Movie Star: They Always Say They’re Single

Example of true feminine value
Curiosity has the best of me and I want to know who “Movie Star” deucebag is. I normally don’t keep up with celebrity gossip. Keeping up with the lifestyles of the rich and famous seems like a desperate depressing rat race they stay in and missing what us normal folks have figured out.I picked up this book mainly to pass time and a distraction from my own troubles. I read Jessica’s other essay book which I honestly was disappointed in. Ironic, as it was rate high and this one rater lower. My ratings exactly opposite. The reason being is I felt she was truly honest and real in this book. The other essay felt like she was hiding.Everyone thinks being rich and famous is desirable but this essay gives a very real glimpse in why celebrities can get so turned upside down, messed up and confused. I see her vulnerability in the first of the book. But also see her strength when she turns down hot shot guys and doesn’t give into the temptation of “Movie Star” deucebag. It shows her integrity.I’m unsure how much faith she has but she does mention smidges of it which I like to believe is what gave her strength and could see her own value that many celebrities can’t seem to overcome. In a world of girl power, women empowerment, the world tends to send mixed messages to women. Be sexy for men to covet, have sex freely, look exactly the way men fantasize about which leaves us feeling exactly opposite of empowerment. We feel used, worthless and craving the attention of sexual desire from men and envied of every other woman which creates a never ending rat race to eat healthier, run more miles on the treadmill, have the perfect hair, makeup, skin, weight, clothes, and be perfect.You can see, yes Jessica is a beautiful and attractive woman but she gives a clear example of what valuing yourself looks like. That is a virtue. Young women and even men need more role models like this.I still want to know who deucebag ” Movie Star is but you know, it really doesn’t matter. And maybe that was the entire point she was making. Does it really matter who he was? He was a deucebag that didn’t truly value Jessica. She had to find her own value and not in a famous, good looking, powerful man. If she looked by his definition of her value, she would find herself lacking. Many women can relate to their own version of “Movie Star” deucebag. Point is, there is a million “Movie Star” deucebags out there. They come by different names and may not a movie star, but their values or rather, lack of values is all the same.This isn’t going to be a popular idea but who cares. Ladies, if we want true feminine empowerment, we will stop dressing immodestly displaying our lady parts for men to lust after. We will stop giving away our precious virtue to every guy that feeds our insecurities temporarily. And while, I can’t say Jessica always dressing modestly, she even states she has the girls showing in this book, she is not perfect but she walked away. That’s true confidence.

Pay careful attention…
I didn’t, so I didn’t realize that this isn’t actually a book – it’s just a 27 page “essay” with a life lesson. It feels like a ripoff, & I didn’t even pay for it – except that I regret wasting one of my 1st reads choices on it.[Editing to clarify: my rating is not based on my failure to notice that this was an essay, which obviously was my fault, but on the lack of value or worth of the essay itself. Otherwise I’d have given it 1 star]

Tell me more
I feel like I got a candy bar and was only allowed to eat one bit. Did not expect a short story.

So Much Fun!
This was so much fun. I have followed Jessica Simpson for years. Sometimes, following pop culture helped me take my mind off of my own life, if I needed an escape. No matter what you think you know about Jessica Simpson, you will be shocked when you read this book. It is her words straight from her heart and brain. The most shocking thing is that she is intelligent, witty, and articulate. I did not want it to end. The book was so well done. It felt like I was hanging out with a close friend.

We (and I mean ‘me’) delude ourselves into thinking famous people are wordly-wise and generally savvy. Here’s a short story that brilliantly punctured that thought bubble. In real life, Jessica Simpson is not Daisy. And it has the advantage of being true. It also reminds us how cruel and debasing the “movie star” industry can be.

This was such a short, but sweet read. No names are given within, which at first I was a little disappointed about, but I did enjoy this little read. It did read a little like an extract from a bigger autobiography.