PS: AFTER I WROTE THIS BLOG POST, I INTERVIEWED THE AUTHOR VIA EMAIL.
This gushing profile of four female screenwriters in Hollywood made me want to retch.
There’s not one skeptical let alone critical sentiment in it.
I love this description: "Waiting to answer, cross-legged in another, was Diablo Cody, struggling to keep her short blue dress from riding up."
Why do women wear short dresses and then spend their time trying to keep them from riding up? It’s the most pathetic sight. If you don’t want to show it all, then don’t wear short dresses.
I find this description nauseating: "The two women, both 30, both screenwriters at the top of their game, both gorgeous…"
The article is headlined "Hollywood’s New Power Posse" but none of the content makes the writers seem particularly powerful. They have power over who exactly?
This also made me ill: "To see them gathered amid the dinosaur topiary around Ms. Fox’s swimming pool with their dogs (they all have dogs) is to see four distinct styles of glamour that bear little resemblance to traditional images of behind-the-scenes talent."
Four distinct styles of glamor? Just to see them around the swimming pool or at a restaurant? Few people look glamorous without considerable effort (hair, make-up, etc). Do they really look glamorous when they’re not putting effort into it?
"But these women also work hard…" Doesn’t everyone?
Dana Fox says: “It’s rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman’s success."
Is it that rare? Is it any more common among men? How balanced are their lives considering that it seems from this article that none of them are married and none of them have kids?
This article is just an invitation to hate these women. How would you like an article in the New York Times describing you as having it all?
"Screenwriters usually don’t have stylists or publicists, yet the women said they feel pressure to look photogenic in a way that is not demanded of male screenwriters."
Well, duh, women generally are the attracting species. Their looks matter much more than the looks of men, who are principally valued for their strength.
Here’s how the article dismisses all criticsm of the women: "But not everyone loves these four women, and plenty are happy to say so (many of them anonymously). So among them there is also a battle-scarred camaraderie. “Whenever you have a project out in wide release, there are haters,” Ms. Cody said. “Blogs, imdb, Rotten Tomatoes, reviews. It’s a lot to deal with. When most people get Googled, they get maybe a Facebook page. When we get Googled, there’s criticism, bad reviews, commentary on the way we look. You need people who have been through it.”"
YogaEnthusiast: I think you’re just jealous of those women friends
YogaEnthusiast: and you’d rather be rich and famous yourself
YogaEnthusiast: but there’s no way that’s ever going to happen
YogaEnthusiast: they’re also really cute together and 30 years old
YogaEnthusiast: and you’re over 40 – you wasted your time while they are pretty successful
