It used to be so easy to psychoanalyze Lindsay Lohan. All the trappings of young fame were right there: the box office successes, the forgettable pop music, the overbearing stage mother, the troubled father, and a revolving door of famous boy toys who kept her company as her heady Hollywood life spiraled out of control. The shock we felt as she squandered our goodwill with stints in rehab, cocaine-fueled car crashes, paparazzi shots of her bare crotch, and an increasingly irritable demeanor was warranted -- after all, wasn’t this cute young thing from Long Island supposed to be the antithesis of a celebutard? But it was never easy to look away, and after a while it started to feel as if she didn’t want us to.
We’ve obliged: We’re still watching Lindsay Lohan’s story unfold, thanks to the battalion of tabloid magazines and celebrity-oriented websites that routinely trample the boundaries between keeping tabs on her diminished career and chronicling her every waking moment. In the past year, we’ve watched as she’s taken up what appears to be a serious relationship with 31-year-old DJ Samantha Ronson, an out lesbian. And here’s where it gets interesting: Lohan, one of the preeminent young starlets of her generation, seems to have entered into this same-sex relationship with little to no fallout. What does it say about evolving attitudes in the media -- and among the public at large—that Lindsay Lohan is suddenly living lesbian and the news has barely caused a stir?
The press has covered Lindsay and Samantha’s union with almost unheard-of restraint. After months of media speculation about their ongoing outings -- using code words and phrases like “inseparable companions,” “more than just friends,” “BFFs,” and “gal pals” -- People magazine has finally gone full-bore with a two-page spread devoted to the couple in its August 4 issue headlined lindsay in love. The article -- featuring five pictures of the duo variously holding hands, blowing kisses, and beaming as they share ice-cream cones -- all but confirms their status as lovebirds, even if Lohan and Ronson have yet to do so themselves: More than a year after they were first spotted club-hopping, neither woman has publicly commented on the exact nature of their relationship. Their obfuscation has only been magnified by comments from Lohan’s press-happy family. Her father, Michael, told the New York Daily News in May, “Lindsay’s life choices are up to her.” Her mother, Dina, spent months refuting the rumors but appeared to backtrack in July when she told reporters, “They’re great friends, and as long as my daughter is happy and healthy, it is what it is.”
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