That's It! I'm Done!

Ok, that's it. I'm done. I'm fed up and I can't take it any more.

I was at the Euro Star terminal today coming back from Paris (ohh la la how fancy do I sound?) and all I wanted was something to read. Just a magazine or a paper that would keep me entertained for the ride back to London.

But could I find anything that suited my fancy? No. There was not a single publication on the shelves I could take off their hands… why? Because EVERY SINGLE magazine has a picture of Victoria Beckham on it. I kid you not…. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I can't take it any longer! What has happened to the female role models in this world?
Why is it that the majority of women on the covers of magazines, taking up the worlds headlines are underweight and over hyped?

Lets take a look at the news headlines of 2007 shall we?

• Paris Hilton went to jail.
• Jordan got a boob reduction
• Victoria Beckham moved to America
• Nicole Richie got pregnant
• Britney Spears shaved her head
• Jade Goody showed her true colours as an ignorant bully
• Kate Moss was broke up, got back together and broke up with a drug addict
• Lindsay Lohan went to rehab.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? (other that the fact I have retained all of this information?)

To top it all off, Britain's illustrious new Prime Minister held up footballers wives as examples to young women because they have a few GCSE's between them.

Dear Lord.

Now don't get me wrong… I love a trashy mag at the best of times… but there is a line and point where this celebrity obsession has got to stop! "Celebrity"… what a word that has become. What was once a notoriety based on talent and ability is now a terrifying word that seems to refer to groups of women who clutter our media, gaining financial success and notoriety doing little more than falling drunkenly out of limos and night clubs (often sans underwear.)

It's a bombardment of the banal that has a knock on effect where women of all ages are actually caring if Kylie has had a facelift of if Jlo is piling on the baby weight. We become so used to seeing women behaving like idiots in public (shaving heads, crashing cars, flashing crotches…) that it becomes the norm and not only acceptable but seems to IMPROVE their careers!

WHERE ARE TODAY'S FEMALE ROLE MODELS I ASK YOU!? GIVE YOUNG WOMEN TODAY SOMEONE TO LOOK UP TO WHO IS NOT MARKETING THEIR OWN FRAGRENCE THAT REMINDS US ALL OF TOILET CLEANER!?

Don't worry – I am aware of the amazing women who are out there – the Cate Blanchette's, the Clare Smyth's, the Christine Amanpour's and my personal favourite Mika Brzezinski (the news reader who tore up her script in disgust at leading with yet another Paris Hilton story) but why oh why aren't these the people on the front covers being celebrated… not the binge drinking fools who dominate our media.

I say lets make 2008 the year of the decent female role model. The year when we hold up people who should inspire us… I can no longer condone the support of careers that consist of a stint on Big Brother and an exclusive deal with OK! Magazine.

As I said… that's it. I'm done!