it's boring! How did Ash become this girl? Let us hearken back to nearly 3 years ago, when a brunette, bumpy nosed Ashlee graced the cover of Seventeen's November 2004 issue.
Ashlee's blonde?!?! But it's cool, it's a super-high octane platinum blonde! Plus, I find it hard to resist red lipstick! In the article she shows a bit more maturity and talks about recent, er, embarrassing events (the Saturday Night Live lip syncing disaster, getting caught drunk in McDonald's) candidly. This Ashlee is all about realising that life isn't perfect, about taking responsibility for your mistakes, learning from them, and moving on. It's kind of awesome. Now we're at September 2006, CosmoGIRL! this time.
This is the Ashlee post-nose job...she's already on her way to becoming the Ashlee of today. (Interesting side note: at that time the Executive Editor of CG! was Ann Shoket, who is the new Editor In Chief of Seventeen. More on that later). I actually mightily dislike(d) this cover photo...not only is the nose different, but Ash is completely doused with faux tan and her hair-do is simply...ugh. The article is kind of lame (not that that is too surprising with CG!), perhaps due to the fact that Ashlee ended the interview early on account of being asked about her "alleged" plastic surgery. Ok, so I don't completely blame her for being touchy about a personal thing like that, but, come on, she did have an obvious procedure. If you don't want to say that you got something like that done, then don't get it done in the first place. She would've looked better, anyway. And now...Seventeen, September 2007:
Not only does she physically resemble all the other little un-original blonde trendsters, but she doesn't really have anything interesting to say, either. She hasn't really done anything to be famous for recently, besides being Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz's grabby girlfriend. Heck, even when Paris and Nicole were famous for being famous they were at least somewhat intriguing! (Ish...OK, not really. But then they did something). But, apparently, dating Mr. Wentz is enough to land her Seventeen's cover. The article is hardly worth reading, just her blabbing on about love, and how great it is to be in love and how lovely everything is, and blah blah freaking blah. (Am I too cynical for Seventeen? Perhaps. But still I love it. And my cynicism grows as the hours pass).
Apparently the new Ed-In-Chief, Ann Shoket, has a different opinion. (I would guess so, since she did put Ashlee on the cover). From this week's Newsweek magazine article (Ah, to Be Sweet Seventeen):
"She's gorgeous," sweoons Ann Shoket, Seventeen magazine's new editor. Shoket picked Ashlee, the younger sister of Daisy Dukes-wearing Jessica, because she is "living life to the best of her potential"—unlike the bad girls who get all the ink.
Erm, yeah...I guess. Though I agree that a great many of today's tabloid darlings are not appropriate role models for teenage girls, I'm not sure that Ashlee Simpson is one now, either. Sure, she's "gorgeous," but only after she got a nose job (or more...) done, dyed her hair and added extensions to achieve the same long blonde hair that is so popular in Hollywood these days, and began dressing in the trendy celebutante uniform (whatever that happens to be on a given day). Oh yeah, and collected the afore-mentioned Wentz as her required indie-rock boyfriend. Sigh. I'm not sure who I think that Seventeen ought to feature, as I'm a bit behind in who they have done recently, and a lot of my favourite young starlets have begun to outgrow that age bracket, but give me a bit and I'm sure that I can come up with a damn good list.
I have been a reader (and fan) of Seventeen for years now, and have seen more than a couple Editors come and go. I hope that Ms. Shoket will continue the tradition of offering a fun, interesting, and intelligent magazine for teenage girls to love and learn from! I hope that the future covers will be people who've earned it, and who can be a good role model. And heck, if she's not up for the job, I think I know someone who'd be willing to take her place...
Liking the sound of "Charlotte Addams, Editor-In-Chief",
Charlotte
To hear what Ashlee Simpson's music sounds like, check out these tracks:
Pieces of Me - Autobiography (2004)
Beautifully Broken - I Am Me (2005)
Apparently the new Ed-In-Chief, Ann Shoket, has a different opinion. (I would guess so, since she did put Ashlee on the cover). From this week's Newsweek magazine article (Ah, to Be Sweet Seventeen):
"She's gorgeous," sweoons Ann Shoket, Seventeen magazine's new editor. Shoket picked Ashlee, the younger sister of Daisy Dukes-wearing Jessica, because she is "living life to the best of her potential"—unlike the bad girls who get all the ink.
Erm, yeah...I guess. Though I agree that a great many of today's tabloid darlings are not appropriate role models for teenage girls, I'm not sure that Ashlee Simpson is one now, either. Sure, she's "gorgeous," but only after she got a nose job (or more...) done, dyed her hair and added extensions to achieve the same long blonde hair that is so popular in Hollywood these days, and began dressing in the trendy celebutante uniform (whatever that happens to be on a given day). Oh yeah, and collected the afore-mentioned Wentz as her required indie-rock boyfriend. Sigh. I'm not sure who I think that Seventeen ought to feature, as I'm a bit behind in who they have done recently, and a lot of my favourite young starlets have begun to outgrow that age bracket, but give me a bit and I'm sure that I can come up with a damn good list.
I have been a reader (and fan) of Seventeen for years now, and have seen more than a couple Editors come and go. I hope that Ms. Shoket will continue the tradition of offering a fun, interesting, and intelligent magazine for teenage girls to love and learn from! I hope that the future covers will be people who've earned it, and who can be a good role model. And heck, if she's not up for the job, I think I know someone who'd be willing to take her place...
Liking the sound of "Charlotte Addams, Editor-In-Chief",
Charlotte
To hear what Ashlee Simpson's music sounds like, check out these tracks:
Pieces of Me - Autobiography (2004)
Beautifully Broken - I Am Me (2005)
[this is good] damn.. finally someone who thinks like me about ashlee.. good stuff.. great arguments.. the thing here is.. She never was happy with herself as she said, or pretended to be.. the nose job, the extensions, the blond hollywood crap stuff damn poop says everything.. now.. she said that is soooooo beautifully happy.. and that she finally is happy with herself.. i love ashlee since i saw her in the ashlee simpson show.. and still.. but well.. she's happy in this way (we think xD) and.. it's ok.
Posted by: nathalie | 11/02/2007 at 08:22 AM
Yeah...like I said, I'm not terribly familiar with Ashlee, I never saw the Ashlee Simpson Show or anything about her on TV or anything...but if she's happy now, the way she is, that's awesome && I'm happy for her, but I still think it's a little sad. Welcome to the machine, life's better here! ;D
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