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BytheSea
11/17/09

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Mo'nique was in Gone With the Wind? #victoriabeckham
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PaintedTrollop
11/16/09

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Shayne Lamas, dear - I used to teach an educational program for folks who had been arrested for DUI, and I often heard, "But I only had one drink."

One five gallon pail sucked down with a straw does NOT meet the guidelines for a legal cocktail. #victoriabeckham
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rd2uk
11/16/09

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Anyone else prefer the hortense creations to Daily Mail?! #victoriabeckham
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Tchotchke
11/16/09

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I clicked the link to the VB article and was pleasantly surprised. Those photos with the kids with Beckham were really lovely. I want very much to be cynical and say that she was merely doing this for some good publicity, but I don't think that is the case. As far as photo ops and charity work go, there are far more glamourous causes these days (hence why every damn celebrity/socialite shills for Operation Smile), and more exotic places to go that Clay County, Kentucky. Her smile seemed really genuine, and even if she was playing it up for the cameras, I highly doubt that those kids were. #victoriabeckham
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rah29
11/16/09

@Tchotchke: I really liked the last one where you can barely see her. I think a lot of celebs would have insisted on sitting at the front of that big crowd of kids rather than being jammed way in at the back.

But as I said in another thread I am an unabashed VB apologist! #victoriabeckham
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NellMood
11/16/09

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Is "I hate doing school scenes and office scenes" the hollywood equivalent of "I never want to have a desk job?" Are offices so terrible that even pretending to work in one is miserable? #victoriabeckham
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heykoukla
11/16/09

@NellMood: But how many films are set in offices? Lots! And how many films show life on a film set? Not many. Secretly, movie stars desperately want to be just like us, working in offices, complaining about air conditioning and eavesdropping on conversations in the next cubicle. #victoriabeckham
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NellMood
11/16/09

@heykoukla: Do you think celebrities secretly gaze at office workers coming out of starbucks with lattes and think "They drink coffee! Real people are just like us!"? #victoriabeckham
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heykoukla
11/16/09

@NellMood: For sure - why else do you think we always see them holding Starbucks coffees? They're pretending they're on their lunch break. #victoriabeckham
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NellMood
11/16/09

@heykoukla: I wonder if there are secret magazines ("Regular." "Them.") just for celebrities full of accountants and dentists driving Hondas and picking up their own dry-cleaning. #victoriabeckham
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heykoukla
11/16/09

@NellMood: "How YOU can get that salesgirl's ankles!" #victoriabeckham
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Triana Orpheus
11/16/09

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Miss J is the spitting image of Mama J. Wow! #victoriabeckham
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
11/16/09

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omg. coffee just came out of my nose at that healthy eating thing from VB. honestly! I do think it's lovely going there with her son and all.

now I've got to wipe up my keyboard. #victoriabeckham
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heykoukla
11/16/09

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Geez Ethan, in a world with TMZ and paparazzi who jump in front of cars and call celebs whores to get a reaction, you think Gawker Stalker is a problem? #victoriabeckham
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IndignationCoordinator
11/16/09

@heykoukla: Jimmy Kimmel, on line one... #victoriabeckham
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rah29
11/16/09

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I love Victoria Beckham and I don't care who knows it!!!!

There. I said it. I can't help myself! #victoriabeckham
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helladesigner
11/16/09

@rah29: She is completely endearing when she smiles! #victoriabeckham
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rah29
11/16/09

@helladesigner: She has the same smile and upturned, scrunchy mouse nose as my little sister. They really do look similar So I can only be fond of VB as a result! Plus she always seems really funny and self-deprecating in interviews, she's very happy to take the piss out of herself, which I appreciate in a celebrity. #victoriabeckham
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helladesigner
11/16/09

@rah29: Aww, that's really cute! Your sister must be adorable. My younger sister resembles Little J on Gossip Girl, so I get what you're saying :)

I just think it's so funny how VB's entire face changes when she smiles. It's quite lovely. I've watched a couple of her interviews, and I've found myself smiling when she smiles or laughs. (But I'm also one of those people who cries and laughs when someone else is crying or laughing, I can't help but be emotive.) #victoriabeckham
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bluetrain84
11/16/09

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Norah Jones, you lucky gal! Your description is getting me hot and bothered at 9:10 AM on a Monday. #victoriabeckham
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Trulymadlyme
11/16/09

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Oprah claimed that citizens of Dubai get free water, electricity and health care without paying income tax. While it's true residents are not subject to income tax, there is no support for the other claims.

Ugh. Besides being wrong, it also fails to account for the fact that the vast majority of the "poor" in the UAE are non-citizens workers who are subjected to some of the most insane, horrid worker conditions for the benefit of rich folks partying and kicking it it.

