Breakdowns: LA Times Is Surprised Married Women Can Be Feminists Too

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Beejoli Shah

12/31/13 01:40PM

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Editing is at an all time low at the LA Times during the holidays; Leonardo DiCaprio does not want you to keep calm and party on; don't feel bad about stealing Netflix from your ex-girlfriend; and Ty Burrell is taking a page out of the Wilson-Vaughn playbook.

In a competition of one for most ironic lead paragraph of all time, while writing about Keira Knightley's views on feminism in Hollywood, The LA Times' Nardine Saad mused "Keira Knightley may be married, but she's still sounding the feminist horn for women in Hollywood." Who knew that married women generally aren't feminists? Long live the patriarchy, even in 2014! [LAT]
In response to the the stupidest arguments of all time that The Wolf of Wall Street is somehow exalting shoulder pads and corporate greed, Leonardo DiCaprio had to patiently explain "This film may be misunderstood by some; I hope people understand we're not condoning this behavior, that we're indicting it. The book was a cautionary tale and if you sit through the end of the film, you'll realize what we're saying about these people and this world, because it's an intoxicating one." So no, please don't go blow cocaine up anyone's ass this New Year's Eve. [Variety]
Go ahead and eliminate that twinge of guilt you probably don't even feel when mooching Netflix off of loved ones, instead of getting your own $8 account—CEO Reed Hastings' pay increases by $1 million next year, topping out at a cool $3 million, thanks to rising stock prices. [THR]
Modern Family star Ty Burrell pulled the best wedding crash of 2013: a lesbian couple decided to get married in a bar in Utah. Burrell, who co-owns the spot, happened to be around and served as an official witness. [TMZ]

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PostedByGhosts Beejoli Shah 12/31/13 06:11PM

So I called out white feminism and for it's oppressive forms of discrimination and you weak ass clowns nuked my post???? WOOOWWW!
Let me guess. The moderator is either a white college lesbian or a middle aged white gay guy. You call yourself moderators but your nothing more than sorority girls picking and choosing what you want to giggle about while you sip cappuccino 's. Weak as fuck

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Beejoli Shah PostedByGhosts 12/31/13 10:25PM

No, you called my coworkers "retards" and "feminazis," neither of which is a particularly mature or intelligent way to refer to people, nor a good way to promote discussion. You want to spur debate? Go for it. You do it using hateful language, and I will delete your posts and gleefully block with abandon. Happy New Year!

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sleepyshuttle Beejoli Shah 12/31/13 11:10PM

Good on you, Beejoli! I have to say I really like that you always come into the comments section and speak up, even if you have to call someone out and deal with a lot of negativity.

PostedByGhosts Beejoli Shah 01/01/14 10:33PM

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings by calling your girlfriends feminazi's & Retards. I just assumed them to be wise cracks- I also assumed members of the feminist movement had thicker skin. But you're young & High School wasn't that long ago for you so I completely understand you being more concerned about your girlfriends feelings than my free speech. Oh and Since my post was banned for not referring to people in a "mature or intelligent way" -I'll be looking forward to you banning other posts that do the same. (Just an FYI ..you'll be gleefully blocking your career away)

I'm an African America male - I didn't mention that for you to ban me faster tho I'm sure you will- i mentioned that to say I know exactly what hateful language is. Even tho the words I consider to be hateful are called slurs & typically associated with violent speech- I can completely understand how retard & feminazi elicit the same emotions as slurs do for you. Like a said b4.. Certain feminism (hint: rhymes with kite) ..is not a movement- it nothing but a sorority.
Happy New Year B.S. (Hey I wonder if your initials.....oh never mind lol)

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TheEmpressOfSnark Beejoli Shah 01/01/14 11:24PM

And here I was hoping that you nuked his post for appallingly bad grammar. No? Random use of apostrophes does not, in any way, contribute anything to a discussion.

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bugthecat Beejoli Shah 12/31/13 01:45PM

I thought Leo's own life exalted a lifestyle of excess.

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ortonian Beejoli Shah 12/31/13 02:21PM

It's a surprisingly common view.

"Marriage is steeped in patriarchy therefore it is anti-feminist."

Er... or something.

One day these people will wake up and get a clue.

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wyominghippie Beejoli Shah 12/31/13 02:27PM

Who knew that married women generally aren't feminists?

I mean, science tells us, once a man owns a woman, she loses her uppitiness. He might also simply declare that she is not allowed to be a feminist.