February 2012
4 posts
“This is despicable parenting, I don’t understand how someone could report...”
– Crazy Days and Nights: BuzzFoto Blind Item
If you read the blind item, please please be warned for violence and abuse. Which is why I chose to quote a comment which sums up my response completely and not the blind item itself. So either it’s made up, or someone decided it was better to tell...
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“Addiction is not a fame problem. Addiction is a medical condition. Fame may make...”
– WHITNEY ELIZABETH HOUSTON 1963-2012 - Entertainment & Culture - EBONY (I saw the link to this through Racialicious.)
Ben Affleck Gives His Pregnant Wife A Break And... →
To quote: Ben Affleck was spotted with daughters Violet and Seraphina at the farmers market in Pacific Palisades over the weekend, and the actor looked absolutely thrilled to be on daddy duty! Er, right?
Yeah, Affleck’s expression has everything to do with being a parent and nothing to do with the photographers facing him down. Also? He’s a parent, just like Jennifer Garner is and...
“That Victoria Beckham has ever had an insecurities about her body is...”
– Victoria Beckham Covers iD, Says Her Designs Stem From Her Own Insecurities – Fashionista: Fashion Industry News, Designers, Runway Shows, Style Advice
It’s really mind-boggling? When Victoria Beckham, like any woman, famous or not, has her weight and expression and existence policed on a...
January 2012
6 posts
“The Project Runway host and the soulful singer have been married six years and...”
– Heidi Klum And Seal Still Together…For Now! | Radar Online
I know I shit on radar, with justification, a lot, but they are maybe the only outlet I have seen that has stated the simple truth: they are parents to four children. I find it so much preferable to the line I’ve seen over again...
“The downside of being ridiculously famous and adored – having a stalker problem.”
– Halle Berry Has A Stalker | Pink is the New Blog
Yeah - it’s a downside that only happens to the famous or the beautiful - stalking isn’t a problem that happens for unfamous or not conventionally attractive people. Actually, that is true, because stalking isn’t a...
“Sandra Bullock’s adorable little tot hit the streets of Los Angeles with his hot...”
– Sunny Sandra Bullock Drops Somber Louis Bardo Off At School | Radar Online
Radar online will not stop policing the expressions of a 2 year old. Or imagining the source of said expressions. It’s disgusting.
VIDEO: Madonna Mocks Ricky Gervais - Golden Globes... →
I was actually like, wha? When she made this joke. Madonna is insulting Gervais by calling him … a girl? How is being a girl an insult? I am so tired of asking that question - I know, the answer is obvious.
“Also, sorry for the double post, but it just confuses me the way people are so...”
– Beyonce Baby Drama
I L U Feministe commenter. Seriously. Esp the dig at Jezebel in the last sentence.
“He’s usually a somber little boy, but Thursday Sandra Bullock must have been...”
– Say That Again Mom! Sandra Bullock’s Usually Somber Louis Bardo Is All Laughs | Radar Online
Thank you for policing the expressions of a 2 year old, Radar. I had a little belief in the basic humanity of your writers and I would have hated to have kept that.
December 2011
3 posts
Today has really crystallized my, I think, irrational dislike of anyone who says Beyonce is faking her pregnancy, or thinks she might be. It feels like this “story” of her “faking it” is being spun by a number of websites who have been harping over and over again on this story no matter what reality is before our eyes. ONE VIDEO where something looks weird and suddenly...
The 25 Best Fashion Editorials of 2011 – →
According to Fashionista. Judging by the front picture selected for each edit, there was one editorial that had a woman of color that made Fashionista’s list of “editorials from 2011 that will stay tacked up on our walls and fill our inspiration boards well into the new year—and beyond.” I’m sorry, that’s gross. Fashionista’s own list of Vogue’s top 10...
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Kristen Stewart Can't Act: Or Let's Spot the...
First, the though, let’s be clear: Many folks think Kristen Stewart doesn’t exactly have Oscar-worthy chops.
