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    sitaMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:37am

    "It's OK everyone - she's talking about equal wages, who cares that it's condescending and marginalizing, it's all for the greater good. Everything is not about race!" - all the enraged White Feminists when Clover posted about this.

    um hells to the fuck no.

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      sitasita
      2/23/15 10:38am

      *White Feminists only refers to feminists who follow their special snowflake brand of white feminism

      all the other white ladies who understood what was wrong with arquette's statement - god bless

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      floreatsita
      2/23/15 10:42am

      "But that's not what she meaaaaaaaaaaant!"

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    TerrordidactylMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:46am

    Sometimes Twitter IS perfection.

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      burner-bananaTerrordidactyl
      2/23/15 12:45pm

      Also, am I wrong that in her original acceptance speech she specifically calls out "every woman who has given birth?" IDK, it was a little rambly and stilted at that particular moment and I'm willing to admit I may just not understand what she's saying (she says those actual words but I'm not sure what the context is.). But if she's defining a woman as someone who has given birth—and this in her prepared, considered statement ie not her likely off the cuff, adrenaline-fueled remarks to the press—then it's a major oversight and another brutal example of the myopic viewpoint of white feminism.

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      Jinxeburner-banana
      2/23/15 1:41pm

      She did mention all the women who gave birth to the taxpayers and citizens of this nation.

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    kitteneyeMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:40am

    Actually, the never-ending string of 20 year-old models whom my middle-aged son keeps bringing home would probably worry me more than a grown woman who has been extremely successful in her career.

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      BabyGotFrontkitteneye
      2/23/15 10:45am

      Leo has dated a string of very successful models.

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      mooseamykitteneye
      2/23/15 10:51am

      Also fuck you, Wendy W. I'd be happy my son brought home a boss ass bitch who speaks her mind and has a brain.

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    adultosaur married anna on the astral planeMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:39am

    there are no queer women or woc

    the more you know dot gif

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      sitaadultosaur married anna on the astral plane
      2/23/15 10:44am

      also black, latino men/women & first generation immigrants (non european, non white) get paid less than white women for the same job

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      Siyannesita
      2/23/15 11:10am

      Be quiet, the white women are speaking.

      /s obviously.

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    fighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian SrMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:45am

    Speaking of Harris Wittels, there's no better memorial to the man than Not Farts and Procreation 4, and what a lovely tribute by Scott Aukerman.

    http://www.earwolf.com/episode/not-fa...

    RIP Harris.

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      Madeleine Daviesfighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian Sr
      2/23/15 10:47am

      Oh, man. Feeling so sad about this.

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      fighting polish is David Schwimmer as Rob Kardashian SrMadeleine Davies
      2/23/15 10:58am

      I teared up this morning listening to it.

      Laughed a lot, too, but still.

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    TheWhiteBorpoMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 11:01am

    Re: Dev Patel (who is absolutely an attractive person), I'm tired of the whole "she's too god for him" thing. It's no better than the reverse. See also: Amal Clooney, Emma Watson, Rihanna, etc. ad infinitum. All perfectly lovely women, but why does it have to be a contest? If they see something in George, Harry, Leo, etc., and it's all consensual and not abusive, then what is the big deal? What couple could ever be truly a perfect match if we nitpick them to this degree?

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      KorraTheWhiteBorpo
      2/23/15 11:10am

      Truthhhhh. Not a humblebrag, but people said this about me and my ex (a scrawny Indian-American guy) and it pissed me off to no end. It's fucking rude at best and racist at worst. Asian men aren't supposed to get the girl, you know.

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      TheWhiteBorpoKorra
      2/23/15 11:17am

      I'm in a similar situation. It's so gross how white man + Asian woman = exotic score!!! But the opposite is "what's wrong with her?" Also, my spouse is not Indian but damned if some of the hottest men on earth aren't from there. Sendhil Ramamurthy alone disproves the entire stupid theory.

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    kattahnMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:46am

    This stuff just blows my mind.

