Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Media’s Ashley Dupre Part 2?

The Media’s Ashley Dupre Part 2?

Natalie Dylan. She’s another young woman selling her body to “advance her career.” Doesn’t this sound familiar? Lately, it seems as if the media has a recurring infatuation with young prostitutes.

Earlier this year, the exposing of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s prostitution scandal birthed what seemed a month-long fixation of Ashley Dupre. Her musical career and past with Girls Gone Wild added to the fire to keep her in the headlines. There are plenty of young prostitutes out there being “resourceful” with their bodies, but what made the Spitzer case so juicy was that New York taxpayers were the ones paying for Dupre’s services. Also, Dupre attempted to use the media spotlight to advance her music career to no avail. I guess music fans didn’t find her as orally-talented as Spitzer did.

So this time we have a less-experienced prostitute flaunting her v-card to pay for school. She is expecting close to $1 million so I don’t buy the notion that she is screwing for school. She goes by the fake name of Natalie Dylan, but with her picture buzzing all around the net, what’s the point? Plus if she claims to be so proud of what she’s doing and truly feels that she is “empowering” herself by selling her virginity then why hide her real name?

In this case, Dylan said she didn’t expect such a big response, but we can be sure she doesn’t mind since she is truly “capitalizing” off all the buzz. She didn’t quite make “Dupre status“ yet, but making it to Fox News and US magazine shows America’s love for putting prostitutes on the spot. Let’s face it, there are many prostitutes out there, but most are ashamed of it and most succeed in keeping it pretty much under the rug. People are sinners themselves and like having a scapegoat they can point the finger at and that’s why Dupre and Dylan got so much attention.
After news broke about Dylan, Raffella Fico, a 20-year-old Italian model also decided to sell her virginity for $1m euros.

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2971511/Italian-model-plans-to-sell-virginity-for-1m-euros.html

This shows the impact of the Dupre and Dylan episodes on an international scale and shows that not only Americans are so drawn to the subject. Like Dylan’s terms, Fico’s offer contains an asterisk which allows her to approve of the winner instead of solely deciding by who’s willing to put up the most money. I guess both prostitution prospects are willing to possibly sacrifice some cash to avoid eloping with an ogre, but at the end of the day, they are still whores whether they are first-timers or not.

Dylan’s promoter, Bunnyranch.com, already has a feature where her male fans can make an appointment with her for sloppy “seconds.” It’s clear that prostitution is at least a plan B for Dylan who claims she only intends to do it to get her Master’s degree.

Dylan’s unconventional approach to achieving success was her choice and she probably feels like she is now in over her head. Everyone knows she is a Sac State alum. Even though she supposedly missed out during her stay at Sac State by not “hooking up,” students, teachers, family, and friends probably can’t resist sharing their own experiences with the new “star.” Talking about star status, take a look at this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270276028523

A piece of fried chicken that supposedly looks like Dylan is currently going for over $900 on eBay. After staring at the thing for nearly a minute at all the possible angles one can realize how ridiculous this whole thing has gotten. Bill Gates or Oprah should just cut the check and bring an end to all of this madness and let her screw whoever she wants.

2 comments:

natalye said...

it's interesting that you bring up the point of "empowering" which i've seen mentioned in a few other blogs. what she is doing is far too ironic to even touch on. with the ridiculousness of her reasoning, i wouldn't be surprised if she's one of those women voting for the mccain/palin ticket because, don't you know, palin is another prime example of a woman "empowering" herself and other women......PSYCHE.

Michael J. Fitzgerald said...

The writer hits a nice stride and rhythm in this column, making good points and using humor.

"I guess music fans didn’t find her as orally-talented as Spitzer did."

I didn't spray any tea when I read that, but I did let out a loud laugh.

He covers a lot of territory, from empowering to her future to speculating that the young woman is in way over her head.

Good observation. This is one of those cases in which the smoke has been let out of the bottle.

It remains to see how much of this is really just smoke.

Well-done.