Saturday, 14 November 2009
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I Have A Crush On Atlanta Because of The Real Housewives of Atlanta
It was recently revealed that a question in the Atlanta mayoral debates regarded whether or not the Real Housewives of Atlanta were "good" for Atlanta.My true feelings are: OMG. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. I love their mechanical drama and forced conversations. I love their wigs and weaves and everything "inbetweave", as my imaginary BFF Andy Cohen would say. Yes, they are ridiculously wealthy, and yes, they do seem to endlessly embark on doomed business ventures, but are they one bit phased by these failures? HELL to the NO! Critics write them off as gold-diggers for having married wealthy men, while haters try to humiliate them for taking risks and chances with no educational background or skillset, really.
Atlanta Skyline. Source: Mychael Knight's TwitterI have a lot to say about this. Not only because it's Friday and I'm angry that for the first Friday in months I am not basking in the afterglow of my sweet, spoiled Georgia Peaches, but also because I've been holding back my true feelings about RHoA for a long time.
Let ya haters be ya motivators!
So what if they use their wealth to undertake several business ventures? With every one of their failures I see a puff of an inhaler delivered to an economy gasping for air. With every trite fashion line they commission I see a fledgling female designer be given a chance and a head-start. In our world women are told to go after financial security, but when they obtain it they are cast aside as shallow. They are told to look to role models, seek strength and guidance in others, and always proceed with caution while men are encouraged to trail-blaze, and act as sustenance to those around them. Finally seeing women who are unafraid of judgment and scrutiny blast onto a scene, make demands, and defend every one of their actions with pride is a first step out of the closet of caution for all would-be daring and ambitious women.
If every woman on earth fearlessly took one chance on one idea she had, there would be several millions of brilliant, unstoppable ideas popping up throughout the world, probably resolving many of the earth's plaguing problems. Every failure these ladies gracefully endure forgives one of my failures. Every risk a RHoA takes reinforces my strength and every streak of daring which overtakes one of these southern belles allows my own (much better
) ideas room to grow.
And I really want to grow-oh LAWD how I just need some room to grow!
Atlanta isn't just selling beauty, relaxation, business or sin like some other enchanting American cities. It is selling a dream. A dream of women being unafraid and not lingering on their pasts or failures. A dream of women who boldly say "If it doesn't make me money, I don't do it" despite lurking about bankruptcy's door. A dream of women who are driven by their focus and their desire-on their own terms-and not simply by that which others direct them towards.
They make me love everything they touch, and they once touched Project-Runway-when-Project-Runway-was-still-good all star Mychael Knight so I now love Mychael Knight.
When he last night tweeted "Atlanta is soooo gorgeous 2nite!" and linked the above pic, by the transitive property of love, I fell deeper in crush with Atlanta.
In conclusion, mayoral candidates of Hotlanta, Georgia: no, the housewives are not bad for Atlanta. They are fab for Atlanta (and females with ideas).
What cities are y'all crushing on?
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Comments (9)
iv'been to atlanta so many times, but never seen this show. i gotta check it out apparently.
Haha, I laughed when I read "inbetweave"
Yeah, I'm gonna say that "RHoA" is not only bad for Atlanta, but bad for humanity.
@niceBrice@xanga - Women doing it for themselves are bad for humanity? Yikes...if that's the case I'm gonna go ahead and say that "humanity" is bad for humans.
@cinnamontoastsalinda@xanga - holla! =)
@missneeraja - No, I mean shitty reality television--and "shitty" accounts for virtually all of it--is bad for humanity. I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the show, but god, was it annoying. Like that Housewives of Orange County or whatever. A group of pretentious, melodramatic and irritating people as far as I can tell. "mechanical drama"--sounds like an inflated sense of self-importance. I don't think this show is a celebration of women's rights lol. It's more like, I got (married into) money so I can do whatever the hell I want. One big Don't you know who I am?! sort of thing.
That second sentence you wrote--you may be onto something, haha.
@niceBrice@xanga - i don't watch any other housewives. but you are wrong about atlanta. many things are annoying for the first five minutes, if you give up after that you really can't say much about it. "mechanical drama" refers to it being manufactured, I admit that a lot of it is fake, I admit they married into money (which isn't a crime and also isn't shallow, women are TOLD to find financial security first and foremost in men and men use money to lure women), and I admit that they are using their money to do things you and I probably would not be able to do. There is nothing regarding women's rights in my post. It is about the capacity of women fearlessly undertaking whatever they want. I even admit they are bankrupt failures! The point is that every woman who fearlessly fails reinforces the notion that a woman can also be a trailblazer (and should always at least TRY) and should not fear reprecussions, traditionally a role encouraged only for men. this has nothing to do with women's rights or feminism. this has to do with the complex system of pressure that society (not laws or the government) puts on every woman's shoulder, keeping her downtrodden with fear.
@missneeraja - OK, you make good points. I like what you think of it, but I just don't believe it's true. As you admit, a lot of it is fake--which invalidates some of what you're saying, the way I see it. It all seems really shallow to me. If you can find deeper meaning in it, then that's good for you. People will interpret entertainment differently. (Although, this doesn't fall under the category of "entertainment" for me, heh.) The last part of your comment does sound femininist; there is definitely nothing wrong with that. (I took that as being implied in your post, too, so I mentioned it.) In fact, feminism would be the only positive or redeeming aspect of the show I could possibly come up with. And that's a stretch, in my book--the women got their money thru men, afterall. They shouldn't have to marry into it. It was only after that they were able to undertake their business ventures.
"women are TOLD to find financial security first and foremost in men and men use money to lure women" Very often true. But if that's not shallow, what is?
A show shouldn't annoy someone after only a few minutes--that's not the way to build an audience, haha. Of course, I'm not the intended audience!
the fake parts ARE the annoying drama. the real drama in these women's lives (their bankruptcy, their raising children whom their wealthy husbands abandoned, their incredible amount of hard work put into their many business ventures) are often underplayed on the show - so it absolutely does not undermine my points in anyway. any RHoA fan knows all the behind the scenes stuff, because most of it is a matter of public record - i didn't get into all that cuz this is just an easy, breezy post. who cares HOW someone got their money? (And it isn't shallow. it is being secure. security is not shallow. these women all came from lower class backgrounds - and ps - u say they "got their money from men"? shorty, being a wife of an athlete is not an easy job. when you do it yourself you can let me know if it's shallow.) all that matters is how someone uses their money, and these women use theirs to support budding fashion designers and domestic abuse victims. that is not at all fake.
and none of what i'm saying is feminism because i don't like to use that word. people assume when they read the word "feminism" that something is only meant for women, and what i say is not. regardless, most feminism has to do with blatant governmental oppression, and what i'm talking about is the subtle oppression of women which occurs every day on the streets, at work and in people's houses (often on their TV screens, specifically). don't get it twisted boo!
ps - i'll stop stalking your responses now. things are getting a bit crazy lol. peace =)