At the time all of this hit, [Paris Hilton] was a 22-year-old girl going out and getting drunk and doing drugs and sleeping around—which, unless you are lame, is exactly what you were doing when you were 22. The problem with Paris wasn’t Paris, it was the amount of attention the media paid to Paris. And whether or not she encouraged the attention, the simple fact is that if you had a problem with the media, the target of your complaints should be the media.
… The message of the “South Park” episode was that girls shouldn’t use sluttiness as a way of getting ahead. But that’s not what Paris did. She got ahead just by being born.
Everyone Probably Owes Paris Hilton An Apology, Mike Barthel. If you watch South Park, please take a minute to read this.
I sometimes imagine that Trey Parker’s take on a particular topic depends a lot on what side of the bed he woke up on. There was a very similar episode four years later about Britney Spears (IMO a far more pitiful — if not pitiable — creature than Hilton), and it was surprisingly forgiving, even tender.


