I know, I know...I haven't posted in a while. I will spare you my feeble excuses.
I wouldn't normally try to cheat by recycling old posts. But I am proud to say that the piece I wrote way back in April, "Cougars Bite", criticizing the whole "Cougar" phenomenon, was frankly ahead of its time. And it's now more relevant than ever.
The bad news is, since I wrote that blog, the Cougar trend has only grown. There are more Cougar-themed shows and movies than ever. ABC's "Cougar Town", starring Courteney Cox, premiered this week. I tried to watch it - I've gotta keep up on this Cougar stuff - but it was so excruciatingly horrible, I could hardly sit through even fifteen minutes (poor Courteney...one minute, you're a cute, young "Friend", and the next thing you know, you're a nasty, old Cougar).
What is it about this "Cougar" thing that has caused it to catch on with such a vengeance? This insidious label has clawed its way into the vernacular and taken hold - and I fear it may be here to stay.
The good news is, I'm suddenly hearing more and more anti-Cougar sentiment being expressed by women.
This month's issue of MORE magazine features an article by Candace Bushnell titled "Attack of the Cougars". In it, she expresses a lot of the same sentiments I have (except she's rich and famous and gets published in MORE magazine).
In addition, I just came across a piece called "Don't Call Me a Cougar" posted on Open Salon. The outpouring of comments that followed this blog would seem to indicate there is a growing attitude among women that we're mad as hell about this ugly, sexist label and we're not gonna take it anymore.
I sure hope that's true. Because this whole Cougar thing is getting really old.
The Washington Post has also jumped on the cougar-backlash bandwagon: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/21/AR2009092103503.html
Posted by: Heids | September 28, 2009 at 01:28 PM
Thank you! What a fabulous article. They said it better than I ever could. Bravo!
Posted by: Marcie Judelson | September 28, 2009 at 01:38 PM
Chronic, I finally saw the ad for "Cougar Town" last night, and I think my IQ instantly dropped by 25 points.
Posted by: Jake P | October 08, 2009 at 06:26 AM
I'm too old to be a Cougar, so I've decided to be a Puma. :)
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