Darn that Runaway Bride

Rumor has it that the "Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks is getting approximately half a million dollars to tell her story to the world via a book/tv/movie/something deal. Personally, I think we should all get a chunk of these proceeds for having to put up with this story; why do I care about some wealthy white girl who got cold feet? All that idiot did was steal police and news resources away from something worthwhile, and now we are rewarding her for it.

Never mind the fact that there are *plenty* of other people abducted, murdered, etc every year who are not white, female, and affluent. For a society that tries to deny its predilection for the objectification of women, we sure do love hearing stories about missing women of child-bearing age. You just know there are reporters combing over fresh police reports looking for the latest pretty young girl who stumbled into evil all the while outrightly ignoring the millions who have no choice but to grow up in its throws. I believe the latter offers richer stories and deserves more attention, but apparently I am the minority in that opinion.

Darn that Runaway Bride

Rumor has it that the "Runaway Bride" Jennifer Wilbanks is getting approximately half a million dollars to tell her story to the world via a book/tv/movie/something deal. Personally, I think we should all get a chunk of these proceeds for having to put up with this story; why do I care about some wealthy white girl who got cold feet? All that idiot did was steal police and news resources away from something worthwhile, and now we are rewarding her for it.

Never mind the fact that there are *plenty* of other people abducted, murdered, etc every year who are not white, female, and affluent. For a society that tries to deny its predilection for the objectification of women, we sure do love hearing stories about missing women of child-bearing age. You just know there are reporters combing over fresh police reports looking for the latest pretty young girl who stumbled into evil all the while outrightly ignoring the millions who have no choice but to grow up in its throws. I believe the latter offers richer stories and deserves more attention, but apparently I am the minority in that opinion.