For those of you who know me, you know that I love everything celebrity, fashion and pop culture. And for those of you who know me really well, you know how much I love to celebrate the style and marvel at all of the talent. I live, breathe and love the movie premieres, reality (and quality) television and the superstars of the music industry. This list is a compilation of the most captivating Hollywood stories of the week and the things I felt most compelled to loathe or love. I hope you agree. You should.
This week, Time magazine released a word banishment poll, asking its readers to vote words off the Time magazine island. The magazine gave readers words such as: bae, basic, I can't even, literally, kale, turnt and yassssssss. The only problem was, they included the word feminist. I can't even (hahahaha) begin to describe how much Time screwed this up. Apparently, they have nothing against the word, but rather, wanted to ban it because too many celebrities and politicians were stating their opinion on it. They wrote, "Let's stick to the issues and quit throwing this label around like ticker tape at a Susan B. Anthony parade." And I have to disagree with them. I think every woman in the world should be calling herself a feminist, and if the word is written on Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook, so be it. Who cares if celebrities are declaring themselves feminists? Why is this a fad that should be "banned"? Well it shouldn't be and Time now knows that because after a huge Internet uproar they issued an apology. I think we need a little bit more of Lena Dunham (self-identified public feminist, an example of someone Time is calling out) in our lives. We should all be listening to Beyoncé's "Flawless" on repeat (in her song Queen B uses a clip of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TEDTalk on feminism.) So for this week, Time failed and deserves a loathe from me.
