Joy’s mother is the type who says things like, “Joy! CLEAVAGE is not going to get you a JOB!” In one her more subtle moves, Joy says, “My mom clipped this ‘article’ out of her favorite nutjob newsletter and mailed it to me —with annotations to be sure I didn’t miss the point.”
Thanks for the new role model, Mom! Because, as everyone knows, Michelle Pfeiffer’s career has been propelled more than anything else by her “prudishness.”
related: Grandma’s advice: Be more like Bieber.
34 responses so far ↓
#1
katie_2256
So glad I don’t have a mother like this!
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:16 pm rating: 24
#2
Jessi
this is America… women who aren’t f**kable are invisible… therefore yes, Joy, cleavage will get you that job!
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm rating: 51
#3
Quite Contrary
Well, duh. Look how far being prudish got Kim kardashian and Paris Hilton.
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:28 pm rating: 11
#4
Nonworkingmonkey
Me, I keep my modesty under my fez
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:35 pm rating: 6
#5
Kay
Treasure?
Hidden treasure?
Lost treasure?
Sunken treasure?
Aug 7, 2011 at 7:47 pm rating: 3
#6
Me
There’s a huge difference between a plunging neckline and someone’s cooter out for the world to see.
Not this site’s best work. I rate it a 7/10.
Aug 7, 2011 at 8:34 pm rating: 17
#7
Joshua
Hollywood modesty is graded on a curve. This looks incredibly tame compared to any Maxim shoot all the kids are doing these days.
Aug 7, 2011 at 9:05 pm rating: 16
#8
Divvitar
There’s a huge, gaping chasm between being modest and being a prude.
Aug 7, 2011 at 9:22 pm rating: 23
#9
kermit
What’s the name of this nutjob newsletter?
My favorite part of the ‘article’ is how it makes it sound like Pfeiffer worked for a supermarket and then stopped because she married a successful TV show writer/producer.
Aug 7, 2011 at 9:26 pm rating: 22
#10
iola
Holy crap, I had to double check to make sure this wasn’t sent in by my sis-in-law. She’s named Joy, and everything about this gal’s mom sounds EXACTLY like my mom-in-law, right down to the “nutjob newsletters”, clipping and mailing, the notation and handwriting. Seriously spooky.
Aug 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm rating: 6
#11
Adriana
I’m a little prudish by nature, but the more people tell me that I should be prudish, the more I wish I were a huge slut.
And I second the “glad my mother isn’t like this” post.
Aug 7, 2011 at 11:09 pm rating: 16
#12
Juniper
Pray for her???
Aug 8, 2011 at 4:12 am rating: 6
#13
Luke
“Hollywood star she is.”
Who wrote this? Yoda?!
Aug 8, 2011 at 8:36 am rating: 32
#14
procrastinating
Michelle Pfeiffer’s cleavage didn’t get her a job, either, unless it was the lack of it. Maybe she’s telling her daughter to invest in breast reduction?
I say this in a semi-proud, ‘dont-need-the-bra-for-the-support-either’ kind of way.
Aug 8, 2011 at 8:51 am rating: 7
#15
mutzali
Pray for Michelle Pfeiffer? Like “Oh, God, give me Michelle Pfeiffer for my birthday!”???
Aug 8, 2011 at 1:11 pm rating: 19
#16
brad
So, the girl’s mom wants her to do something other than stripping..? What does she do that would prompt her Ma to send the article in the first place?
Aug 8, 2011 at 11:04 pm rating: 3
#17
BBB
There’s nothing wrong with being prudish or modest. Is Michelle Pfeiffer the best example of that? Meh, that’s clearly up for discussion. But still, the general concept of keeping your body private is not a bad idea. Once upon a time modesty was in vogue and sluts were outcasts.
Aug 9, 2011 at 8:49 am rating: 4
#18
hohum
Ugh modesty.
Yet another tool in the many to keep women under control, and under the scrutiny of the society, pardon, mindless gossipy mob.
Funny how men’s bodies are viewed in a non-sexual, functional way without their value being diminished by how much skin area they show or not.
But be a woman, and that’s all you’re reduced to. Your morals and value being related to skin.
Like seriously I don’t want to sound like a frothing feminist but gag me with a spoon.
Aug 9, 2011 at 11:31 am rating: 32
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