Comments on: More on Tina Fey

By: dollyann

dollyann — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:48:23 +0000

I don’t understand Jezebel’s point that Tina Fey is not conventionally pretty. I admit, I live under a rock and didn’t know who she was until she started mimicking Sarah Palin, but when I first saw her I thought she was gorgeous. Then, when I started seeing 30 Rock and heard some “self-depracation” jokes, I was actually feeling pretty lousy. Like, I thought to myself, if Tina Fey thinks she’s some plain, throw-away because she, as Kate says, has glasses and brown hair, then how the hell am I supposed to look at myself?

I forget if it was Kate or SM, but this perfectly expressed my feelings: it’s not that she’s criticizing the unfair standards of beauty, but rather she’s criticizing herself for not meeting them. And as a result she ends up insulting a lot of women. Still, I love Tina Fey. ;)

By: emi

emi — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:58:05 +0000

holy crap Cindy, that’s so inappropriate. I second SM’s idea – if you go to HR, no one needs to know it was you – since he sent it to the WHOLE FUCKING DEPARTMENT.

By: Sweet Machine

Sweet Machine — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:06:52 +0000

Ugh, Cindy, that’s awful. Is there someone in HR you could inform about that email? That’s completely unprofessional and he should be reprimanded.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:02:00 +0000

Oh, and being older than 25, being fatter than Sarah Palin or being smarter than your average border collie aparrently renders negative hits to you fuckability.

Just going by an email sent out by an overweight, 50-something white male writer.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:55:14 +0000

A male colleague — a fairly liberal editorial writer — e-mailed a joke to our whole department. It said:

“If you receive an e-mail that claims to have an attachment of nude Saraha Palin photos, do not open it. It might contain a virus. If you receive an e-mail that claims to have a an attachment of nude Hilary Clinton photos, do not open it. It might contain a nude photo of Hilary Clinton.”

See? Our fuckability really is our top qualification! Even in a department of men who are supposed to fucking know better.

I’d make a stink about it, but I’m already the least fuckable woman in the office. I’m queer, fat and smart, see.

This shit depresses me so fucking much.

By: tinfoil hattie

tinfoil hattie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:50:05 +0000

’m just fucking sick of seeing women trash their own bodies as a means of appearing down-to-earth and relatable.

Yep. This sums it up perfectly.

By: Godless Heathen

Godless Heathen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:15:28 +0000

Can I say, and this really has nothing to do with the substance of the posts, that the Marie Claire cover doesn’t even look like her. They must have a “scorched face” retouching policy over at Marie Claire. Looking at it, I might have guess Sigourney Weaver or Stockard Channing, though of course, highly retouched.

By: Lalaroo

Lalaroo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:44:59 +0000

Sorry to have been so snarky with you, myself, sumac. I didn’t read your name before I posted, and I thought you were talking about this post. Coupled with using “lame” I thought you were a troll. That’ll teach me to post too quick!

By: kateharding

kateharding — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:45:08 +0000

In any case, I can totally see Alaska from my kitchen.

Hee!

By: sumac

sumac — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:03:39 +0000

As astutely noted, it has been a very slow wit day for me, so please excuse my vague and potentially offensive posts, and let me just say, to reiterate and clarify, that I thought the Jezebel coverage of Kate’s post was unfair and reactive, and that it must have been a slow news day for them…I can think of no other reason that Kate’s original post would have been mis(under?)read as it was. In any case, I can totally see Alaska from my kitchen.