"Well, that's what she said!"

Confession time once again, though upon a rather familiar topic. Remember me speaking about women not being shown respect/not respecting themselves? It's all about image in today's world, and the image that people aspire to is beauty and recognition, and will gain it at any cost. Well, at least that's something I've thought of the Star world (you know, those people that make the big bucks from us because of the entertainment they provide) but there are always exception to the rule. Enough exceptions and you have to change the rule, but that's a topic for another day. Here's an example of the beauty tha self respect adds to a person. This woman is definately not lacking in beauty, I've always found her very attractive, but now there's an even better shade of attraction to her, not to mention respect.

Natalie Portman (Star Wars anyone?) came out in public and said that she is refusing to do any nude takes on camera. One film where she did a strip scene (Hotel Chevalier) got people going crazy, and worst of all, pictures from the film have been scattered about pornographic sites (I'm taking it from the article at http://http//movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=450556&GT1=28101 because I'm not going to verify this myself) and this upset the beautiful actress. She made some rather good remarks about people trying to use their bodies to attain their popularity and stardom, and that she will not be one of those people to do such. It's always fun to hear stories about this, it warms my heart at least. All I have to say is, stick with it Natalie Portman, stick with it!