Snooki

After a night of carousing with my friends on the streets of Dallas for Halloween I find it necessary to discuss the phenomenon of Jersey Shore's Snooki. Snooki the short, loud-mouthed, pickle loving female who was made famous in the first season for getting decked by a guy in a bar.

I ran in to Snooki on Halloween, numerous times. They weren't always the same Snooki, some were male, some female, but all with the unmistakable bumped hair, tanned skin, dark eyeliner, and tight leopard dress. I suppose it can be considered a triumph that the MTV character transcends not only all forms of media but also gender.

After finally getting to see the entirety of South Park's Jersey Shore episode, Snooki's gender transcendence is even more apparent. On the episode Snooki is illustrated as more of an "it" than a person. It is a vodka drinking monster that resembles a rat with big hair, it cannot speak clearly, only mumbles over and over, "Snooki wants Smush," "Smush" "Smush." For those who are not aficionados of the show, "smush" is another word used for sex.

I wonder how Nicole Polizzi feels about these representations.