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Cannes Film Festival Spurs Controversy And Disruptive Protest In Light Of A Lack Of Female Nominees - The Frisky

On Sunday, the red carpet procedures at the premiere of Michael Haneke’s “Amour” were disrupted by a protest from the French feminist group La Barbe (“the beard”), whose letter grieving the male-dominated line-up was published in Le Monde and The Guardian newspapers. The interference bemused those whom it supposedly targeted: if one weren’t familiar with the plight, they may have found the message unclear — the five women arrived sporting fake beards and, in the evening’s torrential downpour, carried signs saying, “Marveilleux,” “Merci!!!,” “Splendide,” “Incredible!” and, finally, “Le Barbe.” A sardonic approach, yes, but is it Cannes who is truly at fault? The festival’s artistic director, Thierry Fremaux, espoused the fairness of his, and the rest of the committee’s, decisions in a statement that maintained “films were chosen ‘without regard to race, color, sex, language, religion, political opinion,’ or any other external factor.” Andrea Arnold, a British filmmaker who serves on this year’s Cannes jury, insisted that the bigger problem at hand is “the lack of female directors making feature films.”

Female actresses with roles in films eligible at Cannes are not exactly feeling the source of the furor. Jessica Chastain, who is featured in “Lawless,” was plain-spoken about the situation and its validity: “I think it’s silly … I think a film should be judged on the film and not on the sex of the person who directed the film.” She went on to note that a multitude of women are serving on the Cannes prize jury, and spoke in agreement with Arnold as far as the real problem being a lack of females in the film industry as a whole. Her co-star, Mia Wasikowska, concurred in that “at the end of the day, it’s about the best film.”

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“I think one of the greatest mistakes that America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote. We should have never turned it over to women. It was a big mistake. … Right now 50 percent of the voting population are women. Did you know that? There are more women voting out there than men now. And these women are voting in the wrong people. They’re voting in people who are evil, who agree with them, who will take us down the path of destruction. This is probably the reason they didn’t allow women to vote when men were men. Because men, in the good old days, understood the nature of the woman. They were not afraid to deal with it. And they understood that if you let them take over, this will happen. I remember when my grandmother would do stupid stuff and I would talk to my granddad about it, he would say, “Your grandmother is crazy. That old woman is just crazy.” And he would straighten the situation out for us. But you can’t go to Dad and tell him about Mom anymore, because Dad is afraid of Mom. He won’t deal with it. It’s so unfortunate. But this is how evil is coming in, it’s coming through the woman. … Look at every place where a woman is in control and you see nothing but confusion.” (via Today In People Are Terrible: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Says Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Vote - The Frisky)

“I think one of the greatest mistakes that America made was to allow women the opportunity to vote. We should have never turned it over to women. It was a big mistake. … Right now 50 percent of the voting population are women. Did you know that? There are more women voting out there than men now. And these women are voting in the wrong people. They’re voting in people who are evil, who agree with them, who will take us down the path of destruction. This is probably the reason they didn’t allow women to vote when men were men. Because men, in the good old days, understood the nature of the woman. They were not afraid to deal with it. And they understood that if you let them take over, this will happen. I remember when my grandmother would do stupid stuff and I would talk to my granddad about it, he would say, “Your grandmother is crazy. That old woman is just crazy.” And he would straighten the situation out for us. But you can’t go to Dad and tell him about Mom anymore, because Dad is afraid of Mom. He won’t deal with it. It’s so unfortunate. But this is how evil is coming in, it’s coming through the woman. … Look at every place where a woman is in control and you see nothing but confusion.” (via Today In People Are Terrible: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Says Women Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Vote - The Frisky)

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“Why do people ask me to lose swear words? Do people ask Eminem to lose swear words? Do they ask Lil Wayne to lose swear words? Nobody stops them and says ‘Would you stop swearing… for the children, please?’ … I don’t want children cursing. I’m very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music. … Don’t you think it’s strange, though? I used to see Eminem in concert and people were bringing their little brother or whatever. Nobody stops them and says [she adopts a posh English accent], ‘Would you stop swearing, Eminem, for loads of money?’ I don’t get it, I don’t get it.” (via Nicki Minaj Says Asking Her Not To Cuss Is Sexist - The Frisky)

“Why do people ask me to lose swear words? Do people ask Eminem to lose swear words? Do they ask Lil Wayne to lose swear words? Nobody stops them and says ‘Would you stop swearing… for the children, please?’ … I don’t want children cursing. I’m very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music. … Don’t you think it’s strange, though? I used to see Eminem in concert and people were bringing their little brother or whatever. Nobody stops them and says [she adopts a posh English accent], ‘Would you stop swearing, Eminem, for loads of money?’ I don’t get it, I don’t get it.” (via Nicki Minaj Says Asking Her Not To Cuss Is Sexist - The Frisky)

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Australian Company Offers Double Pay To Moms Who Return To Work - The Frisky

As an incentive for working mothers not to drop out of the workforce, the Insurance Australia Group (IAG) is offering double pay for new moms for their first six weeks back from maternity leave. The double-pay incentive is on top of IAG’s 14 weeks paid maternity leave after giving birth or adopting a child, plus an Australian law that either gives parents up to 18 weeks pay at minimum wage or a $5,800 “baby bonus,” whichever is greater. Color me impressed, Aussies.

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