Hollywood even eats their own if they don’t toe their line..

Renee Zellweger has lashed back at the tabloids for criticising her looks and spreading rumors that the actress has had plastic surgery. In an open letter published on the news website Huffington Post, the Bridget Jones’s Baby star said she was lucky to get to have a creative life and have a blessed existence. The critic in question, Variety’s Owen Gleiberman, wrote an article titled Renee Zellweger: If She No Longer Looks Like Herself, Has She Become a Different Actress?

Renée Zellweger pens an amazing op-ed on the toxic culture of humiliation.

By:  Kit Steinkellner

In October 2014, Renée Zellweger stepped onto the red carpet for the first time since 2010, and she was immediately excoriated by the media for they said was facial plastic surgery (Zellweger has repeatedly denied that she has participated in any procedures). It was upsetting to see Zellweger put under this judgmental microscope, and the media circus reminded us just how unforgiving our culture is about women aging.

With Zellweger’s new movie Bridget Jones’ Baby coming out in September and Renee back in the limelight, the actress took to the Huffington Post to pen a personal essay detailing how she feels about this toxic culture of humiliation.

“It’s no secret a woman’s worth has historically been measured by her appearance,” Zellweger writes.

“Although we have evolved to acknowledge the importance of female participation in determining the success of society, and take for granted that women are standard bearers in all realms of high profile position and influence, the double standard used to diminish our contributions remains, and is perpetuated by the negative conversation which enters our consciousness every day as snark entertainment.”

Zellweger holds the culture at large accountable, but she specifically focuses on the media in her essay.

“What if immaterial tabloid stories, judgments, and misconceptions remained confined to the candy jar of low-brow entertainment and were replaced in mainstream media by far more important, necessary conversations?” Zellweger asks.
“What if we were more careful and more conscientious about the choices we make for ourselves, where we choose to channel our energy and what we buy into; remembering that information — both factual and fictitious — is frequently commodified as a product, and the contents and how we use it are of significant personal, social and public consequence?”
Yes, Rene, Hollywood and the media are the dark evils in our society – they decide who they are going to “make” or “break.”  What the readers need to do is.

She then puts forth a possible answer to these questions, and it’s pretty simple. In a powerful conclusion, Zellweger suggests that we need to search our own feelings about why we line up to be spectators for humiliation, and what exactly it is that makes us focus on surface-level concerns instead of the many pressing real problems society is facing.

Yes, Renee, Hollywood and the media are the dark evils in our society  – they  feel they can decide who they are going to “make” or “break” in our society.  The readers need to boycott the media and Hollywood.

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More ragging about Renee.

Since 2014, there has speculation about changes in Renee Zellweger’s appearance, ranging from the curious to the downright cruel. Whether or not Zellweger had elected to have plastic surgery, the fact that she was no longer a fresh faced ingenue seemed to offend people. Crazy how the aging process works! This came to a fever pitch with the release of the trailer for the upcoming film, Bridget Jones’s Baby, when an essay emerged speculating “is she a different actress if she is no longer recognizable?.” There was plenty of backlash, with many coming out to defend Zellweger and decry this kind of blatant sexism, but Zellweger did not publicly comment on the controversy. Until now.

On Friday, Zellweger penned an essay for The Huffington Post entitled “We Can Do Better.” In the post, Zellweger opens up about the conversation surrounding her changing appearance and the toll that it took.

“ “In October 2014, a tabloid-newspaper article reported that I’d likely had surgery to alter my eyes… Not that it’s anyone’s business, but I did not make a decision to alter my face and have surgery on my eyes. This fact is of no true import to anyone at all, but that the possibility alone was discussed among respected journalists and became a public conversation is a disconcerting illustration of news/entertainment confusion and society’s fixation on physicality.”

The entire post is worth a read (seriously, go read it), and Zellweger really brings it home with a direct response to the previously mentioned essay.

“ “I am not writing today because I have been publicly bullied or because the value of my work has been questioned by a critic whose ideal physical representation of a fictional character originated 16 years ago, over which he feels ownership, I no longer meet… I’m writing because to be fair to myself, I must make some claim on the truths of my life, and because witnessing the transmutation of tabloid fodder from speculation to truth is deeply troubling.”

Zellweger goes on the drag our cultures obsession with unrealistic body standards, and if you aren’t cheering in solidarity, it’s time to reevaluate your choices.

So you see, the media are a bunch of rotten eggs and they are starting to smell.  In fact, the media have lost their readership due to their lies.  It is time for the people to drop all newspapers and boycott the media.  The problem is the bulk of the reporters are foreigners –  who do not have American values.

Thank you Renee for standing up for yourself which also helps others.

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