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marnanightingaleAs long time readers of these ramblings are aware, I have given frequent thought over the last few decades the the desireability of being Emma Thompson.
Let it be known that this is because She Is The Bomb.
The English actress Emma Thompson has stepped in to protest about an up-and-coming British actress, of seemingly perfect proportions, being required by an American film company to lose weight for her next role.... The no-nonsense Thompson was so outraged that she called the producers the next day and threatened to resign from the film if they forced Atwell to lose weight. Faced with Thompson - a two-times Oscar winner - on the warpath, Miramax Films swiftly relented.
Vienna - It just takes seven shipping containers to make an absolute nightmare come to life: in "The Journey," a harrowing art installation accompanying a United Nations forum on human trafficking Elena, a young woman trafficked as a sex slave from Moldova, lets a shocked audience have a glimpse into her personal nightmare. "There was never less than 40 men a day. Not one day off," Elena's installation, co-conceived by British actress Emma Thompson, tells the visitor, who chokes upon entering a small dingy room, with a squeaky bed, a box of condoms and a cry for help smeared on a mirror with lipstick.
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"Many people frankly don't give a toss about young girls being raped," Thompson, a dedicated anti-trafficking activist, said. "And in some parts of the world, rape is just a fact of life."
Also, we still do not brake for the patriarchy. Feminism 101, an ongoing series by the fabulous folks at Shakesville. I hope this will at some point be made into a book, available in paperback for gifting -- and in hardcover, for those times when only throwing will do.
Let it be known that this is because She Is The Bomb.
The English actress Emma Thompson has stepped in to protest about an up-and-coming British actress, of seemingly perfect proportions, being required by an American film company to lose weight for her next role.... The no-nonsense Thompson was so outraged that she called the producers the next day and threatened to resign from the film if they forced Atwell to lose weight. Faced with Thompson - a two-times Oscar winner - on the warpath, Miramax Films swiftly relented.
Vienna - It just takes seven shipping containers to make an absolute nightmare come to life: in "The Journey," a harrowing art installation accompanying a United Nations forum on human trafficking Elena, a young woman trafficked as a sex slave from Moldova, lets a shocked audience have a glimpse into her personal nightmare. "There was never less than 40 men a day. Not one day off," Elena's installation, co-conceived by British actress Emma Thompson, tells the visitor, who chokes upon entering a small dingy room, with a squeaky bed, a box of condoms and a cry for help smeared on a mirror with lipstick.
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"Many people frankly don't give a toss about young girls being raped," Thompson, a dedicated anti-trafficking activist, said. "And in some parts of the world, rape is just a fact of life."
Also, we still do not brake for the patriarchy. Feminism 101, an ongoing series by the fabulous folks at Shakesville. I hope this will at some point be made into a book, available in paperback for gifting -- and in hardcover, for those times when only throwing will do.
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Date: 2008-02-27 07:10 am (UTC)Have shared the first one widely. Yay Emma!
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Date: 2008-03-01 10:29 pm (UTC)Yay! Emma Thompson Love!