“The worst casting news since Jessica Alba was picked to be Sue Storm,” the St. Petersburg Times mourned when it first heard that Stewart would play Snow White, noting “Kristen’s terrible, terrible lack of acting ability.”
First off, The St....
November 2011
1 post
How would we survive without Shape Magazine?
Taking celebrity women to task, without addressing the weight pressures that actresses are under-or the fact that many of these women lost the weight for roles is nothing but an excuse to body police some women. (Also, are we really critiquing Beyonce’s body? For real?) ANYWAY. This exercise in body policing is, of course, for their own good. We can’t have women thinking they they...
October 2011
10 posts
THE BURNING QUESTION: WHY DON’T MARIAH’S BABIES... →
gototaskinthecity:
I was going to pull a quote from this Janet Charlton post or just quote it in full, but the gross racism was just too much without a trigger warning. Charlton consulted an EXPERT on why the children of Mariah and Nick don’t look like she apparently thinks they should when they have a black man for a father. This is the gross, hurtful “discussion” that passes for gossip for...
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Jennifer Aniston!
I’ll admit it: Aniston is not my favorite celeb. I’ve never liked “Friends”. But this constant narrative that she is desperate and craves attention is annoying. Why isn’t the narrative that she is confident and happy? George Clooney isn’t married *and* is childless but every tabloid isn’t blaring stories about how he is “desperate” for...
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Other people who should be happy according to x17,...
-Corps de ballet members
-Famine victims (Hey, they don’t have food but they would look great in the new Versace collection!)
-Anoretics
-Straight size fashion models
-Anna Wintour
People Who Should be Sad According to x17
Fatties (ie everyone above a 2/4)
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Adoption!
The truth is that women are all competitive bitches. Mariska Hargitay and her husband aren’t adopting for one of the many reasons that people usually adopt. They are adopting because adopting is a competition. And Mariska Hargitay wants to win that competition. Which is not only a fucked up idea about women but a stupid idea about why people want kids in the first place.
Adopted...
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Beyonce! AGAIN!
When the Washington Post and ABC News start asking questions about whether Beyonce’s baby bump is really a baby bump, then you know Beyonce has some explaining to do. They are also the kind of news organizations that can actually get an answer from Beyonce’s public relations team who said that the rumors floating around the internet yesterday were “stupid ridiculous and...
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Christina Aguilera!
“She is totally unaware of how she looks, no one dresses like that unless they think they look good,” nutritionist Jackie Keller, CEO of Nutrifit in Los Angeles, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.
-RadarOnline
Do you know that, unless you look like Karlie Kloss you should not be happy with your body? You must be thin, thin, thin and if you are NOT, do not DARE to wear...
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Beyonce!
Do you think Beyonce wants to be bigger than she is? Are they going the surrogate route? There is something going on and Beyonce needs to come clean.
-CDAN
It is so important that Beyonce and Jay-Z tell us all about their medical business. CDAN knows what baby bumps should look like and knows that Beyonce’s is obviously fake. So the Carter-Knowles, a couple so famously private they...
“Christina Aguilera rocked the Michael Jackson tribute show in Wales with her...”
– Bloated Christina Aguilera Rocks Michael Jackson Tribute Concert - Starpulse.com
This is just one of many many articles on this - “unflattering choice” is the nicer term being applied, though the same article invited commenters to comment on what they thought of Aguilera. Mostly -...
“We’re used to see her looking ever-so-serious, even stern at times, so...”
– Suri Smiles! | Radar Online
It’s a day for policing children’s expressions while they are photographed solely because their parents are famous!
“Actress Sandra Bullock and son Louis were spotted visiting a friend in Los...”
– BLACKCELEBKIDS.COM- Black Celebrity Kids,babies,and their Parents » SPOTTED: SANDRA BULLOCK AND HER LITTLE MAN
Did you think we wouldn’t police the smiling of children? Cause we will! (Though from my own anecdotal tallying, female children get it a lot more than male children.)
