Lindsay Lohan

The other day, my daughter came downstairs wearing my shoes. Not the younger one, whose chief purpose in life is to steal my heels and strut around pretending she’s a teacher. Or a hooker. It’s hard to tell.

BFFs. Through thick or thin. In this case mostly thin.

No, this was the older daughter, the 10-year-old whose delicious little baby feet have somehow morphed to the same size as my own, hence her apparent need to borrow my Converse. The new ones.

Anyway, as you can imagine, I was so thrilled, I threw my arms around her and announced that now we shared clothes, we were undisputedly “best friends”. Would she also like to help herself to my GHD? When could we go shopping together?

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    06:09am | 20/03/12

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  • Margot says:

    11:10pm | 13/07/11

    What don’t you understand about this article? Angela is trying to state that she finds the TERM best friend as too small and fickle to quantify the much larger and more profound relationship between a mother and daughter. Friends come and go,your lucky to have more than one really good… Read more »

 

The Lindsay Lohan story is not a cautionary tale about sexuality: to present the media coverage which has surrounded Lohan’s sentencing to 90 days behind bars as an example of flagrant misogyny is a misreading of the cultural mores underlying this particularly sad episode.

Non-stop party: the permanently troubled Lindsay Lohan.

This story is really about the economy of fame, the paparazzi and media consumption; not about a male/female double standard that harks back to first year Gender Studies.

The reporting of Lohan’s legal travails cannot be read as simply being the crucifixion of a young woman who dares flout conventional female norms of propriety and hem lines. The entertainment industry has been built, since movies were black and white and daring swimsuits went to the knee, on young creatures who transgress fairly standard bounds of decency and behaviour.

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  • Rob r Charteris says:

    06:23pm | 24/07/10

    DD Ball says:05:24pm; and as long as they have an imaginary friend. Read more »

  • Paul Horn says:

    12:43pm | 24/07/10

    Yes Madeline spot on! However it is women that buy this filth splattered all over second rate womens magazines. The average woman apsires to become one of the celebrity elite. It always amazes me that we get constant carping about the gender pay divide, career opportunities for womyn tripe yet… Read more »

 

Am I the only one a little queasy over the underlying public gloat at the jailing of master criminal Lindsay Lohan?

Lohan breaks down at her court appearance earlier this month. Photo: AP

There it is, just beneath the surface – unspoken and insidious. It’s the patriarchal desire to see a wanton woman tamed.

Disagree? Replay the Lohan case with buttoned-down Katie Holmes in the dock and picture the reaction. See what I mean? But a boozing bisexual rootrat with a spoiled tabloid reputation and cash in the bank must be brought to heel.

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    04:10pm | 15/12/12

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  • pavlo says:

    11:16pm | 22/07/10

    “It’s the patriarchal desire to see a wanton woman tamed.” Ha ha, what a joke. Are you for real man? Been indoctrinated by reading too much of Germaine or Gloria’s tripe have you? Have you considered that maybe it’s our collective desire to see a “celebrity” who thinks they are… Read more »

 

Last weekend my heart sank as I watched the 60 minutes investigation into the horrific UK murder in 1993 of 2-year-old James Bulger.

Charged with more offences as an adult: Jon Venables / File

The vicious murder of the toddler by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables is regarded as one of the most violent crimes of Britain’s modern history, particularly because the boys who committed it, were themselves only kids at 10 years of age. This story always leaves me deeply saddened and sickened to my stomach every time I hear about it – not just as a father, but as a human being. The fact that two young boys could be so calculated, violent and evil is hard to comprehend.

When you hear about terrible things like this, the last thing you expect is to discover is that they were carried out by children themselves. It’s terrifying. What’s equally hard to comprehend is the sentence they received – 8 years of detention and rehabilitation. Is that a suitable punishment?

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  • Kate says:

    11:59pm | 13/03/12

    I think juvenile offenders deserved some juvenile boot camp to set them straight. Juvenile boot camps can provide the necessary structure to change negative behavior and thinking. They can be effective in addressing juvenile crime. Juveniles are important for several reasons. We should do all we can, as early as… Read more »

  • Emma says:

    02:39am | 20/07/10

    The Albert Kirby money machine: http://www.crimespeakers.com/pdfs/akirby.pdf If you have to go through his agent to get hold of him, it is pretty clear where his motivations really lie .... That anyone could think that man can be said to contribute anything of real value to the ongoing discussion about the… Read more »

 

In the video over the jump, as the judge orders a prison term, Lindsay Lohan appears to mouth the words “She’s jailing me?” to her lawyer and then the lip goes a-quiver in disbelief.

You were expecting maybe a margherita? Pic: AFP


What did Lohan think was going to happen when she had a drink while wearing a court-ordered alcohol monitoring bracelet? A bracelet which, if you remember, she was ordered to wear after breaching probation - on charges of drink-driving and cocaine possession.

Surely she couldn’t have thought the judge would roll with another story like she told in May when she failed to turn up for a court appearance, which was basically that she had been stuck in France because a dog at the Cannes Film Festival ate her passport.

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  • DJ says:

    01:46pm | 12/07/10

    That would be hilarious! How can they be unlawful wars when no ones been arrested for starting them? where is the law breaking? I will, get me a gun and stand still Read more »

  • 1law4all says:

    03:11pm | 08/07/10

    well, on your first point, you couldnt be more wrong. there are laws and theres lawful war and unlawful war, iraq and afghanistan, are unlawful wars. i guess youd find it perfectly acceptable then if china decided to send unmanned drones to wipe out wedding parties in australia huh? your… Read more »

 

One of these women is a 55-year-old sun damaged Italian fashion designer, the other is a 23-year-old Hollywood “star”.

Lindsay Lohan at the MTV Awards, and Donatella Versace at a Time magazine party. Pictures: AP and AFP

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  • Observer says:

    04:08pm | 15/06/10

    Devolved, more like it. Read more »

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    11:07am | 15/06/10

    This could be a serious setback for our local Indian restaurant whose tandoori ckicken dish is named the Donatella…..... Read more »

 

These days no self-respecting or self-preserving celeb is seen without a malnourished child, developing country or war zone.  Make up removed, with a shawl or ethnic beads for decoration, the ‘saving the world’ photo shoot is a must-have for their portfolio. 

Visions of Lindsay are being reported around India, but apparently she only appears with good looking children

This week Lindsay Lohan joins the fray as she fronts Lindsay Lohan’s Indian Journey, a BBC3 documentary about child trafficking in India. 

It’s heavy stuff.  The country’s economic boom has seen traffickers head to India’s poorest regions in search of children who end up working long hours in inhumane conditions, with some forced into prostitution. 

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  • Gregoryno6 says:

    04:54pm | 04/04/10

    Learner Driver Mother Theresa - very good. Read more »

  • Old Bert says:

    04:16am | 03/04/10

    Relax, just a bit of humour. Read more »

 

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