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The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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Hey, sister, empower yourself through submission
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Ever wonder what social contortions you must endure to marry a count? The good news is you should have plenty of extra time to pick out your smashing outfits, lady, because according to LuAnn de Lesseps -- countess, housewife and star of "The Real Housewives of New York City," -- being the wife of a count certainly doesn't include answering e-mails. According to the New York Post, de Lesseps interrupted two women having drinks at the St. Regis bar, one of whom was Korean and surfing Web sites on her BlackBerry, to dispense some friendly advice about the finer nuances of female empowerment:
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I see you working so hard on your BlackBerry; you can't switch off. And I believe in empowering women, because I myself am a woman, so let me give you this advice. When men see females on their BlackBerrys working hard, it really turns them off. Men like women to be females, to not be like workaholics, as that comes off as being uptight in the bedroom and control freaks. With you being Asian, you have an advantage. My European friends in particular adore Asian females because of their submissiveness. So work that to your advantage. At the same time, I can sympathize with you as a woman in New York City, but you have to do what you have to do to snag a man. |
Awesome. Stop Googling the mortgage crisis, baby, because if you strike just the right look of starry-eyed wonder, some rich dude might install you in a house of your own -- paid for in euros (and your dignity). |
Which should I be more bothered by?
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Apolyton Minister of Culture
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And I don't know why I even decided to look more into this, but here's some more of that NYPost article that was being quoted on Salon:
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And with that, de Lesseps, who's married to Alexandre Count de Lesseps but has been caught in clinches with other men this year, announced, "There are no cute men worth my attention here," and left.
Luann said, via her spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, "As someone of Native American heritage, I don't tolerate ethnic stereotyping. But I will say I'm a big believer in manners, and excessive use of a BlackBerry at a table is impolite." |
There are stupid people in all classes. Just ignore them. And don't watch their shows.
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With a view of the Rockies
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Aug 2000
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You should probably be most bothered by the fact that you seem to care what some random person-- countess tv personality etc said.
So she comes across as racist and perhaps favors being a "kept woman" or "sugarbabe" or whatever. If that truly works for her, isn't that her choice? If she wishes to express her opinion, is not that her right, no matter how idiotic we think her opinion may be?
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Hooked on a feeling
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Jan 2002
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Ever wonder what social contortions you must endure to marry a qunt? |
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Feb 1999
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Originally posted by Flubber
... If she wishes to express her opinion, is not that her right, no matter how idiotic we think her opinion may be? |
No one is trying to shut her up. The question is were her comments sexists and/or racist?
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The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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No, the question is which should bother me more.
For what it's worth, I didn't even know a show like that existed until I saw this post on Broadsheet.
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Emperor
The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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By Jove! I never thought of it that way, Imran dear. I think you're right!
What a goddamn racist.
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Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
The fact that there's a show called "The Real Housewives of New York City". |
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The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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Yeah, I think I'm offended that there is that show, too.
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Emperor
The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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It's her right to express her opinion. It's her right to choose that life.
It's also the right of the public to point out those glaring examples of ignorance, and to point out that she's an utter failure of a human.
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The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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Agathon, dear, did you not see the NEXT ****ING SENTENCE that I wrote? Don't pull a Kid on me.
As far as children and so on goes: if I raised them, and that's how they chose to live their life, I'd be highly disappointed.
And I wouldn't let them forget it. Ever. And they are just as free to try and cut me out of their life as I am of trying to pull them back to sanity.
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Lurking occasionally
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This lady is right though. She probably is more likely to land a rich guy by making herself look stupid.
That said, I'll repeat what I already said. She's got some mental problem, probably having to do with narcissim.
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The cities of Orly and Nowai
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Apr 1999
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Agathon, the point there is more accurate, and one I agree --to an extent-- with.
Honestly, though, I don't know if a middle ground can be found, since legislation of certain social paradigms would be offensive to me, and non-legislated social opprobrium seems to change with the wind, as well as be dependent on cultural backgrounds.
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for this not being an election thread 
