"Queen Elizabeth the first was praised as the beautiful Virgin Queen until the day of her death at age sixty nine. But none of her subjects truly believed there was a hottie underneath all those layers of white make up and frilly dresses. They just kind of got used to the title."
What..the hell..? Seriously, dude, you need to chill it a bit. As if I wasn't already infuriated by quotes like "she's past her 'use by' date," you drop this gem? This guy should not be writing about history, or women, or.. anything.
I freakin' LOVE how they call Drew Barrymore fat and then have the gall to accuse Helen Hunt of 'buying into the Hollywood fad of self starvation'. Hypocritical, fickle, women hating arseholes.
@ImproperDancing: I once dated a guy who said his favorite actress was Drew Barrymore. When I said I didn't like her, he acted angrily stunned like I had given him the wrong answer. He said, "I thought you'd like her! Because she's not one of those waif-thin Hollywood actresses!"
Uh, yes she is, and the fact that he thought she wasn't thin didn't play out too well for him. I imagine Spike was running content then titled "transparent things to say when dating a feminist."
"In Castaway you really feel bad for Tom Hanks because of how bad fate screwed him over – he lost a damn fine woman!
And then along came anorexia...it was more than a bit frightening, and somewhat perplexing, that someone so intelligent would buy into the unattractive Hollywood fad of self-starvation."
From all the millions of women who struggle and have struggled with eating disorders, a resounding fuck you, Mr. Block.
I wish I hadn't clicked on that link, because now I've contributed to the pageviews for that misogynistic, shallow, vitriolic piece of shit that Spike is calling a "blog entry." That was written for no other reason than to piss people off, and it worked, goddamn it. And now I have to boycott their Bond marathons on principle. This is bullshit. Nathan Bloch, I blame you for the next Tuesday night I spend reading The Beauty Myth instead of watching Octopussy. You asshole.
The Drew Barrymore comment is amusing. This guy must have never seen her in REAL life. I was taken aback when I saw her in a bar in NYC, she is TINY like teeny weeny tiny tiny.
i always assumed she was a "normal" size girl. Never pegged her as a petite small sized woman, but she totally is.
@veronykah: How does a "chubby," "expired," and "ugly" woman represent an entire cosmetics line, and continue to star in no less than 2 movies an year?
This guy must be masturbating to Dakota Fanning or something.
I'm from Houston, born and raised, and I still live here. I love it and live in the Montrose (today announced as one of the country's best neighborhoods by the American Planning Association) and hate all of the negative attention this one high school is causing. Please don't make the grandiose generalizations that we're all terrible.
That being said, I have some advice for the young women posting that they are MHS students and have bought the shirt. I understand that you want to fit in and get attention for being cool with what these guys did, but there are consequences.
But please keep in mind that, ultimately, these guys thought nothing of using a woman in a terrible and humiliating way for fun. They will think nothing of doing the same to you. These are they type of guys who get a woman really drunk and take turns with her. And you will be the one who "asked for it". Remember, you were cool with everything they did before and thought depicting rape was all in good fun.
Do yourself a favor and find the guys who can be clever without doing it at your gender's expense. Invite your friends and have a t-shirt bonfire in front of the school. Take a stand. This was an easy, cheap shot and once you let them get away with it, they will only get worse.
Any other St. Agnes alums out there? It's stuff like this that makes me grateful I went to an all girls school.
The comments about Drew, while nasty might be the least obnoxious ones on the list. Every other woman (save Lilo) is guilty of passing the age of 35 and should therefore just off her self.
The author's name is Nathan Bloch and just looking at his face proves he's a douchebag.
Okay, so let me get this straight, the crimes committed by these women are thus: Julia Roberts got old, Cameron Diaz has too many wrinkles, Meg Ryan doesn't have enough wrinkles and has had too much plastic surgery, SJP got old, Lilo is too (in)famous and over-exposed, Renee Zellweger was only cute (never hot), Helen Hunt got too skinny, Drew Barrymore is just cute and is too chubby, Teri Hatcher is too thin and Nicole Kidman got old. There is little to no mention about their talents as writers, directors, producers or actresses or about their contributions to cinema on the whole. I suppose the brilliant thing is that in 200 years people will still be able to watch them flicker across movie screens, they will forever illicit laughter and tears from audiences, so guess what? They win. They won't be remembered for how hot they were, they will be celebrated for the characters they brought to life. And newsflash to the author of the list, you too are going to get old, saggy and infirm so go fuck yourself for criticizing the inevitable in such a vile and snarky way.
@la.donna.pietra: You ROCK! I always loved this movie. I thought Drew was so bad ass...I spent three years trying to light things on fire with my eyes to no avail. I developed a killer glare though.
10/08/09
well, at least he is willing to admit that he believes women are nothing more than products to be bought and sold.
10/08/09
Unsurprisingly, his looks are nothing to write home about.
10/08/09
"Queen Elizabeth the first was praised as the beautiful Virgin Queen until the day of her death at age sixty nine. But none of her subjects truly believed there was a hottie underneath all those layers of white make up and frilly dresses. They just kind of got used to the title."
What..the hell..? Seriously, dude, you need to chill it a bit. As if I wasn't already infuriated by quotes like "she's past her 'use by' date," you drop this gem? This guy should not be writing about history, or women, or.. anything.
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10/08/09
This is just an insanely elaborate ruse to get her to flash Letterman again.
Not that it would happen, mind you. They are both more mature-at-heart - or at least she is.
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DOES NOT COMPUTE.
10/08/09
Uh, yes she is, and the fact that he thought she wasn't thin didn't play out too well for him. I imagine Spike was running content then titled "transparent things to say when dating a feminist."
10/07/09
"Past their expiration date?"... WHAT? THE? FUCK?
10/08/09
10/07/09
And then along came anorexia...it was more than a bit frightening, and somewhat perplexing, that someone so intelligent would buy into the unattractive Hollywood fad of self-starvation."
From all the millions of women who struggle and have struggled with eating disorders, a resounding fuck you, Mr. Block.
10/07/09
10/08/09
10/07/09
i always assumed she was a "normal" size girl. Never pegged her as a petite small sized woman, but she totally is.
10/08/09
This guy must be masturbating to Dakota Fanning or something.
10/07/09
That being said, I have some advice for the young women posting that they are MHS students and have bought the shirt. I understand that you want to fit in and get attention for being cool with what these guys did, but there are consequences.
But please keep in mind that, ultimately, these guys thought nothing of using a woman in a terrible and humiliating way for fun. They will think nothing of doing the same to you. These are they type of guys who get a woman really drunk and take turns with her. And you will be the one who "asked for it". Remember, you were cool with everything they did before and thought depicting rape was all in good fun.
Do yourself a favor and find the guys who can be clever without doing it at your gender's expense. Invite your friends and have a t-shirt bonfire in front of the school. Take a stand. This was an easy, cheap shot and once you let them get away with it, they will only get worse.
Any other St. Agnes alums out there? It's stuff like this that makes me grateful I went to an all girls school.
10/07/09
The author's name is Nathan Bloch and just looking at his face proves he's a douchebag.
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