    "yay! listen to the things shes saying! shes great! this is a wonderful off the cuff unprepared speech by a person whose been drink- wait. what the HELL. She said FOUGHT, not FIGHTING? she used the WRONG TENSE? LOOK AT THIS EVIL *WHITE* FEMINIST! SHE CLEARLY ONLY WANTS WAGE EQUALITY FOR WHITE WOMEN AND WE ARE 100% CERTAIN THAT SHE 100% BELIEVES THAT BLACK PEOPLE AND GAYS HAVE ALREADY ACHIEVED PERFECT EQUAL RIGHTS. YOU TELL BECAUSE OF THE TENSE OF ONE SINGLE WORD. FUCK THIS LADY SHES THE WORST"

    Why the hell would anyone want to be your ally when you are so concerned with finding ways to tell them how shitty they are for trying to help and be active and do the right thing.

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      SoyCheesekattahn
      2/23/15 11:00am

      The only moron screaming with outrage around here is you.

      If you can't tell the difference between criticizing a part of someone's words, and literally declaring them to be shit, then you are a giant fucking idiot.

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      kattahnSoyCheese
      2/23/15 11:09am

      Here are a selection of comments from Jez on the matter:

      ""It's OK everyone - she's talking about equal wages, who cares that it's condescending and marginalizing, it's all for the greater good. Everything is not about race!" - all the enraged White Feminists when Clover posted about this.

      um hells to the fuck no."

      "she made a hell of a mistake. whether or not she accepts it, apologizes, and learns or does a hollywood apology will make all the difference in this situation."

      "I commented somewhere else that there was no way to read her statement and not think it's horrible."

      "it's EXTREMELY telling, but not the be all and end all for her as a person. i fucking HOPE TO GOD she owns this. if she owns this, it would be amazing for so many reasons: it would show that she is as smart as i want to think she is. it would be a fucking COUP for her, professionally, and it would set an example for other White Feminism feminists around the world to fucking look at themselves objectively.

      i don't have high hopes tho :/"

      "'s also the same slap in the face that she herself was trying to complain about: it was a big You're Welcome For Your Rights, the same fucking shit men do all the time- you're welcome we let you do feminism, and completely disregarding all the work women have done."

      "she basically said that gay people and black people have achieved their rights bc of women and now they have equal rights and are not helping women and they need to."

      "The only one grasping is you. After her "amazing" speech, Arquette said everyone else already has equal rights, so it was time to focus on white women getting paid equal to white men. Fuck her and her White Feminism (tm) bullshit."

      "god have mercy on these white feminists & their oblivious little hearts"

      "They aren't oblivious. They just know they can always claim we are being big brown meanies for not letting their exclusive brand of feminism slide by us."

      "someone just posted what she continued to say backstage ... it's such a WHITE feminist statement and total bullshit."

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    DuchessCrazyLindaMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:37am

    Luciana's dress in pale pink is far superior to Jlo's washed out looking nude dress! I bet she was super pissed.

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      KristenfromMADuchessCrazyLinda
      2/23/15 10:53am

      The thing that bugs me about JLo (OK, one of the things) is that she always dresses like she's a nominee. Like she's the odds-on-favorite-to-win nominee at that. (Luciana came as the partner of a nominee, so I'll give it to her; I liked her version better, too.)

      JLo needs to sit down.

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      DuchessCrazyLindaKristenfromMA
      2/23/15 10:56am

      Her red-carpet looks are just so damn bland though. Head to toe nudes with pale lipstick- why bother?

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    adultosaur married anna on the astral planeMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 10:41am

    QUANDRY: Does Chad Kroeger—the frontman of Nickelback—really have the right to shame another musician? What if that musician is Justin Bieber?

    debate for the agessss

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      KristenfromMAadultosaur married anna on the astral plane
      2/23/15 10:49am

      I take great joy in the fact that these 2 are Canadian. It's nice for another country to be embarrassed sometimes.

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      Lady Hazel of WassernameKristenfromMA
      2/23/15 10:57am

      Yeah, but we're still responsible for Aaron Carter and Fall Out Boy.

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    Jackie_Jormp_JompMadeleine Davies
    2/23/15 11:00am

    I've never given a thought to Mario Testino before, but he dared to insult Dev Patel, aka Anwar from "Skins?!" Unforgivable.

    GIF
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      swaggyjaygarrickJackie_Jormp_Jomp
      2/23/15 12:55pm

      is Dev Patel (on the basis of dating frida into) officially the most successful person from Skins?

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      Jackie_Jormp_Jompswaggyjaygarrick
      2/23/15 2:22pm

      Not sure...Nicholas Hault (aka Tony Stonem) is on-again/off-again with J.Law, after all.

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