Saturday, February 04, 2012
Blake Lively and Transphobia at Elle
Posted by Monica Roberts at 12:00 PM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/02/blake-lively-and-transphobia-at-elle.htmlTransGriot Note: I had my say about Blake Lively's latest use of the t-slur, now it's Renee of Womanist Musings turn
I am starting to believe that Elle simply courts controversy in the hopes of selling magazines. It engages in actions that are so clearly problematic, that I don't believe for one moment that they are not aware of what they are doing.
This month, Blake Lively appears on the cover of the magazine. Included with her cover, is of course a the obligatory cover article. I would like to focus on a snippet of what Lively had to say regarding motherhood.
"I hope to have a few girls one day. If not girls, they better be ->-bleeped-<-s. Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated." (source)
Where to even begin with this hot mess?
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Blake, Stop Using The T-Slur
Posted by Monica Roberts at 10:00 AM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/02/blake-stop-using-t-slur.htmlBlake Lively back in 2009 used the problematic T-word in a 2009 Allure magazine interview in which I wrote a post taking her to task for it at the time.
It's three years later, and obviously Miss Thang didn't get the message or learn from the recent experiences of Neil Patrick Harris, Kelly Osbourne or Lance Bass.
Lively did it again in another interview for the March issue of Elle magazine she's on the cover of.
