I’m someone who found Highly Flammable bc of what you wrote about Blake. And while I 100% believe her that what she describes is harassment and she deserves justice for that the rest of her blunders land on her!! Including- and especially- the “congrats on YOUR little bump” comment from the video.
Interviewer to a male - (knowing his partner is pregnant)"I understand you and your partner are expecting, congratulations! Care to comment?
Interviewer to a female - (knowing she is pregnant) "Blah blah, how nice ...comment on her body."
I think that Lively's body-comment back was an appropriate tit-for-tat. (a perfectly normal human response)
Was the fallout handled properly? No. Was Lively set up? Yes, to play the quintessential high/low status female in a patriarchal culture. She didn't play along. I don't blame her.
Patriarchy is ingrained in all of us. It's not "pretty" when it's called out.
American courts and juries can be dodgy in she-said, he-said civil cases. Lively's attorneys could be 100% accurate in the complaint and it still might not end well.
Take the L here. You were taken in by this smear campaign as much as anyone. If you'll check the comments on that article, there's at least one smart commenter who saw through this at the time and lots of your readers agreed. Blake Lively is fairly oblivious because she's rich and famous and beautiful. But she's no more oblivious than the average famous actor and the controversy over the summer was simply absurd and obviously orchestrated. Read your comments and pay attention, you might learn a thing or two!
I’m someone who found Highly Flammable bc of what you wrote about Blake. And while I 100% believe her that what she describes is harassment and she deserves justice for that the rest of her blunders land on her!! Including- and especially- the “congrats on YOUR little bump” comment from the video.
That video was a moment for sure!
Interviewer to a male - (knowing his partner is pregnant)"I understand you and your partner are expecting, congratulations! Care to comment?
Interviewer to a female - (knowing she is pregnant) "Blah blah, how nice ...comment on her body."
I think that Lively's body-comment back was an appropriate tit-for-tat. (a perfectly normal human response)
Was the fallout handled properly? No. Was Lively set up? Yes, to play the quintessential high/low status female in a patriarchal culture. She didn't play along. I don't blame her.
Patriarchy is ingrained in all of us. It's not "pretty" when it's called out.
American courts and juries can be dodgy in she-said, he-said civil cases. Lively's attorneys could be 100% accurate in the complaint and it still might not end well.
Take the L here. You were taken in by this smear campaign as much as anyone. If you'll check the comments on that article, there's at least one smart commenter who saw through this at the time and lots of your readers agreed. Blake Lively is fairly oblivious because she's rich and famous and beautiful. But she's no more oblivious than the average famous actor and the controversy over the summer was simply absurd and obviously orchestrated. Read your comments and pay attention, you might learn a thing or two!
Happy to take an L!
And, you might be new here as I read every comment and reply to most. Including yours!