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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

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Zero Tolerance for Paris Hilton can only be a good thing.
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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

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I find it irritating that the author is holding up Audrey Hepburn as a model of 'self-respect', considering the poor woman battled with anorexia for most of her life.

I'd take Katherine Hepburn as my inspiration over Audrey any day, thanks.
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cubiks rube
06/15/09

@Diziet_Sma: She suffered from chronic malnutrition in WWII from Nazi occupation in the Netherlands and she had health problems such as an inability to process food well, edemas, and respiratory issues for the rest of her life. She did not have an ED.

[www.nnp.org]

I wasn't sure how to make that a link
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cubiks rube
06/15/09

@cubiks rube: sweet!
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BlondeGoddess
06/15/09

@Diziet_Sma: in that vein, you could also say that a woman who battled confusion about her sexuality all her life is not the ideal role model.
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BlondeGoddess
06/15/09

@BlondeGoddess: To avoid misunderstanding: I don't mean this as criticism of Kate Hepburn in any way, shape or form. It's just that her life was a lot more complicated than: she loved to wear pants.
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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

@cubiks rube: Well, we'll never know for sure.

But, according to the BBC: "her naturally slender frame was said to be the result of childhood malnutrition (although biographers also recount her anorexic tendencies). "

[news.bbc.co.uk]
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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

@BlondeGoddess: Granted, nobody's the 'ideal' role model, because nobody's perfect. So let's say I think someone who may have been confused over her sexuality (first I've heard, but it fits, I guess) is a less-dangerous role model than someone who didn't eat properly, for whatever reason.
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champagne
06/15/09

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Never over Audrey. Ever.
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Phalene
06/15/09

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Weren't most of Audrey Hepburn's characters prostitutes or child like women who needed a man to complete them? Hell, Gigi is about a girl being groomed by her family to be an (under age) high class rent girl, and that's layers of creepy in itself. I know nothing about the actual actress beyond a few early career factoids, but I usually see he in photographs from her movies and none of those are what I'd call ideal role models.
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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

@Phalene: Exactly. I've never understood the cult of Audrey, not that I have anything against her, per se.
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BlondeGoddess
06/15/09

@Phalene: Leslie Caron played Gigi, btw.
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ellaesther
06/15/09

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I'm just going to throw out there that "emulation" is not a bad thing, in and of itself. It means recognizing the admirable in someone else, and attempting to incorporate that same admirable behavior -- it's just seeing someone as a role model, and I have certainly found role models useful in my life. (And, side note: it's a central tenet of Shia observance, if I'm not mistaken, in that each person is meant to choose for themselves a religious leader who they will "emulate," ie: follow.).

"Aping" is a bad thing, as is "following blindly." "Emulating," not necessarily.
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FangirlD
06/15/09

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From Amazon.com: "In a society driven by celebutante news and myspace profiles, women of class, style and charm are hard to come by. The Audrey and Katharines of the world continue to lose their lustre as thongs, rehab and outrageous behaviour burn up the daily headlines. But, despite appearances, guys still want a girl they can take home to their mother, employers still like to see a tailored suit and peers still respect classy conduct. So is it possible to maintain old fashioned virtues in a modern world without looking like a starchy Amish grandma? Christy shows women how in this guide to glamorous style, professional success and true love...the classy way. Full of fun assignments, notable names and real-life examples, Christy offers a new look at seemingly 'old fashioned' advice. She covers diet, speech, work ethic, friends, relationships, manners, makeup and fashionable yet modest clothing, showing modern ladies how they can be beautiful, intelligent and fun while retaining values and morals."

I was hoping this would be more of a commentary on the changing view of women and celebrity in society, rather than another vapid how-to guide with the bottom line: "act classy, not slutty." So much for wishful thinking...
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Diziet_Sma
06/15/09

@FangirlD: You know what, though? This will appeal to exactly the people it needs to, and speak to them on their level. Less 'Girls Gone Wild' can only be a good thing.
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tscheese
06/15/09

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Tscheese's Guide to Being A Pretty Okay Human

1) Consider the comfort and safety of those around you. Wearing twelve gallons of perfume on mass transit, or driving recklessly under the influence of Blackberry/iPhone, or otherwise doing things that could cause deleterious effects on other people? Yeah, don't do those things.

2) Wear clothes that fit. They don't have to be expensive. Consider washing them occasionally, too.

3) Even if you disagree with someone, there's no reason to engage in personal attacks on them.

4) Give Tscheese a multi-million dollar book deal because she dispenses such wonderful advice.

WELL? WHERE'S MY ROYALTY CHECK? WAITING.
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DangerMouse
06/15/09

@tscheese: My competing version will be:

Cover yourself.

Try not to smell bad.

No yelling.
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ellaesther
06/15/09

@tscheese: I am sending you an honorarium from the Ellaesther School of Sensible Thinking as we speak!
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augie1
06/15/09

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This isn't going "Hepburn," but minimicing Holly Golightly. And frankly I dont think "brains, beauty and self-respect" when I think of that character. In fact, I think of a paleo-Hilton.
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
06/15/09

@augie1: Yes, that cover made me think, "Am I the only one who realized Holly was basically a high-class call girl?" Also she was terribly, miserably unhappy. Not exactly my idea of a role model, no matter how fantastic her outfits were.
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ellaesther
06/15/09

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I am sooo tired of (Fill In the Blank)-Bashing -- be it Paris, or Lindsey, or Megan Fox, or whomsoever.

Being respectable ("classy") doesn't mean losing respect for the humanity of other people, even if you don't like what they're doing, even if you think that the way they live their lives does damage to an important cause. It means choosing to live a different way, and continuing to respect those around us.

How this rule extends to the likes of Dr. Tiller's murderer, or those who stole the election in Iran, or Dick Cheney, I am unsure. But for the vast majority of humanity, bashing is neither classy, nor useful.
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badmutha
06/15/09

@ellaesther: But bashing Dick Cheney IS useful!
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Easybreezy
06/15/09

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I think all it takes is keeping your panties on?
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tscheese
06/15/09

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Look, if taking lessons from Paris Hilton will enable me to have immense gobs of cash and an army of stylists and nutritionists and like a zillion flashy cars that one can obtain simply for being born, I am ALL EARS.
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marshmallory
06/15/09

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Or, you know, be yourself? It might be cliche´, but I'd rather be me than a Hepburn or a Hilton.
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DutchessOfDork
06/15/09

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I would like to be a Katharine Hepburn. FUCK YES
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alextotheb
06/15/09

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I find the label "classy" somewhat problematic. Can anyone contribute a Marxist deconstruction of this term?

I CAN'T ARTICULATE WHY THIS BUGS ME SO!!!1
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andBegorrah
06/15/09

@alextotheb: It internalizes "gentility" as concomitant with upper class - and, at least in "guidebooks" like this one or in similar pronouncements about what is "classy," defines it according to an aspirational consumer model of creating identity through a (luxury goods-laden) look.
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Aesop's Foibles. YES.
06/15/09

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I dunno. I think I'd rather take lessons from Countess Luann Fakey McFakerton DeLesseps. Her modern take on how to be a great big phony appeals to me more than some woman telling me I need to go around wearing pearls and sunglasses all the time. I got enough class already, I don't need a costume to prove it.

*spits*
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badmutha
06/15/09

@..now it's just Aesop's Foibles.: I'm pretty classy myself. Wanna get a beer?
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