Christina Ricci: Objectification of Women

My crush on Christina Ricci began in 1995 when I first saw Casper. Now, I know that Casper was a terrible movie despite the fact that it starred Independence Day's Bill Pullman, but at the time I did not care. You see, Christina Ricci is freaking gorgeous. She has the eyes, the hair, the personality, the breasts, everything. She even has that faux artsy thing going for her where she'll do needlessly unconventional photo shoots to try and compensate for being on Ally McBeal.

So, you have to understand how difficult it is for me to rant about her. Yet rant I must. You see, in a recent interview Christina "holy god she's hott" Ricci indicated that she hates the objectification of women:

I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified. It’s like the highest form of flattery for teenage girls. The culture we live in right now seems to reward behavior that we used to frown upon. We used to teach our daughters not to be like this. I think in the ’80s, there would certainly have been a little bit of snobbery expressed if somebody admitted to getting a full Brazilian bikini wax. A circle of friends would be like, ‘What are you, a porn star?’”

It used to be something that we were sort of ashamed of. You didn’t want to admit to people that you were a stripper. But now, the hottest thing to say is, ‘I can work a pole!’ Who gives a f---? But it’s a huge, weird thing. I mean, you see actresses, and their passion project is to play a stripper. It’s just stupid.

With regard to the objectification of women I think Christina's point is entirely sensible. The problem, though, is that Christina Ricci said it.

I've seen Prozac Nation. Or, rather, I have seen a nude scene from Prozac Nation and by "nude" I mean "you get to see her boobies and they are magnificent". I've also seen Now and Then. Again, though, I have not seen Now and Then so much as I have repeatedly watched that scene where Christina Ricci inspects her bra. In fact, allow me to list a few more movies and tv shows in which Christina Ricci has appeared and my reasons for watching them:

Now and Then: That scene in which you showed your bra
The Opposite of Sex: That scene in which you showed your bra. That scene in which you were naked in bed.
Buffalo 66: Cleavage
That Darn Cat: Pussy
Pecker: That scene in which you playfully show off your cleavage when Pecker wants to take your picture
200 Cigarettes: Cleavage
Prozac Nation: Topless
Pumpkin: You were simply inexplicably gorgeous in this movie
Ally McBeal: Tits, tits, bra, tits, bra

See a pattern?

Now, I'm sure we can find some artful justification for all of these scenes. The nude scene in Prozac Nation was to show a sense of vulnerability. The Now and Then bra scene was an artful depiction of, um, how Christina Ricci wears bras and inspects herself in mirrors. 200 Cigarettes was an attempt to make the shittiest damn movie ever starring two Afflecks. The problem is that in order to maximize ticket sales all of these movies focus, in some way, upon the objectification of Christina Ricci.

Now, as someone who adores Christina Ricci and enjoys combating prostate cancer to these scenes I'm not trying to argue that Christina Ricci oughtn't do scenes such as these. I'm just saying that when you've done a scene in which while wearing only a bra and panties you jump off a high-dive into a man's bed you look really fucking stupid when you bitch about other women objectifying themselves.

But, again, if you want to bitch about the objectification of women while you take off your shirt? I'm perfectly ok with that. I'll just ignore your mind, personality, and adorable thought process and rather focus upon your body. That way everybody wins.