She's stunning. Beautiful. Breathtaking even. Powerful. And let's not forget talented.The thing that bothers me though is Rihanna is a walking oxymoron.
She goes on a national news program to talk about having ended her relationship with Chris Brown because of the profound message that staying with him would send to young girls that look up to her.
Yet, she appears to dispel everything that America has been trying to teach young girls and boys since the beginning of time about education, success, image, sex and most of all...grace.
She did not graduate from high school because as she says she got too busy for school (it shows in many of her responses, by-the-way); she has tattoos of guns on her body promoting violence or a violent notion; she's using her nakedness to promote her..image..album (??), and she claims to want the "Chris Brown" thing behind her, yet she reopens the wound by slandering a man on national television who had already been "beaten" by public criticism.
It seems like Rihanna's toying with the notion of being an example to young girls as a publicity stunt to boost her image (whatever that is) and sales, and it appears to be working. So if that's her idea of being an example to young girls, she needs to think again.
She neesd to quit using her night of abuse as a free pass to be irresponsible in hopes that your fans and the public will take pity and cry, "Oh, look what she's resorted to as a result of Chris Brown beating her." If she doesn't, young girls all over the world will indulge themselves in anti-social behaviors, then cry, "my situation is a result of my actions" when they come under fire for them.
From domestic abuse and drugs, to teen parenting and illiteracy, and as a topper, the economy, anti-social behaviors among teens is too big of an epidemic to toy with for personal or professional gain.
Call to Action: Rihanna, if you're sincerely concerned about the integrity of young girls, why not create opportunities to show them how sexy success looks fully clothed. It's doable.
...but wait. Did she mention what kind of an example she wanted to be? Did she say positive? Wait..gotta go re-read the Diane Sawyer transcript.
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