the pop machine

so like everyone else, i can claim that i spent a hunk of my childhood (oh, ya- as i say it from the ripe old age of 12) watching disney channel. Ah yes- the channel where Debby Ryan, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez first found fame. But as i flipped through a fascinating magazine known as J14, i noticed a rather sinister pattern. Each disney star would start out with a supporting role on a show, eventually win some sontest to get her own show,  sign a contract for a recording deal, and then  even more eventually make deals with outside companies. I mean, i  though that was pretty creepy, that Disney had that little algorithm for cranking out the Celebritys That Will Make Disney Look Good.

Aside- the book Pop Princess, by Rachel Cohn, illustrates the machine that many companies use for cranking out stars.
And people wonder what i have against pop music.

A bit off topic but . . .

Okay.
So I'm no Beibette, or Beleiber, or whatever mad Justin Beiber fans are calling themselves these days, but I recently read an article in a ridiculously outdated issue of j-14, that the song "Baby" is about this girl that Beiber liked when he was 13, and who rejected him.

 So I'm just saying, girl-who- turned -J-beibs- down, I pity you.
Because, honestly, I can guarantee that 1000's of  crazy Beibettes are furious that any girl could turn down that coveted, golden-locked boy. Plus this poor girl is probably sitting there thinking- Selena Gomez, famous actress, is dating the boy that liked me, that I turned down. Talk about annoying. I mean, totally a "Sk8er boi" situation. This girl in Canada or wherever could have been the next teen sensation- but no. Just the awful, wicked, horrible girl who broke Justin Beiber's heart.

Sorry.