Still Cranky

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.