A minor rant follows, so prepare yourself please.

Compared to other female pop artists who obtain media attention for excessive use of drugs, alcohol, car accidents, or whatever illegal or outrageous behaviours, Hilary Duff is an exception. However, this is not true when it comes to reducing the amount of clothes worn with the release of each new album.

“Dignity,” Duff’s latest album release, has been anticipated by her fans. But some were surprised to not only hear a more club/dance sound on many tracks, but also (much to my dismay), to see she is following in the footsteps of other female artists. We know the way the recording industry works: new album = new image. Duff is now suddenly ripping her clothes off in her video “With Love” and wearing only enough to cover her private areas in certain parts of the latest single’s video, “Stranger.”

Yes, she is older. Yes, her taste in music is sure to have grown and changed a little. And yes, she may be feeling more confident now that she has found a passion for Pilates, but these changes do not justify giving up one’s dignity in terms of increasing album sales by exposing one’s body.

Either one of two things happened: the record label has offered her money to do this or she simply does not, in fact, seem to be bothered with taking off her clothes in her videos as of the release of her latest album. Either way, how can she claim to have as much dignity as she professes?

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