[ SECRET POST #2627 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2627 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Malcolm In The Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, Home Improvement, Rescue Me, Prison Break]


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03.
[Michelle Kwan]


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04.
[Bear Nuts by Alison Acton]


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05.
[Supernatural]


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06.
[OP note: pic credit to Ksenia Nurtdinova]


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07.
[Seanan McGuire, Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman]


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08.
[Karen Gillian/Doctor Who]


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09.
[Mary Poppins (1964 movie)]


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10.
[El Goonish Shive]


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11.
[Noragami]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 015 secrets from Secret Submission Post #375.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

08. http://i.imgur.com/zaIzV0g.jpg
[Karen Gillian/Doctor Who]

[fauxkaren]

I'm pretty sure she said something about not experiencing sexism or not needing feminism or something like that a few years back so um... yeah.

Anyway, I wouldn't expect her to criticize the writer and character who launched her career.

[(Anonymous)]

Really? Yikes. I cringe a bit when women say things like that because I just think... come on, it can't be true. Beautiful women might not get the same misogynistic abuse from horrible people ("Hey, you fat bitch!") but they get plenty of abuse all of their own. Even if she managed to escape from anyone ever creeping on her for being young and hot, she should at least be sensitive of the fact that not all women are so fortunate.

[(Anonymous)]

whoa, really?

Though, tbh, I haven't really experienced much 'direct' sexism in my life... I'm very aware of it systemically and I'm sure it's affected my life in some ways, but I've not really had sexism directed at me by actual people. I've never felt held back by being a woman or anything. That's different from saying we don't need feminism, though. Just because I don't feel particularly affected doesn't mean that it's not a major problem...

I find it a bit hard to believe a beautiful actress on a big cult show like that hasn't experienced sexism, though (unfortunately.)

[(Anonymous)]

It's not till I've gotten a lot older than I've started seeing feminism is a useful concept. I didn't liek the term or a lot of things associated with it earlier, and didn't really understand the importance. I think we need new words sometimes for younger people to get behind concepts that are always imporatnt. (Yeah, it's silly, perhaps, but didn't the younger generation come up with the lgbt instead of gay rights?)

[elephantinegrace]

Did she actually say those things, or was the article only quoting some things? Because I really, really want to keep liking her and...too late. Ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't expect her to be critical either. Criticizing your former bosses is any business is dicey, much more so in show business. She may be telling the truth, or she may just realize that badmouthing people you've worked with, and who have connections themselves in the industry, is not the best way to get jobs in a very competitive profession. It's not just corporate offices where the 'team-player' is the one who gets ahead.

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure why I find that picture hot. I find myself just staring. I'm female and straight, so wtf self??

[(Anonymous)]

Because you can acknowledge attractiveness and sensuality when you see it while being exclusively into one gender in practice. She's a sexy lady.

Although tbh I think her getup is rather awkward- high-waisted panties attached to cups by a weird sheer panel? And that vest?! Super fabulous legs though, that's what I mostly stare at.

[(Anonymous)]

Because it's Karen Gillan. /fellow straight girl who can't stop staring, with gay male best friend who also can't stop staring.

[silvereriena]

It's the legs. I keep staring at them too.

[(Anonymous)]

I hope you aren't implying that she is dumb and stupid because she used to be a model.

[chardmonster]

I bet you're Not Like Other Girls.

[(Anonymous)]

Who thinks these things????

[(Anonymous)]

thankyou, this is exactly how so many geek girls think. so fucking sick of it.

[(Anonymous)]

Pink cars are an abomination

[(Anonymous)]

I hate this crap. It's so patronizing. Do you like pink and tanning and painting your nails and makeup? Then you're fake and stupid! Never mind that this kind of body modification might make you happy and make you feel more like yourself. It's not like these things are legitimate ways to express oneself.

I remember this!

[kryptoncat]

It was a beautiful fandom.


http://cosmickonett.tumblr.com/post/22643186872/i-had-to-i-haaaaad-tooo-ugh

[arcadiaego]

I actually saw someone post one of these sorts of things unironically a couple of weeks ago and was very confused.

[forgottenjester]

Maybe she doesn't want to burn her bridges. Just a thought. You realize that entire scene is all about connections and whose shit list you are not on.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly.

[(Anonymous)]

Pretty much this. I always feel like people who complain when a celebrity doesn't speak out about something don't realize just how easy it is to get blacklisted by the entertainment industry, especially if you are a minority and/or woman.

I really can't blame people who make the choice to want to protect their career, especially when they're new to it and not in a powerful position.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't mind her in Doctor Who, but the rubbish she talked in the run-up to that David Bailey drama she did put me right off her.

Even given her age, she seemed astonishingly dense. Did she actually realise even slightly what the script was about?

I don't trust her to do anything to anything any more in a part except turn up and flash those amazing legs. That's enough, I suppose. They are good legs.

[(Anonymous)]

What, exactly are you talking about.

:feels like she missed out on something big:

[arcadiaego]

I'd not expect her to do it because she was in his show for several years, he launched her career and is probably a friend. But I suppose you can make it about how she looks (before she shaved her head) as well I suppose.