@dripdrop: I too dislike her, but only because the many people I know who've interacted with her UNANIMOUSLY detest her. Some of the stories...
I felt many conflicting emotions while watching the interview.
Surprise that she was as witty as she occasionally was.
Irritation with her extreme snobbery and (perhaps a bit unreasonably) irritation that she insulted our intelligence by even trying to hide it (she said the event was starting "in Queens!" - "at Macys!" - as if this made her the world paragon of noblesse oblige, mixing with the peons in that borough and at that downmarket store - she seemed to expect the audience to leap to its feet in applause).
Annoyance with her obvious impatience - she rolled her eyes right in Dave's face when he started in about Devil Wears Prada. (She has a point - no one has ever said [admitted] that it was about Vogue or her - but still. That's kinda rude. And what are you, five years old, rolling your eyes?)
Disappointed with myself for being mesmerized by her (physical) polish - perfect hair, perect makeup, beautiful dress, perfectly accessorized, even the perfect, adorable pleats in the sleeves.
@Scout: Please, if this were a woman, no way would she be wearing this much clothing
@aloysius: after many hours of googling, I found them: Stuart Weitzman for Scoop "Alex" Espadrille! Nordstrom and endless had them too, but no more.
aaaaaand that's why I refuse to see 500 Days of Summer, despite my love of Zooey and of JGL and people losing their minds about it.
aaaaaand that's why I refuse to see 500 Days of Summer, despite my love of Zooey and of JGL and people losing their minds about it.
@Treeless: that was my immediate reaction to the post headline. I read further with growing disbelief that that wasn't challenged.
@CerebralMagpie: @orangecatlover: thanks friends.
Similarly I passionately hate the word "douche(bag)": the message of its usage (and presumably the source of its impact) is: "the worst possible insult to a guy is that he's something that ewwwww cleans ewwww a giiiiiirl's gross icky vagina, ewwww girl cooties" (which, btw, if it's so gross, why are you all on a nonstop quest for it and, in some cases, willing to risk jail to get into it by force?).
Unfortunately the term has taken on such a specific, unique set of connotations (and is apparently just so tactilely satisfying to say) that my solitary fight against it is hopeless.
@rixatrix: sure, that'll work too, and i prefer it, but i think the medicine thing is likelier to happen (sooner, anyway) and i'd rather have equality that way than no way - so at least They Can See What It's Like and, one can would hope, that will pave the way to YOUR way.
@queenieinmanhattan: relatedly, I have had it with people qualifying things with "man" (man crush, man purse, man sandals, etc.) or "girl"/-ista.
The former feels like people are rushing to add "man" to it to "make it ok" for men to use something "female" and therefore "oh so far beneath them". The latter is infantilizing and condescending (yes, including to and among ourselves).
In the case of "man crush" or "girl crush", IMO it is no better than the appalling "no homo" "trend." It feels like we are hastily tacking on the modifier to fend off the *horror* of possibly being perceived as homosexual, because that would of course be a fate worse than death, to be avoided at all costs, and we had damn well better make sure everyone knows we're straight. GMAFB.
I don't know whether Ying Chu is herself Asian, but if so, aside from the content, I'm additionally disturbed by my unshakable impression that she assumed herself incapable of (or at least immune to charges of) the sexism and racism in the statements you bolded because she's "one of [them]".
Please, I must have those shoes. Anyone know the brand/name?
@orangecatlover: I wish I could heart you repeatedly.
also, btw, actually, Alec is 9 years younger than Meryl, and Steve is 3 years older.
@silkyjumbo: I'm the opposite and also hated that movie, so it wasn't Jack. That movie made me embarrassed to be a woman, American, and human.
@rixatrix: Bit softer?! Sorry everyone, I'm with HighSmith on the "own medicine" charge. Alec's a pretty extreme example. We're not talking about one teeny extra bookshelf here (to use one of the best jez comments ever).
makes me want to poke my eyes out
@izzynomad: You forgot the pitying, smug, clucking "That's because you haven't met the right man yet." My favorite, the triple whammy: you're "not really" a woman because you haven't had kids, you're "still immature/in the dark/left behind" while the speaker has evolved, and you're a failure because you haven't yet tricked someone into impregnating you. Thanks for the support!
@SnarkInfestedWaters: I'm no Megan Fox apologist, but ITA - it would have actually been even FAKER than the air-kiss usually is, if she HAD stopped for the kiss, considering they'd already greeted / hung out.
And though I do enjoy Seth's increasing, charmingly physically expressed embarrassment on the more recent show -- I for one am not fooled for a minute. The "Guy's a dick in real life" reports have been unanimous.
@drunkexpatwriter: I love you.
If I may, though - in the workplace, I think childless women are seen as "still girls" (IME, sadly, even more so by MOTHERS in senior positions than by men) and condescended to / considered immature or unfit for promotions, in a way that childless men ("carefree whimsical bachelors") are not.
@Talaton: That last paragraph is probably my favorite Jezbel comment ever.