UAE is the absolute worst, worst, worst place in terms of the treatment foreign workers and there is a well documented human trafficking and slavery trade. I cannot fucking stand that place and roll my eyes every time someone from NY claims that they love shopping or staying there. #victoriabeckham
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IndignationCoordinator
11/16/09

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I for one cannot wait for InStyle's much anticipated Smell-O-Vision issue. Breathing in the odor of ostrich-skin satchels and designer fragrances made of genuine virgin tears really gives the realization that you're living in abject destitution that extra pop. #victoriabeckham
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SomeAuthorGirl
11/16/09

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As time goes on, the more I love Taylor Swift. Girlfriend is hysterical.

I'm adopting "like, I got to light scented candles and write in my diary" as a lifestyle. #victoriabeckham
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/11/09

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You know, as much as I dislike admitting it, Prejean kind of has a point in regards to Obama: irrespective of what we may think he may privately believe, he hasn't actually publicly supported gay marriage. And not doing so for political gain is a veeery cynical move, and say what you will about Prejean, but I personally don't think that she has the capacity for such cynicism.

This is not to 'endorse' her or 'attack' Obama or whatever (and I actually can't even believe I have to state this as a disclaimer), but a runner-up beauty queen doesn't really have the same power or influence as the POTUS, and that's a very crucial point to make.

(I kind of totes believe her on the Trump thing, tho. That man is a creeper, through and through!) #carrieprejean
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Cellotape
11/11/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Yes, Prejean's statement is hardly shocking, but I guess there are a lot of people who want to believe Obama can do no wrong.
But of course what Prejean wants is to claim that because she has the same bigotry as Obama she must also have some of his good qualities.
Not so much. #carrieprejean
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/11/09

@Cellotape: Given her political views, I don't think it's too likely that she wants to claim any of his 'qualities,' don't you? #carrieprejean
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Cellotape
11/11/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Good point! I guess I meant she hopes for some of his popularity. #carrieprejean
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CoalMineCanary
11/11/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Prejean does not get to call Obama a bigot. Period. I understand the point that she's clumsily trying to make, that Obama doesn't support gay marriage, either, but to compare herself to him is wrong.

Prejean is a white woman, with all the entitlements and privileges that skin color brings you in this country. Obama is a black man, and thus has faced institutional racism his whole life. Obama is not a bigot for the same reason reverse racism doesn't exist: To practice true bigotry or racism, you have to have the power of the institution behind you.

Carrie, YOU ARE A BIGOT. Now what are you going to do about it? I suggest stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com as a launching pad to your shiny new life as a former beauty queen who tours the country explaining your own white privilege and how you overcame it just enough to keep your nose, and your votes, out of gay people's love lives. #carrieprejean
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/11/09

@CoalMineCanary: "To practice true bigotry or racism, you have to have the power of the institution behind you."

While I agree with you in terms of race and privilege, both Prejean and Obama benefit from being straight and heteronormative, in a country, culture, and legal system that favours that. It is very easy to oppose gay marriage, or say that marriage is for 'a man and a woman only,' when you are never going to face the repercussions of this statement.

And given that this particular issue is about the rights of LGBT, I think it is important to not let this important distinction fall by the wayside. #carrieprejean
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CoalMineCanary
11/12/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: You are absolutely correct. Being heterosexual is a huge leg up for both of them. If Obama was gay, he would not be president, even if he was also white.

I didn't mean to overlook this critical distinction; I wanted to point out that Prejean cannot compare herself to someone with whom she has no shared experience, i.e. being black in America. The fallacy of her statement, "If that makes me a bigot, so is Barack Obama" is that it's overly simplistic, ignoring the American context of race and heteronormalcy.

I'm deeply disappointed that Obama hasn't taken more of a stand on gay rights, but ultimately I consider Prejean to be a bigot, not Obama, for the reasons stated here and in my earlier comment. #carrieprejean
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pesematology
11/11/09

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"legally recognized sacrament"

see, when you put it this way it just sounds plain ol' unconstitutional. #carrieprejean
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first man
11/11/09

I don't even understand marriage's place in the Constitution anyway, if there is to be no establishment of religion.

I am of the idea that the government shouldn't really get involved in marriage AT ALL...other than a marriage certificate being considered as legal proof for hospital visitation and the like. CIVIL UNIONS, from gay and straight couples, should be legally recognized. Marriage? That should be up to whatever church or organization marries you. If, say, civil unions were legal for anyone, but the Catholic church decided not to marry gays, fine. They can be a private institution. But the government has to marry anybody...which then gets into polygamy, which is insane and all, but I'm of the opinion that consenting adults can do whatever they want as long as it doesn't harm anybody else. *whew*
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/11/09

@first man: But civil unions ARE legal for everyone, aren't they? (Well, in the states where they actually have them, of course) #carrieprejean
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BeckyIva
11/11/09

@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Not everywhere, no, not by a long shot. And in a lot of places where they are, they do not carry all the same benefits of marriage. But I think first man meant that no one should get "legally married." We should all, gay and straight, get "legally civil unioned" and then "religiously married", if we so choose. I am a straight, married, Christian woman and I absolutely agree. I think it would be much clearer if the government got out of the marriage business altogether. #carrieprejean
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