LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, the world stopped for the death of Anna Nicole Smith. ... the dumb blonde ... wasn’t somebody to listen to, but to look at ... the endless coverage, the news people kept referring to her climb from the bottom to the top ... If Anna Nicole Smith represents the top, we need to teach our daughters to aim elsewhere ... If her life was a fairy tale come true, then it tells you what’s wrong with fairy tales. They lie, and mislead. ... She never owned her own success. She was defined by who she married and the size of her breasts. ... She was defined by who she used, and who used her. Actually, this is how I felt about Princess Di - except of course for the bit about the big hooties.
Personally, my life is/was never affected by either death. While I do lament the focus of both PD and ANS, at least no one mistook ANS as a role model. That being said, my prayers go out to both women and their families.