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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a follower of the Kardashians. But I have talked to my middle school DD about them and here is what I told her.  Sex sells, and the K girls understand that by projecting a certain image, they can make money. It's basically a marketing ploy. But the K's are not ACTUALLY what they appear to be, or they wouldn't be rich. They are actually an educated and entrepreneurial family with a lot of business smarts. Ine of the girls is the youngest billionaire for selling lipstick. Lipstick doesn't bring in a billion dollars- the idea that lipstick makes people glamorous and cool in a street fashionable, relatable way- THAT makes a billion dollars.

I don't talk to my daughter about whether projecting that kind of image is good or bad because it's truly just a business strategy. I want her to see past the big booties and glossy hair and understand what's actually going on here. I also want her to see that people occasionally push the envelope and redefine our culture. Elvis was once considered obscene and they couldn't show his hip thrusting dance moves on television because it was too shocking at the time.

I don't want my daughter to use sex to shock, but I want my daughter to be savvy and capable of nuance. That seems like a better conversation to have with her than "those K girls are bad!"  I want my daughter to be curious and know that it's okay to look under the hood at these types of things in order to really see what's going on, rather than make snap judgments. [/quote]

Fantastic post. I like the way you think and I agree these kinds of conversations help our daughters far more than just saying “the Kardashians are bad and trashy.”[/quote]

PP, I also read your whole post.  I think it's very well written and well said.  I hope I can have these conversations with my daughters when they are older, I wish my mom had them with me.  Kuddos.[/quote]

Please be careful glorifying this family to your daughters.  This is Kylie at age 11 or 12.

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When did any of these PP’s indicate they’re glorifying this family? You are an idiot.[/quote]

Ok, ignore the antics and admire their business savvy[/quote]

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