Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Oct 16, 2017 15:10:12 GMT -6
It is hot, nasty garbage. Yes, there it is. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 17:28:57 GMT -6
She has been leaning heavily on this schtick this year. I followed her on FB for like 2 months because I agreed with something she said somewhere, then didn't take long to unfollow her. She does like weekly vlogs that are just about preaching about something she personally feels strongly about, she lays on this "if you don't agree with that, that's great" bit just as a get-out-of-jail-free card, and tries to justify views that shame people - from breastfeeding to monogamy to sexual assault, apparently - as "her feminism." She regularly posted updates that seemed to be for the sole purpose of stirring shit up. I am not one to say that celebrities can't speak on politics/culture/etc, but her angle as self-styled purveyor of righteousness is obnoxious. Yeah, I remember rolling my eyes way back when she was going on about why she doesn't "make" her kids say thank you or please. |
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bazi
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Post by bazi on Oct 16, 2017 19:33:26 GMT -6
This piece was absurd...I really don’t know what her point was other than subtle victim blaming and patting herself on the back for not bending to beauty norms.
Also, she’s a former anti-Vaxxer (or reformed? Claimed her words were taken out of context when the tide turned?)...so whenever I see her name my eyes roll.
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bazi
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Post by bazi on Oct 16, 2017 19:44:22 GMT -6
And hey Blossom...tonight I was catcalled from a car while waiting to cross the street in front of my house. “Hey Baby...come on get in, lemme get that ass” to be exact.
I was wearing a hoodie,sweatpants and sneakers...and am 9 months pregnant. Does this count as “self protecting and wise?” or was I asking for it?
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Post by bazi on Oct 16, 2017 19:57:59 GMT -6
Also I get annoyed when anyone writes an article...then claims they are being misunderstood and taken out of context. You wrote this, you rewrote it, you edited it...assumingly someone else edited it. You weren’t ambushed by TMZ outside a Starbucks. Take ownership, and then FRO.
Clearly I am more worked up about this than I initially thought.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 20:46:33 GMT -6
So I spent some time reading the comments on the actual op ed. She got criticized by some but I was surprised by how many people were praising her.
I’m glad I’m here on the Internet with y’all.
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Post by anastasia on Oct 17, 2017 7:14:04 GMT -6
I don't know much about her, but I thought I liked and respected her.
That article was disgusting and I can't imagine any context that would help. I'm disappointed in her and hope she actually learns something from all the criticism.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 7:30:47 GMT -6
She is.....She is an asshole.
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allisong
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Post by allisong on Oct 17, 2017 8:24:40 GMT -6
She’s a fucking idiot.
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sterling
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Post by sterling on Oct 17, 2017 11:38:16 GMT -6
She's definitely a train wreck that I tune in to read/watch because it's almost always so absurd. She has long taken this stance and victim blamed on about 12903 other occasions. I am not surprised this is her take.
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dc2london
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Post by dc2london on Oct 17, 2017 16:08:44 GMT -6
She has been leaning heavily on this schtick this year. I followed her on FB for like 2 months because I agreed with something she said somewhere, then didn't take long to unfollow her. She does like weekly vlogs that are just about preaching about something she personally feels strongly about, she lays on this "if you don't agree with that, that's great" bit just as a get-out-of-jail-free card, and tries to justify views that shame people - from breastfeeding to monogamy to sexual assault, apparently - as "her feminism." She regularly posted updates that seemed to be for the sole purpose of stirring shit up. I am not one to say that celebrities can't speak on politics/culture/etc, but her angle as self-styled purveyor of righteousness is obnoxious. Yeah, I remember rolling my eyes way back when she was going on about why she doesn't "make" her kids say thank you or please. Oh doesn't she like bedshare with her adolescent kids? |
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Post by dc2london on Oct 17, 2017 16:10:25 GMT -6
at first I thought she was going for the, "Even ugly duckling women are objectified by Hollywood" angle and I was following her, but then she just like....drove the car through a corn field and wound up in Nonsenseville.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 17, 2017 16:11:22 GMT -6
If she wanted to make the point that misogyny in Hollywood doesn't only negatively affect beautiful women, then that's valid. But if that was her overarching point, she veered way left
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