May 31, 2012
fuckyeahfeminists: villa-kulla: Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made? And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing? Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question? The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning. Wow, reading the difference between the questions is HILARIOUS. Did anyone else notice all the unnecessary ass shots of ScarJo throughout the movie, tho?

fuckyeahfeminists:

villa-kulla:

Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?

And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?

Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question?


The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning.

Wow, reading the difference between the questions is HILARIOUS.

Did anyone else notice all the unnecessary ass shots of ScarJo throughout the movie, tho?

2:54pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyMVZ2Ia
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Filed under: robert downey jr. scarlett johansson the avengers media press misogyny feminism sexism celebrity 
April 21, 2012
Erin Gibson: Pretty Funny (Minus the Funny)

gibblertron:

I don’t understand a lot of things. I don’t understand why my neighbor is pursuing a career as a 1990’s electronic music artist. I don’t understand why the ice cream shop near my house considers two scoops of ice cream one scoop. And I don’t understand how women, educated journalists, can be so…

5:48pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyK3hLP0
(Notes: 336)
  
Filed under: media press hollywood fame celebrity television lena dunham zooey deschanel rachel dratch lennon parham best friends forever girls body image misogyny beauty 
April 11, 2012
thatneedstogo: “I think I’m addicted to feminist media criticism” #word

thatneedstogo:

“I think I’m addicted to feminist media criticism” #word

(Source: karapassey, via discosherpa)

1:43pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyJUwjdl
(Notes: 12,418)
  
Filed under: feminism media pop culture 
April 9, 2012
"Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate."

—

Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd Slaps Media in the Face for Speculation Over Her ‘Puffy’ Appearance

7:15pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyJOwlk4
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: ashley judd patriarchy men women body image press media sexism misogyny 
April 9, 2012
"OK., I think sexiness in most people—and this is going to sound superficial—is definitely something you don’t plan. I don’t necessarily think I’m… whatever. To tell you the truth, I have no idea what people think of me. The main thing I don’t want to do right now is create an image for myself. I notice that when I’m being consciously cool and I talk slower and wink or give a little smirk, people seem to like me more, and I think that’s how you get phony attitudes about things. Whenever I notice myself doing something just to please somebody else, I try to stop it."

— Leonardo DiCaprio

(Source: interviewmagazine.com)

5:53pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyJOaI-K
(Notes: 8)
  
Filed under: leonardo dicaprio press media fame body image 
April 1, 2012
"

The jocks would try to befriend me because they knew the jock girls thought I was cute, I just chose not to hang around with them. It was really fun to fuck with people all the time.
I felt alienated, I started feeling confused. I couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to hang out with the kids at school. Years later, I realized why – I didn’t relate to them because they didn’t appreciate anything artistic or cultural.

I don’t see how people can get the idea that I’m stupid, because I know my music’s semi-intelligent. I know it takes a bit of creativity to write the kind of music I do, it’s not just a wall of noise. I know there’s a formula to it, and I’ve worked really hard at it.
I’ve always been the kind of person that if I think someone thinks of me a certain way – like I’m stupid – then I’ll act stupid in front of them. I’ve never felt the need to prove my self. If someone already has a preconception of me, then fine, let them have it all the more. I’ll be happy to massage that.

I don’t mean to be cryptic or mysterious, but I don’t like things too obvious because if it is obvious it gets really stale.

"

— Kurt Cobain (via sanfranglam)

(via indigenousfeminist)

4:29pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyIwzxHz
(Notes: 233)
  
Filed under: fame kurt cobain media press celebrity 
March 23, 2012
suicideblonde: Cate Blanchett goes sans Photoshop for magazine cover Intelligent Life — The Economist‘s lifestyle and culture magazine — went where few (but increasingly more!) publications have gone before: the unairbrushed cover. Cate Blanchett fronts the latest issue of the bi-monthly, a cover choice explained by Intelligent Life editor Tim de Lisle on the magazine’s website: When other magazines photograph actresses, they routinely end up running heavily Photoshopped images, with every last wrinkle expunged. Their skin is rendered so improbably smooth that, with the biggest stars, you wonder why the photographer didn’t just do a shoot with their waxwork. Cate Blanchett, by contrast, appears on our cover in her working clothes, with the odd line on her face and faint bags under her eyes. She looks like what she is — a woman of 42, spending her days in an office, her evenings on stage and the rest of her time looking after three young children. We can’t be too self-righteous about it, because, like anyone else who puts her on a cover, we are benefiting from her beauty and distinction. But the shot is at least trying to reflect real life. It’s a curious sign of the times that this has become something to shout about. But the cover doesn’t just make a statement about Photoshop, it also makes one about the sometimes dicey ethics of magazine photography. Tim de Lisle explained: “Publishers want a recognizable person on the cover, with a real career; but they also want an empty vessel — for clothes and jewelry and makeup, which often seem to be supplied by the advertisers with the most muscle.”

suicideblonde:

Cate Blanchett goes sans Photoshop for magazine cover

Intelligent Life — The Economist‘s lifestyle and culture magazine — went where few (but increasingly more!) publications have gone before: the unairbrushed cover.

Cate Blanchett fronts the latest issue of the bi-monthly, a cover choice explained by Intelligent Life editor Tim de Lisle on the magazine’s website:

When other magazines photograph actresses, they routinely end up running heavily Photoshopped images, with every last wrinkle expunged. Their skin is rendered so improbably smooth that, with the biggest stars, you wonder why the photographer didn’t just do a shoot with their waxwork.

