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Is US Weekly Being Sexist?

Posted by Emily Farris

Yesterday we joked that we were no better than US Weekly. Now we're beginning to rethink that statement (not that we ever took it too seriously).

US is currently running a poll on their website asking if Katherine Heigl is "being ungrateful" for talking to Vanity Fair about her perception that Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up" was a little sexist.  

We kind-of feel like if the tables were turned and George Clooney was going around saying that some movie he was in was "a bit misogynistic" US would be praising him for speaking up for women or some shit. But that's just us... 


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Posted Dec 07 2007, 01:08 PM
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Mark said:

Odd, I don't think Ms. Heigl was talking about the misandry in "Knocked Up."  And if Mr. Clooney was to speak publicly about perceived misandry in one of the romance-comedies he acted in I imagine he would receive more negative than positive attention.

December 10, 2007 5:58 AM

Emily Farris said:

Good point, Mark. We weren't trying to imply any misandry here. Just pure misogyny, on both sides of the table.

December 10, 2007 9:50 AM

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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    Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

    Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

    Colleen Kane has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.

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