03-05-2010, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow
I'm taking a different angle with this post.
I am so angry about how the media is treating little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.
The obsession with this child and her appearance is disgusting.
This fixation includes multiple articles on her appearance, as well as speculation of (even!) this child's orientation, reeks of homophobia and transphobia. Just b/c at age THREE (!?), she is not conforming to what the press/society wants her to look like, they are ALL OVER IT.
I feel gross even talking about it b/c she is just a child, but it does reveal a lot about the media and press and what happens when even a child does not conform to societal gender expectations when it comes to appearance.
Here's an article about it on After Ellen:
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's haircut makes headlines
by Dorothy Snarker |
No wayyyy, I had no idea.
Poor kid.
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Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow
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Wow.
and he thinks its funny?
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