July 7, 2006

StreetTalk

by Carol Rosen

What do you think of the trend of pregnant women—most recently Britney Spears in Harper’s Bazaar—posing nude for the covers of magazines?
(Asked at Kirkwood Plaza)

“I haven’t seen any of it, so I don’t know. Britney Spears was cool until she went with Kevin Federline and now she’s kind of trashy."

Tori Parker, 14
Campbell
Freshman at Prospect High


“It depends on the magazine. Not teen-age magazines, but it’s okay on adult magazines, like parenting magazines, if it’s in good taste. Britney Spears definitely has changed a lot and not for the better.”

Jackie Thompson, 14
Campbell
Freshman at Del Mar


“I hadn’t noticed a trend, most expose too much, like the celebrity magazines. [It is okay] as long as the photographs are done tastefully, and not to exploit the pregnancy for financial or celebrity gain. Britney Spears’ second pregnancy is untimely. She is stupid and I feel sorry for her.”

Jacqueline Torres, 36
Campbell
Homemaker


“I think it’s wonderful. It’s nature, and pregnant women are a beautiful thing. It’s celebrating motherhood. I couldn’t care less about Britney Spears.”

Marianne Velasco
Campbell
Math teacher at Rolling Hills Middle School


“I think it’s beautiful. I think all pregnant women are beautiful no matter what size they are. I think Britney Spears needs to mature a little more. She’s in the public eye and wants to be left alone, which isn’t realistic when you’re a celebrity."

Gretchen Sancier, 45
Campbell
Retired nurse


“It makes me uncomfortable. I’m not sure why, I don’t find it offensive, but it seems unnecessarily self-promoting. I think Britney Spears seems like a very odd woman. She seems to feel the need to expose herself in many ways. [She exposes] lots of herself and all her flash in articles and pictures and interviews.”

Kris Chases, 45
Campbell
Facilities project manager


"I don’t see a problem with it, it’s part of everyday life and is a perfectly natural thing. But I think the women should be covered up a little. I don’t think anything at all about Britney Spears, I don’t follow her."

Rose Burch, 50ish
San Jose / Property manager


"I don’t mind pregnant women on magazine covers, but I don’t like to see their bellies exposed, it’s almost as if these women can’t be proud without flashing their bellies. Britney Spears is a jerk. She does things for the shock value, because she’s bored and because she doesn’t have much sense."

Jane Garberas, 69
Willow Glen / Apple Computer