September 2011
6 posts
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“It just seems like no matter what size you are, you just can’t win in Hollywood....”
– 10 Celebrity Moms Who Have Been Criticized For Their Weight (Photos) | Famecrawler
I seriously can’t add anything to those two paragraphs. Oh wait: this article is a gross endorsement of body policing on an epic scale while pretending to be all go ladies!
E! Online will slut shame you for getting out of a... →
I thought work would be the thing making me the angriest this weekend, but E!Online stepped in, with a headline that encapsulates the disgusting misogyny and slut shaming of crotch shots! I’d say read it, because it’s so blatant, there is no subtext, but not everyone needs to have their anger and despair reinforced.
“Here’s the bottom line: it doesn’t matter if she knew she was being targeted. It...”
– Leaked Nude Pics: Let’s Stop Blaming The Victim (via lovelocket)
“Wow, the Perez hate is really flowing here. I’m sure that with this...”
– Noted Penis Scribbler Perez Hilton To Launch Family-Oriented Site
I shared this on my google reader with a note about how for every vicious thing Jezebel decried, you had to wonder why the fuck PHilton is linked every single damn day in the Dirtbag. Now, that might have changed. I’ve stopped...
“Ever the fan of family-friendly wardrobe, LeAnn showed off her...”
– LeAnn’s Family Fair Day
Vaginas and short shorts are dirty and not family friendly. That’s not gross as AT ALL.
“Meanwhile, Charlize recently made headlines after she revealed that she’s so...”
– Faded Youth Blog | CHARLIZE THERON GETS HER SHOP ON IN SOUTH WEST LONDON
Yes, being open to everything in life is being SO DESPERATE to be a mom she might even stoop to consider adoption. Nothing offensive in that description AT ALL.
August 2011
19 posts
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“Rocking an off the shoulder gown and diamond and emerald jewels, Beyonce appears...”
– Faded Youth Blog | PREGNANT BEYONCE SHOWS OFF BABY BUMP AT 2011 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
Finally? SERIOUSLY you can type finally like you get to judge when Beyonce and her husband should have children, like it’s yours to judge? That’s not the least bit offensive except how it totally is.
“The 30-year-old Spy Kids: All the Time in the World actress gave birth to her...”
– Jessica Alba Debuts Post-Baby Body | Cash Warren, Celebrity Babies, Honor Warren, Jessica Alba : Just Jared
Haaaaaaate this - every time a celebrity has her baby, if her next public appearance is within a month, they are lauded for “losing the baby weight” when most of the time,...
“The smile-deficient fashionista is said to have slipped the disc while pregnant...”
– Victoria Beckham’s Worst Nightmare… Forced To Wear FLAT Shoes To Fashion Week! | Radar Online
SO SO much to be angry about in this post, but I decided smile-deficient was the one to go with. It is not her fucking job to smile for paparazzi or in her public appearances. Wanting a woman...
“It is not that I don’t believe Christina’s version of events,...”
– Crazy Days and Nights: Christina Aguilera Not Beating Her Son
It’s not that he doesn’t believe it, he just wants to insinuate it’s not true and get in digs about Christina being a shitty mother and a drunk! I do enjoy that at the time of posting every single comment was a...
I was irritated enough to leave a comment on the Denimology post I linked to yesterday and when I just went to check to see if the editors had responded, the entire post had been removed. Ouch?
“TV and film actress, Tiffani Thiessen, is seen here in the DL1961 Angel in Bolt....”
– Tiffani Thiessen In DL1961 Jeans - Denimology
Thanks for the body policing, Denimology! Oh, also, many women with what you’re hurtfully calling “real” bodies can’t buy the jeans you talk about in every single entry because they literally don’t make sizes above 30...
“*UPDATE: Pinkett Smith’s publicist has released a statement denying the...”
– Will, Jada, And The Curse Of Bragging About Your Sex Life [Updated]
now there’s TWO updates pointing out that Will and Jada didn’t split, and TWO caveats that their point still stands. That point is apparently that being a celebrity and talking about your relationship will doom your...
