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"&amp;quot;Slut shaming&amp;quot;? Think again. Rashida Jones is ready to clear up any and all questions surrounding her October 2013 Twitter rant in which she hash tagged the phrase &amp;quot;stop acting like whores&amp;quot; in reference to recent pop culture events (i.e. Miley Cyrus&amp;apos; 2013 VMA performance). In a new essay for Glamour Magazine, the Parks and Recreation actress addresses critics who bashed her for her views.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not gonna lie. The fact that I was accused of &amp;apos;slut-shaming,&amp;apos; being anti-woman, and judging women&amp;apos;s sex lives crushed me,&amp;quot; Jones, 37, wrote. &amp;quot;I consider myself a feminist. I would never point a finger at a woman for her actual sexual behavior, and I think all women have the right to express their desires. But I will look at women with influence&amp;#x2014;millionaire women who use their &amp;apos;sexiness&amp;apos; to make money&amp;#x2014;and ask some questions. There is a difference, a key one, between &amp;apos;shaming&amp;apos; and &amp;apos;holding someone accountable.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJones revealed that she took to Twitter after seeing recent photos and videos of stars like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, and Nicki Minaj.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know when the pornification of pop stars became so extreme, but as Robin Thicke&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;Blurred Lines&amp;apos; video played in the background&amp;#x2014;naked fantasy women bouncing around and licking things&amp;#x2014;I realized that the lines were not really blurry at all,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;They were clear. A new era had arrived.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe daughter of music producer Quincy Jones and Mod Squad actress Peggy Lipton said critics would be wrong to call her conservative.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Let me say up front: I am not a prude. I love sex; I am comfortable with my sexuality. Hell, I&amp;apos;ve even posed in my underwear,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;I also grew up on a healthy balance of sexuality in pop stars. Twenty years later, all the images seem homogenous. Every star interprets &amp;apos;sexy&amp;apos; the same way: lots of skin, lots of licking of teeth, lots of bending over. I find this oddly...boring. Can&amp;apos;t I just like a song without having to take an ultrasound tour of some pop star&amp;apos;s privates?&amp;quot;\r\nThe actress and writer went on to say that she doesn&amp;apos;t mind that the women in pop culture have chosen to strip down, but argues that it&amp;apos;s all become far too much of the same thing.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I understand that owning and expressing our sexuality is a huge step forward for women,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;But, in my opinion, we are at a point of oversaturation.&amp;quot;\r\nBut Jones remains optimistic about the future of showbiz. She hopes that 2014 will introduce entirely new trends.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s all enough to make you want to take a monastic vow and swear off Wi-Fi forever,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;But I&amp;apos;m an optimistic woman. So as we say goodbye to 2013 and wish for a slightly more clothed, more original 2014.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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