Watch out Heff, there’s a new girl in town
Posted by Stephanie | Filed under EducATE
Alright, raise your hand if you recognize this lovely lady?
By now, most of you have heard the controversial story regarding Colorado Senior, Sydney Spies, whose yearbook photo was rejected by the yearbook editors for being too revealing.
She… AND her mom (gasp!) …. lash back, calling it artistic. Freedom of speech. As an aspiring model, Spies states, “It is a representation of who I am.”
Crickets.
Now folks, I’m trying to be Switzerland here but I’ve got to pull out the ‘Mama Card’ for this one.
I see it as a classic case of a mom who wants to be B.F.F with her daughter — when really she needs to put down her foot and be a M.O.M.
Of course her daughter thinks it’s appropriate. She’s 18! When I was 18, I would have worn a Def Leppard concert tee with a pair of zebra-stripped lycra leggings and my Bon Jovi jacket in my senior picture.
Wanna know why I didn’t? Because my mama said “No way, José.”
In the end, it’s a young girl’s reputation that will take the heat — but I guess as an aspiring model, even negative media attention is media attention, right?
So all that’s left to say here is:
Congrats Sydney. You’ve just become famous for nothing.
Cast your vote here. Should the yearbook staff be allow to become the Fashion Police?
3 Responses to “Watch out Heff, there’s a new girl in town”
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January 10th, 2012 at 10:41 am
What happened to head shots only for yearbooks? When did students start having the choice of submitting any picture format they want??? Go back to head shots–problem solved!!
January 11th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
We weren’t allowed to choose which photo went in the album. We all had the same “holding roses and head tilt” pose.
But that photo is a tad…ok a lot saucy…like way too saucy.
And by saucy I mean whore-ish
January 15th, 2012 at 10:56 am
As a high school teacher of 16 years (who works tirelessly on behalf of students to maintain their rights) I say kudos to the yearbook staff for having more good sense than this girl’s mother.
Sometimes people need to be saved from their own bad judgment.
I realize she’s 18. But most of the kids receiving yearbooks at the school aren’t. And this sets a bad precedent.
18 year olds aren’t allowed to smoke on campus (at least at our school) even though legally they are adults. When I was a senior in high school, my boyfriend turned 21 but he wasn’t allowed to drink at my prom. Duh.
Certain “rights” are simply inappropriate for school.
This picture, in my opinion, is one of them.