The Comeback, Lisa Rinna and Depends (the Adult Diaper)
What I'm Writing:
Lisa Rinna, Valerie Cherish and the Humiliating Task of Staying Relevant
From The HBK Archives:
(Suggested by my sister-in-law Melissa.)
Oh My God, I'm Old Enough To Wear Eileen Fisher
Are you watching The Comeback? Lisa Kudrow's satire on reality tv and aging sitcom actresses is nothing short of very uncomfortable. It's a lesson in how much one woman will take in tolerating humiliation--but mostly because she brings it on herself. I delve into the dichotomy between Lisa Rinna and Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow's character) and the exhausting difficulty of being relevant. Lisa Rinna, for example, promoted Depends to remain relevant. So there's that.
Also, Friends Bloopers. Because Lisa Kudrow giggling is like gold dust.
Kaley Cuoco, You Are a Feminist
I'm a little late on this, but apparently Kaley Cuoco told Redbook the most old fashioned magazine ever that she wasn't a feminist because she cooks for her husband. What? Doesn't this girl work like a zillion hours a week for a hit show? And doesn't she expect to get paid the same amount of money that the other stars of that show gets just because of their talent? I suspect she'd be upset if she got paid less because she has a vagina. Right? Right.
So when she says that she's not a feminist, I feel more of that this is a simple case of ignorance than anything else and it's really our job to explaininsm feminism to her. Doll, I like to cook for my husband too! I like to do nice things for people. I like to say hello to people. And I like to do nice things for men! I like to *gasp* give blow jobs and I like to *gasp* have sex in the missionary position. Does this make me not a feminist? Of course not!
She's since apologized, but this kind of statement doesn't really require an apology.
You're not offending me, Kaley. Instead, why not come out and say, I'm uninformed about feminism. I didn't know feminists can fuck and cook. I thought feminists are butch bitches that are inbred to make men cry. (Which, male tears, I know, I know.) And since I'm an actress on a hit television show, it's probably my duty to find out what this actually means to be a powerful woman in Hollywood. Because the minute you start selling yourself short is the minute you lose control of your own self-worth. And to me, Kaley Cuoco seems to have great self worth.
What I'm Reading
Facebook is so fake. Not having it all. Is Blue Is The Warmest Color dictated by the male gaze? Rob Lowe tries to save people in Hawaii but saves no one. On writing celebrity profiles. Nicole Cooley on Marriage as a Skateboard Flung Off A Bridge. Lyz Lenz on Countess Margaret who birthed 365 mouse-sized children. How do you give a hand job if your wrist disappeared? Madonna doesn't know how to sit back. (Talking about the need to be relevant...) The Machete Order. Does retweeting your own praise make you a monster?
What I'm Watching
Black Feminist Blogger, Courtney Love sings in a (completely sold out) musical. The Real Roxanne Shante. Issac Mizrahi on QVC. Madonna and Sandra Bernhart on Letterman circa 1988.
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-Hayley