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December 1, 2013 12:16 PM Subscribe
What a lovely family. Her life is a life I want, that I think anyone would want, and I'm happy there are people who are living such a life.
posted by nicebookrack at 12:53 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by nicebookrack at 12:53 PM on December 1, 2013
I hadn't realized the extent of her activism. She's even cooler than I thought.
posted by scody at 12:58 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by scody at 12:58 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I read the piece this morning in the paper and didn't notice who the author was. I usually skip the Modern Love column but this one was really sweet. I'm happy she's happy.
posted by rtha at 1:00 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by rtha at 1:00 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I have no idea who this lady is, but it's a great article. Bisexual people (I know, this is not what she's calling herself here) are vastly underreported about, and it's nice to see that attitudes have changed so much.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:21 PM on December 1, 2013
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 1:21 PM on December 1, 2013
I have no idea who this lady is
She is a famous actress.
posted by Justinian at 1:46 PM on December 1, 2013
She is a famous actress.
posted by Justinian at 1:46 PM on December 1, 2013
She is a famous actress.
I would have described her as a good actress, not a famous one. :)
posted by Slothrup at 2:20 PM on December 1, 2013
I would have described her as a good actress, not a famous one. :)
posted by Slothrup at 2:20 PM on December 1, 2013
Maybe, in the end, a modern family is just a more honest family.
I was with her until this bit of self-congratulatory nonsense.
posted by superelastic at 2:20 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I was with her until this bit of self-congratulatory nonsense.
posted by superelastic at 2:20 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I would have described her as a good actress, not a famous one.
She may not be Angelina Jolie famous but then, really, who is? Anyone who says "Angelina Jolie" will receive a kick in the nads even if they have no nads.
posted by Justinian at 2:24 PM on December 1, 2013
She may not be Angelina Jolie famous but then, really, who is? Anyone who says "Angelina Jolie" will receive a kick in the nads even if they have no nads.
posted by Justinian at 2:24 PM on December 1, 2013
She's no slouch, but she's definitely B-list. Obviously there are some concerns about this hurting her career, but on the other hand, I don't think she could be counted on to open a movie before this.
As a rule, though, I would say that coming out in the Fashion section of the Times is a little show-boat-y.
posted by dhartung at 2:59 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
As a rule, though, I would say that coming out in the Fashion section of the Times is a little show-boat-y.
posted by dhartung at 2:59 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I was with her until this bit of self-congratulatory nonsense.
I'm glad you were able to find a reason to dislike it.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 3:15 PM on December 1, 2013 [13 favorites]
I'm glad you were able to find a reason to dislike it.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 3:15 PM on December 1, 2013 [13 favorites]
I didn't hate it, I'm glad she's happy, but it seems a bit light.
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:36 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:36 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Annoying to read that one of her journals was "the one I started in Haiti while helping after the earthquake there."
That's got nothing to do with nothing. Promoters gotta promote.
posted by kinetic at 4:01 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
That's got nothing to do with nothing. Promoters gotta promote.
posted by kinetic at 4:01 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
That's got nothing to do with nothing. Promoters gotta promote.
Promoting...her part in the ongoing recovery in a destroyed country? She's an activist; this adds color and is benign.
But maybe I'm biased. I've really appreciated her since she talked very candidly about the arbitrariness of movie labeling/censorship in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (jump to 3:00).
posted by psoas at 4:37 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Promoting...her part in the ongoing recovery in a destroyed country? She's an activist; this adds color and is benign.
But maybe I'm biased. I've really appreciated her since she talked very candidly about the arbitrariness of movie labeling/censorship in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (jump to 3:00).
posted by psoas at 4:37 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
"That's got nothing to do with nothing"
so, what you mean is....... ?
posted by HuronBob at 4:53 PM on December 1, 2013
so, what you mean is....... ?
posted by HuronBob at 4:53 PM on December 1, 2013
I didn't hate it, I'm glad she's happy, but it seems a bit light.
