Quotes / Bare Midriffs Are Feminine

Music

"Sporting the cleavage-and-bare-midriff look that’s requisite early 21st century pop femme-wear, Anastacia drops her second album with all the subtlety of a Pamela Anderson video."

—Encyclopedia of Popular Music

"In 1999, it took a schoolgirl and her harem of back-up dancers to put the crop top in closets of tween girls across the country. A 17-year-old Britney Spears exposed her taut tummy and inspired an influx of ab-centric trends. [...] In the early 2000s, the bare midriff became the polarizing bellwether of Middle American morals, banned from classrooms across the country."

—Katherine Boyle, The Washington Post, Midriffs make a modest comeback (July 4, 2012)

''Back in the early 2000s, everyone bared their midriff. From performing on stage to attending an event, you could always find Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey baring their sick abs for the whole world to see."

—Good Day Sacramento, Trending: Midriff Tops on the Stars (APRIL 23, 2013)

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