I think Scarlett Johannsen is well-known, yes. But does the average person know she's in The Avengers? I doubt it.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jul 11, 2012 2:02:48 pm PDT #13419 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2012 2:09:54 pm PDT #13420 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People care one way or another about armpit hair?
You hadn't noticed the Western (at least) ideal was for hairless female armpits? (While not explicitly so for men, I have a sneaking suspicion that pit hair is not particularly cromulent in general--it should probably be trimmed to meet standards)
JenP - Jul 11, 2012 2:30:45 pm PDT #13421 of 30001
Who are the people that are still talking about this [link] to this day?
I didn't know about this controversy until this day. I don't judge her body hair choices, however.
I don't think Jeremy Renner is particularly well-known. I enjoy him lots, though, so continued getting-well-known to him. The first I knew of him was in The Unusuals but I'm not sure I knew his name.
[Edited to add "don't" to that sentence up there...]
Sheryl - Jul 11, 2012 2:40:23 pm PDT #13422 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Kinda quiet in here...
Sue - Jul 11, 2012 2:40:30 pm PDT #13423 of 30001
hip deep in pie
The Avengers is the first thing I've seen Renner in. I'd heard of him, but I didn't get the appeal. He's great on screen...it never came through in pictures.
JZ - Jul 11, 2012 2:40:54 pm PDT #13424 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Who are the people that are still talking about this [link] to this day?
I didn't know about this controversy until this day. I don't judge her body hair choices, however.
I actually remember it--IIRC, her response when someone tried to shame her for it was that she actually had hair there because she'd had some minor procedure (draining a cyst, maybe?) and wasn't shaving or wearing sleeves so as not to irritate the site, and she thought the whole thing was ridiculous. Ridiculous that she'd either shave or not shave for a boyfriend instead of herself, and ridiculous that people apparently though she should have either stayed home or not waved at fans out of shame until she could denude her pits again. There was an undertone of "I am too polite and too much a lady to tell you all to GROW THE FUCK UP, PEOPLE, but, really, GROW THE FUCK UP, PEOPLE" to it that really made me like her quite a bit more.
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2012 2:53:51 pm PDT #13425 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh, JZ. All the news I read about the first time Julia was photographed with unshaved pits (google is telling me it happened again around Eat, Pray Love) her response was that it was about Bratt. Did she change her story? Or are we thinking about different occasions?
Amy - Jul 11, 2012 3:01:33 pm PDT #13426 of 30001
Because books.
Amanda Palmer doesn't shave, but I guess that's okay because she's not mainstream? The double standard there, and with men and women, is pretty absurd.
Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2012 3:21:34 pm PDT #13427 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't know how I ever noticed. People talk about bikin waxes and leg shaving, but I never heard talk about pits. And it never pinged me. I guess it is not news that sometimes I'm a bot clueless.
sarameg - Jul 11, 2012 4:00:48 pm PDT #13428 of 30001
I fell down the rabbithole of trying to repair the database after yesterday's timewarp. It's quite complicated and there are at least 4 different scenarios I have to correct 4 different ways. And I just remembered another table that has to be fixed. That+ cramps made for a very surreal day.
More of it tomorrow. So I'm gonna cuddle the cats.