Offering more insight. After Erika Jayne‘s comments about Crystal Kung Minkoff‘s struggle with an eating disorder caught fire on social media, the singer clarified where she was coming from.
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Bette Midler clarified she wasn't trying to be "transphobic" with her tweet claiming women were being stripped of their name. Midler walked back her original comments Tuesday on Twitter after receiving backlash online. "WOMEN OF THE WORLD!" Midler originally wrote on Twitter.
"We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don't call us 'women' anymore; they call us 'birthing people' or 'menstruators,' and even 'people with vaginas.'" "Don't let them erase you!" she added. "Every human on earth [sic] owes you!" Bette Midler clarified that she wasn't being "transphobic" with a tweet she shared about women being stripped of their name. (Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) She received backlash in the replies of her tweet.
"No one is trying to erase women with inclusive language about people who need abortion care. No one is calling you anything but what you prefer," Roxane Gay wrote. "You should extend that courtesy in return." "Don't fall for the anti-trans panic fake nonsense," Dr.
Panti Bliss-Cabrera replied. "No one is erasing women. In a few small healthcare cases where appropriate they are using trans inclusive language.That's all." "Bette.
Don't be a TERF," one user responded. "Don't make us boycott ‘Hocus Pocus 2.'" Midler walked back her original comment Tuesday on Twitter. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix) Midler seemingly clarified her comments about women on Tuesday by explaining she was responding to a New York Times article titled, "The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don't Count." "PEOPLE OF THE WORLD! My tweet about women was a response to this fascinating and well written piece in the NYT on July 3rd," she wrote.
Offering more insight. After Erika Jayne‘s comments about Crystal Kung Minkoff‘s struggle with an eating disorder caught fire on social media, the singer clarified where she was coming from.
Key creatives behind ABC’s hit police procedural The Rookie and its upcoming spinoff The Rookie: Feds made an appearance at Comic-Con today to tease what’s coming up on both series, and discuss the nature of the interaction planned for them.
Dave Chappelle stand-up gig in Minnesota has been cancelled by the venue hours before he was scheduled to perform.The comedian’s sold-out show at First Avenue in Minneapolis on Wednesday (July 20) was pulled due to backlash from “staff, artists and our community”.In a statement announcing the show would be moved to Varsity Theater, organisers wrote: “To staff, artists, and our community, we hear you and we are sorry. We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down.“We are not just a black box with people in it, and we understand that First Ave is not just a room, but meaningful beyond our walls.A post shared by First Avenue (@firstavenue)“The First Avenue team and you have worked hard to make our venues the safest spaces in the country, and we will continue with that mission.”They added: “We believe in diverse voices and the freedom of artistic expression, but in honouring that, we lost sight of the impact this would have.
Dave Chappelle may have garnered an Emmy nomination last week for his controversial The Closer special, but today the comic was booted out of one of Minneapolis’ most storied venues for his often wounding take on the transgender community.
Academy Awards and 10 nominations for her work in films like Jezebel and Dangerous, Davis became known for her forceful and intense style of acting and gained a reputation as a perfectionist in her craft. Giving a statement shortly after her death, the star's lawyer Harold Schiff revealed the following about her cancer: "The doctors had told us the cancer had spread; that it was terminal. "The doctors had said let her go on going about her business.
Ivana Trump was many things, among them, Donald Trump’s ex wife. Known her work in modeling, business, writing and design, Ivana was born in the Czech Republic, in the city of Zlin. Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump, dies; kids reactIvana Trump throughout the years: photosA post shared by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump)In the ‘70s, Ivana married Alfred Winklmayr, a ski instructor.
A terrible loss. Jennifer Aniston is paying tribute to a Morning Show camera assistant, Gunnar Mortensen, following his tragic death on Monday, July 4. He was 39.
Wilson Chapman editorA new release from Dave Chappelle titled “What’s in a Name?” dropped on Netflix Thursday, consisting of a speech in which the comedian addresses the backlash he’s faced for transphobic material in his standup.The 40-minute speech — which was released on Netflix without any prior announcement — took place at Chappelle’s alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., during a planned ceremony to rename the school’s theater after him. The choice by the school was widely criticized due to Chappelle’s inclusion of jokes targeting the transgender community — particularly trans women — in his recent projects like 2021 standup special “The Closer.” Chappelle also had a combative Q&A with Duke Ellington students following the release of the special in November, during which many criticized him for failing to listen to the objections of the LGBTQ community regarding his material.
wrote on Sunday, seemingly referencing the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturn Roe v.
tweeting about the trans community and the language used to describe them — is now firing back at critics of the tweet. The tweet — which read: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!” “They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators,’ and even ‘people with vaginas!’ Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you,” the tweet continued. The now-viral tweet has gained over 102,000 likes and nearly 21,000 comments, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Setting the record straight. Bette Midler is speaking out after some fans interpreted a recent comment about women’s rights as being transphobic.
Bette Midler has clarified what she meant by her controversial tweet about women earlier this week.
Bette Midler has been met with criticism on social media after tweeting about the “erasure” of women in wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.On Sunday (July 3), the actress, singer and comedian appeared to reference the new ruling on abortion laws in a tweet that has been described by many as transphobic.Her post read: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators’, and even ‘people with vaginas’! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!”“The far right and the far left have found the one thing they can agree on: Women don’t count.”Midler’s words soon came under fire, receiving over 20,000 replies (at time of writing), with many accusing her of excluding transgender individuals who also need abortion care.The actress was subsequently described as a “TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) by some, while others threatened to boycott the upcoming Hocus Pocus sequel on Disney+, in which Midler reprises her role as Winifred Sanderson the witch.WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us “women” anymore; they call us “birthing people” or “menstruators”, and even “people with vaginas”! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) July 4, 2022Summing up the issue with Midler’s tweet, cosmology author Katie Mack wrote: “The term ‘pregnant people’ includes pregnant women & also people who are pregnant but are not women.
Bette Midler and Macy Gray are facing backlash over comments they made regarding the definition of women. Midler and Gray shared their own definitions of what a woman is over the weekend. "WOMEN OF THE WORLD!" Midler wrote on Twitter.
Bette Midler and Macy Gray are facing backlash.
scribed: “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name!”“They don’t call us ‘women’ anymore; they call us ‘birthing people’ or ‘menstruators,’ and even ‘people with vaginas!’ Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you,” she continued.Twitter users slammed Midler on social media, with several arguing that her words were false.“Really disappointed in this as a trans man and a Bette Midler fan. Bette, including trans men in the conversation about reproductive health does not harm women.
Sarah Jessica Parker spent the weekend sunbathing with her husband of 25 years Matthew Broderick. MORE: Sarah Jessica Parker and Bette Midler return in Hocus Pocus 2 trailer - and it looks brilliantThe 57-year-old who was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2022 was spotted spending some time in a timeless black swimsuit.