Yup. Modern Love columns used to annoy me because they are all like this: varying degrees of competently written, generally self-aware, but slightly self-congratulatory, and with absolutely no there there. The columns lack any universality--they are always just sort of "if that helps you that's nice, but why are you broadcasting this on a giant media platform when it's so narrowly about you?"
Then I decided not to let it annoy me anymore, cause I stopped reading them. I've liked Maria Bello as an actress, but I've got no interest at all in her love life or ethos of romance.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:51 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Yup. Modern Love columns used to annoy me because they are all like this: varying degrees of competently written, generally self-aware, but slightly self-congratulatory, and with absolutely no there there. The columns lack any universality--they are always just sort of "if that helps you that's nice, but why are you broadcasting this on a giant media platform when it's so narrowly about you?"
Then I decided not to let it annoy me anymore, cause I stopped reading them. I've liked Maria Bello as an actress, but I've got no interest at all in her love life or ethos of romance.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:51 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
I didn't hate it, I'm glad she's happy, but it seems a bit light.
Usually Modern Love is a festival of narcissism written by people who lack any kind of self-awareness. Compared to previous columns, this one is fairly thoughtful.
posted by betweenthebars at 8:16 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
Usually Modern Love is a festival of narcissism written by people who lack any kind of self-awareness. Compared to previous columns, this one is fairly thoughtful.
posted by betweenthebars at 8:16 PM on December 1, 2013 [2 favorites]
She may not be Angelina Jolie famous but then, really, who is?
Brad Pitt?
I'll show myself out.
posted by Frayed Knot at 8:45 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
Brad Pitt?
I'll show myself out.
posted by Frayed Knot at 8:45 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
I would have described her as a good actress, not a famous one.
She may not be Angelina Jolie famous but then, really, who is? Anyone who says "Angelina Jolie" will receive a kick in the nads even if they have no nads.
posted by Justinian at 2:24 PM on December 1 [+][!]
She is in one of my favorite movies of all time - History of Violence with Vitto Morgensen, directed by David Croneberg. It's an awesome movie - but don't watch it with your mother. My brother did - and had to endure the most awkward sex scene ever as Vitto and Maria's characters 69'd each other.
posted by helmutdog at 10:39 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
She may not be Angelina Jolie famous but then, really, who is? Anyone who says "Angelina Jolie" will receive a kick in the nads even if they have no nads.
posted by Justinian at 2:24 PM on December 1 [+][!]
She is in one of my favorite movies of all time - History of Violence with Vitto Morgensen, directed by David Croneberg. It's an awesome movie - but don't watch it with your mother. My brother did - and had to endure the most awkward sex scene ever as Vitto and Maria's characters 69'd each other.
posted by helmutdog at 10:39 PM on December 1, 2013 [1 favorite]
"That's got nothing to do with nothing"
so, what you mean is....... ?
Eh, you know...it's got nothing to do with her modern love story.
It's like when you live in the Boston area and meet someone for the first time and they make a point of asking you where you went to school and they're only really asking so you can then ask where they went to college so they can reply, "In Cambridge," and they want you to go along with the infamous, "I went to Harvard but I'm gonna be coy and make you guess game," self-congratulatory whooey.
You know, I went to Harvard, too. I just don't make people guess that I did.
posted by kinetic at 3:26 AM on December 2, 2013
so, what you mean is....... ?
Eh, you know...it's got nothing to do with her modern love story.
It's like when you live in the Boston area and meet someone for the first time and they make a point of asking you where you went to school and they're only really asking so you can then ask where they went to college so they can reply, "In Cambridge," and they want you to go along with the infamous, "I went to Harvard but I'm gonna be coy and make you guess game," self-congratulatory whooey.
You know, I went to Harvard, too. I just don't make people guess that I did.
posted by kinetic at 3:26 AM on December 2, 2013
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