Whale's Tail

The rising popularity of low-rise jeans led to increased exposure of thong tops in the early 2000s. Originally shown by WWE female wrestler Lita in early 2000, others such as Britney Spears have been portrayed as a major contributor to the whale tail's popularity. Thong on Fire by Noire, The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears by Ryan G. Van Cleave, and Off-Color by Janet McDonald. The Oregonian, a Portland, Oregon, newspaper, wrote in 2004 that an abundance of whale tails had become a distraction in schools. Social commentator Ann C. Hall identified this campus trend as an "apparent intersection between everyday campus fashion and soft porn".