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Source: Cleavage goes bust: Vogue declares the décolletage over

Since we’ve been discussing delusion, here’s a story that illustrates how pompous are the opinions of those self anointed culture and fashion gurus.

Decolletage over.  Hmm. Well, if we step back and take a top down view of the issue of cleavage, we’d have to concede that breasts have probably been overexposed as a fashion staple over the past generation.  Fashion runways, teen magazines and of course, certain ubiquitous personalities have ridden the fascination with chest exposure to dubious fame, notoriety and ample rewards.  Let’s not beat our chest on whether this is deserved or not, but I think we can agree that much of this fame is way over the top.

Coy glimpses of femininity never goes out of style, but fashion tastes have veered to the extreme. The de rigueur exposure of chest skin by women, especially those in entertainment,  makes them look like castings for a Russ Meyer film.  Even Russ could not have imagined the grotesque degrees that women would go to in order to ensure that no one would ever see the color of their eyes.

This is mainly an American phenomenon,  for like most things in America, if something is good, then more of it must be better.  Personalities such as Kim Kardashian and Nikki Minaj to name just a few, make the most of this craze for improbably shaped women to great commercial advantage.  Well, Vogue says that this is over.

As in a previous article about the fashion downfall of ‘manly men’, I’d be a bit skeptical of this pronouncement and wouldn’t expect the immediate demise of the push up bra. It’s one thing to dictate fashion affectations as padded shoulders, bell bottoms or short skirts.  It’s another to even consider that some New York fashionistas will dictate what is intrinsically attractive about the natural characteristics of the sexes.

On the other hand, there will always be that contingent of fashion slaves that need to be directed by a small cabal of style mavens as to what’s in vogue.  I’ve always thought this to be quite strange since I didn’t think people needed direction on the appeal of the opposite sex. As for those women who are concerned about being unfashionable after Vogue’s pronouncement; my advice is, don’t be concerned.  I’m sure someone will find you stylish, even if it’s only red blooded men.

Source: Robert De Niro Responds to Trump Win: I Feel Like I Did After 9/11

During elections and especially Presidential elections, candidates are under constant pressure to build arguments in favor of their worldviews.  The logic is that if they can make their case compellingly and with logic, people can be swayed to see things their way.

Turns out that this whole exercise in logic and civility is a complete waste of time.  From the crazed responses ( and there is no way to minimize this ) to the recent election, there is no amount of logic that can appease the nutters who are hard wired in their mental delusion.

From the drama queens such as DeNiro comparing it to 9-11,  and Cher heading to Jupiter to students huddled in mass cry-ins and having stress dogs to pet as well as using coloring books to cope, it looks like a neutron bomb of stupidity was released at some point affecting the cerebral cortex of select parts of the population.

This has been manifest by the hysterical wailing from most in the entertainment business and given voice by a complicit media.  It’s unclear why anyone would consider that the opinions of such intellectual heavyweights as Miley Cyrus and Wanda Sykes are any more important than the guy driving a tractor in Iowa.   The rejection of Trump by the glitterati is not really a rebuke of the man as much as it is a dismissal of the population that voted for him.  It is the height of condescension that was rightfully kicked over in the election like a flimsy sand castle.

A sense of self importance has been de rigeur for years in the entertainment business and is a rite of membership for the most part.  Luckily, regular folk can choose to ignore or discount their obtuse rants.  The unexpected and scary revelation is the frightening degree of extended adolescence among the college set; the pool of future decision makers.

They are taught and espouse a worldview which is clearly delusional and which professes rejection of hatred and ignorance, both straw men of their own imaginations.  When students are taught to think correctly rather than critically, the results will be, well, the snowflakes that are created daily.  It’s a fair guess that many privileged kids in school today live insulated lifestyles supported by parents that quite possibly represent the population they disdain.  If a school needs safe zones and rules against micro-aggressions, then the education is literally not worth the paper that the diploma is printed on. For those students, instead of a mortar board and certificate, perhaps they can be awarded a binky and safety pin upon graduation.