She Looks Good (For an Old Hag)

InStyle released its list of hot 2010 bikinis.  On the list were the usual culprits: Kim Kardashian, Halle Berry, Anna Lynn McCord, Megan Fox.  Absent from the list, even though she's worn approximately 100 different bikinis this summer was Britney Spears.  The only thing worse than Britney not being on that list was the fact that it wasn't shocking.
In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, Britney would make any list with the word hot or sexy in the title.  Not just make the list, but usually be on top.  Nowadays, IF she makes the list it tends to be at the bottom (a pity add, if you will).  As a Britney fan, it should bother me.  It doesn't.
I know Britney is still as sexy as she ever was.  I know her body is fantastic.  The fact that these magazines don't see that is, to me, a good thing.  It makes Britney underrated, almost like a secret that no one knows about.
Britney's biggest problem is that she's at that evil Hollywood age where she's too old to be young and too young to be old.  People like Halle and Jennifer Aniston get praised for having amazing bodies "for their age" (even though their bodies are amazing for anyone's age).  Britney has an amazing body, too, but, sadly, she's not old enough to be recognized for it.  It's a weird thing that also affects other beautiful women like Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Love Hewitt.  They're not hot, young stars; nor are they mature, older women.
Someday Britney will hit 40, and assuming she looks as good as she does today (which she will), she should get the attention she deserves.  But why can't she (and other stars in her age range) get praised right now?  Why must women be celebrated for looking good "for their age" instead of just looking good?  There are millions of women in their 20s suffering from weight issues who would die to look like a Jennifer Aniston or a Cindy Crawford right this minute.  It's somewhat of a slap in the face to say "she looks good for her age."
Someday they'll say that about Britney; that she looks good "for her age."  It'll be annoying then like it is now.  What they say about Britney today (to be polite) is that she looks good for having two kids.  No, Britney doesn't look god for having two kids.  Britney just looks good, period.
We need to stop quantifying everything.  A beautiful woman is beautiful regardless of age.  She's beautiful regardless of how many kids she's birthed.  Britney Spears is a beautiful woman.  If these list makers don't want to include her in their sexy/hot lists, then good.  I don't want to share her with the world, anyway.