Bonnie Says: Taylor Momsen, 17, In Guns & Garters — Is It Even More Disturbing Than Miley?

So is this ANY way for an underage girl to dress? Is Taylor arty or just plain tarty? Taylor Momsen doesn't leave much to the imagination on the November issue of Revolver magazine. The 17-year-old Gossip Girl star pushes to be as provocative as possible in black lacy thigh-highs, a skimpy black top, stretches of bare skin, a rifle in hand AND a gun holster around her hips! Is she auditioning to be poster princess for the National Rifle Association?

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Taylor, who started the rock band Pretty Reckless in 2008, is actually making a pretty reckless statement here. With the horrendous incidents of Columbine-style gun massacres that have tragically taken lives at high schools and Virginia Tech university (in 2007), isnā€™t she being incredibly irresponsible linking her teen sexuality to bare skin and gun barrels?

Saying gunslinging is so-so-sexy to other young, still-in-school children just shows that she may have a womanā€™s body but not a shred of intelligence. Inside the mag she poses in various states of undress with numerous weapons, including chainsaws, shotguns and swords, according to Popeater.com.

She also makes it clear that when it comes to sex, sheā€™s not just posing. Sheā€™s thinking about sex and talking about sex and watching ā€¦ sex tapes. ā€œI like some adult starsā€, she told Revolver. ā€œBut I will say this: That Tommy-Lee / Pamela Anderson video wasnā€™t very good. I wouldnā€™t f**k Tommy Lee.ā€ Nice. Nice to hear from your 17-year-old lips, Taylor. She apparently also holds forth on the subject of masturbation in the mag.

Taylor has admitted that sheā€™s not friends with the rest of the Gossip Girl cast. And is it any wonder why? She smokes, she always performs with her band in a bordello-style corset, stockings and garters and admits her style is ā€œhigh-class hooker.ā€ (By the way, that look isnā€™t even original ā€” she stole her style from Joan Jettā€˜s former bandmate Cherie ā€œCherry Bombā€ Currie.)

Taylor certainly doesnā€™t seem too concerned about what everyone thinks of her. ā€œIā€™m 17. Arenā€™t I supposed to be provocative? I donā€™t really understand what the problem is,ā€ she has said.  ā€œI know I dress provocatively on stage, but itā€™s just rock ā€˜nā€™ roll. Like, I donā€™t really understand what the big deal is.ā€

Well, hereā€™s the big deal: Youā€™re a naive teen, playing with a whole lot of fire. Youā€™re telling other teens that gunplay is sexy, not dangerous. Youā€™re telling men that youā€™re open for business. And youā€™re telling other young women that the way to be provocative isnā€™t with talent or brains, but with sex and violence.

Iā€™m not the only one whoā€™s appalled by Taylorā€™s attitude and message. ā€œSheā€™s 17 and dressed as if sheā€™s ready for sex and her legs-open stance is sending a loud and clear invitation ā€” come play with me and my guns,ā€ says psychotherapist Dr. Gilda Carle. ā€œWhat happens when the invitation is no longer a fantasy on the cover of a magazine but when sheā€™s alone in a dressing room and some guy comes on to her? How is she going to handle that? Whoā€™s going to take advantage of her and will she be able to deal with the consequences?ā€

ā€œHer legs spread like that show that sheā€™s sexually available ā€” but itā€™s not sexy, itā€™s vulgarā€, agrees Dr. Lillian Glass. ā€œThen having the gun pointed at her head with all the teen suicides going on is very bad. Guns are NOT props! Itā€™s not controversial or edgy, it is unacceptable!ā€

Taylor ā€” did you give any thought to the victims of teen gun violence before you set out to look ā€œcoolā€?  You and your enabler parents are idiots!

-Bonnie Fuller

 

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