Cate Blanchett, by contrast, appears on our cover in her working clothes, with the odd line on her face and faint bags under her eyes. She looks like what she is — a woman of 42, spending her days in an office, her evenings on stage and the rest of her time looking after three young children. We can’t be too self-righteous about it, because, like anyone else who puts her on a cover, we are benefiting from her beauty and distinction. But the shot is at least trying to reflect real life. It’s a curious sign of the times that this has become something to shout about.

But the cover doesn’t just make a statement about Photoshop, it also makes one about the sometimes dicey ethics of magazine photography. Tim de Lisle explained: “Publishers want a recognizable person on the cover, with a real career; but they also want an empty vessel — for clothes and jewelry and makeup, which often seem to be supplied by the advertisers with the most muscle.”

2:21pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyIS1K4P
(Notes: 1,135)
  
Filed under: cate blanchett media press celebrity photoshop beauty 
March 19, 2012
"I don’t like to talk about the characters. I don’t like to burden you with my view because, in the end, to you, my view should be completely irrelevant. You should get what you see and not what I say."

— Christoph Waltz

2:31pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyIFdp2c
(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: christoph waltz acting press media movies 
March 14, 2012

Fiona Apple winning Best New Artist at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards

3:06pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyH_vx7U
(Notes: 3)
  
Filed under: hollywood celebrity fiona apple media press bullshit mtv mtv awards awards 
February 18, 2012
kitschy-kat: beardsbeerandliterarybadassery: disgustinghuman: sex-positive-bitches: Kristen Stewart: smiling is not an obligation, professional or otherwise  ”She stands out on the red carpet because she does not smile broadly or pose; she usually looks slightly uncomfortable. Of her red-carpet experience,Stewart said:People say that I’m miserable all the time. It’s not that I’m miserable, it’s just that somebody’s yelling at me…I literally, sometimes, have to keep myself from crying…It’s a physical reaction to the energy that’s thrown at you.” “Stewart is often a target of a specific kind of body policing: the “smile, baby” requirement. When she appears on the red carpet and does not assure us with her teeth that she is simply thrilled to be reduced to a presence, a dress, a posture, she is often the target of harassment for her expression. There is an expectation of women in general and famous woman in particular to always assure the onlooker that they are happy to be looked upon through smiling, and Stewart rejects this.” Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable. A woman who says ‘hey, I think there’s a problem here’ is being ‘negative.’ A woman who doesn’t smile while she’s being harassed is ‘humourless.’ A woman who prefers to stay focused on tasks is a ‘cold bitch.’ Significant gendering is involved here; women have an obligation to look and act a certain way and when they don’t, they need to be hassled until they do. ye girl, I feel your painwouldn’t believe how many random people tell me to fucking smile  Right? I’d have a panic attack up there. I see the criticism of Lana Del Rey as an extension of this, people getting angry that she looks awkward when she performs and characterising her as this stone-cold distant weirdo when there are videos of her laughing in interviews and smiling with fans. I’ve seen lots of indie boy bands where the singer drawls into the mic, standing motionless and staring at the floor but apparently that’s just being cool. When she does it she’s a bad performer.

kitschy-kat:

beardsbeerandliterarybadassery:

disgustinghuman:

sex-positive-bitches:

Kristen Stewart: smiling is not an obligation, professional or otherwise

 ”She stands out on the red carpet because she does not smile broadly or pose; she usually looks slightly uncomfortable. Of her red-carpet experience,Stewart said:
People say that I’m miserable all the time. It’s not that I’m miserable, it’s just that somebody’s yelling at me…I literally, sometimes, have to keep myself from crying…It’s a physical reaction to the energy that’s thrown at you.”

“Stewart is often a target of a specific kind of body policing: the “smile, baby” requirement. When she appears on the red carpet and does not assure us with her teeth that she is simply thrilled to be reduced to a presence, a dress, a posture, she is often the target of harassment for her expression. There is an expectation of women in general and famous woman in particular to always assure the onlooker that they are happy to be looked upon through smiling, and Stewart rejects this.”

Women are expected to be nice and sweet, to make other people feel comfortable. A woman who says ‘hey, I think there’s a problem here’ is being ‘negative.’ A woman who doesn’t smile while she’s being harassed is ‘humourless.’ A woman who prefers to stay focused on tasks is a ‘cold bitch.’ Significant gendering is involved here; women have an obligation to look and act a certain way and when they don’t, they need to be hassled until they do.

ye girl, I feel your pain
wouldn’t believe how many random people tell me to fucking smile 

Right? I’d have a panic attack up there.

I see the criticism of Lana Del Rey as an extension of this, people getting angry that she looks awkward when she performs and characterising her as this stone-cold distant weirdo when there are videos of her laughing in interviews and smiling with fans. I’ve seen lots of indie boy bands where the singer drawls into the mic, standing motionless and staring at the floor but apparently that’s just being cool. When she does it she’s a bad performer.

(via kitschy--kat)

5:22pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyGeGY1H
(Notes: 6,422)
  
Filed under: kristen stewart media press feminism fame lana del ray 
February 10, 2012
"Just once in a while let us exalt in the importance of ideas and let us dream to the extent of saying that on any given Sunday night, the time normally occupied by Ed Sullivan is given over to a clinical survey on the state of American education, and a week or two later, the time normally used by Steve Allen is devoted to a thorough going study of American policy in the Middle East. Would the corporate image of their respective sponsors be damaged? Would the stockholders rise up in their wrath and complain? Would anything happen other than a few million people would have received a little illumination on subjects that may well determine the future of this country? Because if they are right, and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse, and insulate us … It is merely wires and lights in a box."

— Ed Murrow

3:17pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZGnwYyGCgRUN
(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: ed murrow ideas media news television education america