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Diziet_Sma
11/19/09

In reply to Sarah Palin & The Toxic Sisterhood
Lorraine Candy is also the editor of Elle in the UK, much to the mystification of most people in the magazine and fashion industries there. But I guess that's just because they're jealous, right Lorraine?
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Ack
11/19/09

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Man, this is something that all people, women and men, need to get over. Every time a woman criticizes another woman does NOT MEAN IT IS TOXIC SISTERHOOD. I can be just as toxic to my brothers as I can be to my sisters. When men are assholes to each other, it's just normal, but when women do it it's "oh, the ladies are being unladylike". Bah.
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Bitingpika
11/19/09

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Hmph. John McCain is as mean as a rattlesnake, and nobody talks about the "toxic brotherhood". Why are boys dissing each other all the time on talk radio and editorials? Can't they all just get alonng?
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willwriteforfood
11/19/09

In reply to Sarah Palin & The Toxic Sisterhood
Palin isn't toxic because she's a woman. She's toxic because she has a tenuous grasp on reality, is narcissistic, has a Manichean view of the world and lacks empathy. It's not her vagina that's making her act this way, it's a personality that is also evident in plenty of men too. Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, Dick Cheney...no one laments when people call them out on their behavior. She's just doing what men have been doing for decades to get back at their enemies.

So why do we feel it necessary to make it a "women are so meeean" argument? She's a person. Some people are just mean.
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Cimorene
11/19/09

In reply to Sarah Palin & The Toxic Sisterhood
"the author's 5-year-old leave the following note for her sister in the cutlery drawer: 'Dear Sky, why are you so gredey?'"

This is hilarious. If I ever have kids I hope they insult each other like this. I laughed for like a minute after I read it.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
11/19/09

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And an email from Mario appears in the inbox in 3...2...
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FrabjousDay
11/19/09

In reply to Sarah Palin & The Toxic Sisterhood
The "women are mean" stereotypes are ridiculous. Women aren't any meaner than men, we're just expected to be nicer. For instance, if my male coworker gossips or whines about someone, that's fine. If I do, I'm catty and bitchy, or, my favourite, PMSing.
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toastandlove
11/19/09

@FrabjousDay: Yes, it's not that my coworkers are fucking morons, it's that I am constantly about to have my period. All the time.
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FrabjousDay
11/19/09

@toastandlove: I have my period ALL MONTH LONG! But only eight hours a day.
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Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
11/19/09

@FrabjousDay: Hearted!
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
Did her job brilliantly? Her job doesn't involve showing up on time or not making dozens of people with lives and other projects rearrange their schedules to suit her mania?
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A Small Turnip
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
It's sort of interesting the way Diane Kruger's claim of unsophistication quietly echoes Kate Beckinsale's comment that she still feels horribly awkward and homely. The cynic in me wants to scoff at the idea that either of them should feel insecure about anything, but oddly enough, I actually think both women are being as honest as they are able.

I think the way people perceive you can sometimes be mind-bogglingly different from the way you perceive yourself. And for women who are in the public eye, this goes double. And there's this strange fucking phenomenon that there are strangers all over the world who have ideas and expectations about who you are and how you should feel about yourself. And none of it actually has any relation to your own sense of identity or self-worth. You're told you're beautiful, stunning, sexy, ravishing, but I imagine it can genuinely ring a little hollow when it's being commodified, and when you know how fucking haggard you look at 6 in the morning. And no matter how widely-travelled and well-educated you are, you'll always know people who seem far more accomplished and sophisticated than you'll ever, ever be. No one ever wins that race.

I dunno. I mean, I know I'm not saying anything radically insightful here, but still. Weird.
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JennaW
08/03/09

@A Small Turnip: And then you know they do all this stuff to your pictures before they print them which means they had to "fix" all the stuff about you they thought was broken. Yeah, that's probably good for the ego, especially if you were an awkward child and have that baggage.
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rednrowdy
08/03/09

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dear delores burke,

people get pregnant in this day and age the same way they got pregnant back when you were in your teens.

i'm not going to comment about your declarations about jude law, either. perhaps now your granddaughter understands the basics about birth control and condom usage, but it's a shame nobody explained it to her years ago.

-rednrowdy
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BlondeGoddess
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
I was watching the movie Proof last week and thought: Hope Davis will make an excellent Hillary Clinton if ever they make a movie of her life.

Hey, presto!
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lalaland13
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
VF would likely have gotten letters either way, but I would have loved to see Mad Men get a cover. Blurgh. I mean, we've heard a lot about Michael Jackson (less about Farrah). But I understand why they did it, and will buy the issue for the Mad Men, and probably read at least some of the Farrah-MJ stuff.
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electricbubbles
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
I'm almost finished with Julie & Julia now, and I kind of hate it. I mean, it's an interesting story, but she's an incredibly whiny lush - This is SO HARD. I need VODKA. Oh, how do I cook and go to work HUNG OVER. My mom is CRAZY. I'm turning into MY MOM.

I'll see the movie, but I don't think I want to read anything else from her.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
08/03/09

@electricbubbles: I wasn't crazy about it either; I just read it this summer, right after My Life In France, and the contrast was like a slap in the face. I was really bothered by the air of, "OMG, we're just two babies who can't do anything right! I'm so incompetent! Awful apartment! Terrible commutes! Job suckitude!" Just...fucking...don't live in New York if you're going to bitch about it; quit your job, act like a grownup. I hate when women's noisy incompetence is rewarded. The rest of us are really working hard and trying to prove we really are adult and competent, and somehow there's no book-and-movie deal at the end of that. I agree; I'm skipping anything else she writes.
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newyorkette
08/03/09

In reply to Lindsay's Elle Shoot "Confusing, Unpredictable"; Chris Brown To Apologize On TV?
Uh, fuck you, Roseanne. AA has helped a lot of people, unlike your snarking.
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Laulau
08/03/09

@newyorkette: Seriously. Not to mention, the whole premise of AA is admitting that you can't drink responsibly and finding a support group to help you not drink at all without FUCKING JUDGMENT. Because the fucking judgment? That is part of what keeps people on a destructive path.
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Hooplehead
08/03/09

@newyorkette: I dunno, I've known a few drunks and addicts up close, and her quote sums up a lot of how I feel about them sometimes. I'm certainly sorry that they have a problem. But it's a bit much when they're being a narcissistic asshole for the umpteenth time and acting like you have to give them a free pass on that because of the booze/drugs/whatever. It gets really tiresome and hurtful, and I can definitely relate to where she's coming from.
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SomeAuthorGirl
03/30/09

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Piss off lady, that was the self-obsessed Baby Boomers that gave birth to me. Generation Me, my ass.

I don't have time to hunt happiness, I'm too busy working my ass off to have 2/3's of the "having it all" I was assured I would get. Any happiness that I accidentally trip over on my way from point A to point B is entirely random.

Grr. Today was not the day for me to read this.
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