“Did Will and Jada, like so many other celebrity couples on the road to...”
– Will, Jada, And The Curse Of Bragging About Your Sex Life
Is Jezebel just that awful that they posted an incredibly long not-funny story about how you can clearly tell Will and Jada would break up based on their YEARS long habit of talking about the quality of their sex life? Would Jezebel do this...
“Fast forward to now and Kate’s rail thin frame looks scarily skinny compared to...”
– Kate Middleton Looks Shockingly Skinny Next To Sister Pippa | Radar Online
Thanks for the constant body policing, radar! It’s important we all know the difference between healthy fit and fabulous and scarily thin! Sigh.
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"Go East!" US Vogue Sept 2011
US Vogue “explores China” in their newest issue. Now, I do not want to put too fine a point on this but this editorial is terribly racist. I am going to talk about reasons one by one, just to help me keep them straight!
1) Chinese people are not a convient backdrop for a white model. Vogue has done this before but in previous issues it was Natalia Vodianova in Russia or Joan...
Who knew E!Online could not suck? →
The question posed to E!Online is deeply offensive, gross and disturbing and hurtful and really, I could throw a lot of words on there. It’s about the recent suicide of the husband of one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. And the answer? Notes that celebrity deaths don’t actually happen in threes and provides actual information! with links! About suicide prevention, delivered...
X17 lets their headline do the mommy shaming →
The headline is all about Stefani being a BAD MOTHER, the “article” doesn’t mention that whole heavy lifting finger pointing part. But, you know, they had to get that in there SOMEHOW.
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“Taylor Swift is the latest victim of the dreaded celebrity wardrobe malfunction....”
– TAYLOR SWIFT: WARDROBE MALFUNCTION « Faded Youth Blog
Is it really any sort of malfunction when underwear is visible during dancing? And more to the point:
a) the latest victim? Are we really describing the act of clothes being sheer or disheveled as some kind of roving band that leaves...
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"age inappropriate fashion"
You are a grown woman making fun of 14 year girls. Examine your life choices.
(PS “HA HA! He looks like a lesbian” is really, you know, kind of a shitty thing for a feminist website to say. What kind of assumptions are you making about gender and identity that you are, in essence, making fun of a 17 year old boy for looking like a girl? Again, examine your life choices.)
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Let's Talk Rihanna!
(Picture from barbados.org)
In a recent GFY post, Rihanna is said to ” wear a string bikini and dance 90-percent-nude down the streets of Barbados”. This is true. She did exactly that. But I wonder if California internet users have access to wikipedia, as a simple search would have brought up many pictures of people dressed like the photo above, AT THE EXACT SAME EVENT AS...
I do try to be fair. People grow and change, they become more aware and hopefully post less body policing and other horrors, right? So I resolved today to try to read The Fug Girls, again.
Maybe it was just the week or two I could get through, but it wasn’t as bad as I remembered. As bad, There were no entries on Taylor Momsen, and I know from my fellow fiuter that they are really bad...
“Painful but worth it”? WHAT THE HELL. Do InStyle’s offices not have access to...”
– InStyle Makeover: Rita Hayworth’s Ethnic Makeover Was “Worth It”: Glossed Over
Excellent post from Glossed Over I had to share.
“Looks like Orlando Bloom has sparked to daddyhood. While Miranda Kerr was...”
– Orlando Bloom Brings Out the Baby - E! Online
So these are the stories are we told, to reiterate - Orlando Bloom, who actually has been pictured caring for his son many many many times since he was born and spoken in interviews about how much he loves being a father, has in this ONE picture...
Did you know gossip columnists are parenting... →
Janet Charlton knows all about kids - see, the ONLY reason Katie Holmes is often seen carrying her small child must be some sort of pathology on Katie’s part. No one carries “tall” five year olds! THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG, you see. With Katie’s parenting, with Katie, whatever. Since we’re ignoring that this is a child and parent stalked by paparazzi who might be...