Um, her name is actually spelled Katharine Hepburn. I know because my parents named me after her and I've been correcting people on how to spell my name ever since. Do you guys, in honor of Katharines everywhere, mind changing the spelling on her name and on the tag for the post?
Watching her is at first cheering: if the experience of social anxiety and self-doubt extends even to this great lady, it's clearly universal. Therefore I'm not freakishly neurotic and I can expect that no one who uncovers my fears of inadequacy will judge me harshly for them.
As she goes on, though, I turn sad, because if Katharine Freakin' Hepburn still feels like a bore and quails away from parties, my self-esteem is unlikely to ever materialize, even if I should achieve some measure of success.
Lord knows I'm only worth .05% of a Katharine Hepburn.
My favourite Katharine Hepburn story is how, when crew 'stole' her pants in an attempt to make her wear skirts, she walked around in her underwear until they were forced to return her trousers. Awesome to the hilt!
@Laulau: What do you teach? I've noticed that my lecturers will often tell anecdotes of female kickarse-ness, and they always go down well with the boys and girls alike.
This week I was questioning my taking a feminist philosophy course, but then my professor did an impression of Katherine Hepburn and I knew I was in the right class.
Choosing someone who I am physically attracted to and who also inspires, uplifts, educates and keeps me interested is my first priority- not their race.
Yeah Russell, so Kimora was actually uplifting and not the rude, tacky mess that we all saw. Date who you want to, but methinks you doth protest too much. And really, do you honestly really think anyone gives a good goddamn who you're dating?
Joe Pantoliano's quotation about mental illness sounds a lot like a Mitch Hedberg joke:
"Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only disease you can get yelled at for having. 'Otto! You're an alcoholic!' 'Otto! You have lupus!' One of those doesn't sound right."
@ObtuseIntolerant: Hang around with me, honey. I find him obnoxious in the extreme, and cannot understand what exactly is funny about shouting nonsense in a Faux-Edwardian-Dandy style.
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Anyway. Love her. The Philadelphia Story is one of my favorite movies ever. And on top of it all, she was an atheist!
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It's a sore subject with me too.
- Another Katharine
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As she goes on, though, I turn sad, because if Katharine Freakin' Hepburn still feels like a bore and quails away from parties, my self-esteem is unlikely to ever materialize, even if I should achieve some measure of success.
Lord knows I'm only worth .05% of a Katharine Hepburn.
01/23/09
Are you listening, Mariah "Why Can't I Sit with the First Family" Carey?
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Anytime I suggest such a thing, however, it is never
met with agreement
From now on, I'm going to cite Katharine as my source and see how that changes the reaction
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Yeah Russell, so Kimora was actually uplifting and not the rude, tacky mess that we all saw. Date who you want to, but methinks you doth protest too much. And really, do you honestly really think anyone gives a good goddamn who you're dating?
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"Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only disease you can get yelled at for having. 'Otto! You're an alcoholic!' 'Otto! You have lupus!' One of those doesn't sound right."
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I have been enamored of many an Englishman in my day, some of them quite ribald and maybe even a tad dirty.
But he just seems like a caricature to me. Did I miss a key role/appearance?
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