2B - Thursday, October 31, 2013
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Throwing shade
atfemale
celebrity feuds
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She said what? Ruh-
roh. Looks like Kelly
Osbourne just called
Lady Gaga a hypocrite! That's
right. It's.
the reigning
queen of pop
versus one of
the "Fashion
Police." Get
ready for
an all-out
Twitter feud, LENA
folks! FINKEL
OK. All
jokes aside,
I generally don't have any beef
with Kelly Osbourne. She's
witty, outspoken (clearly) and
has overcome a lot of criticism
(particularly about her weight).
But, I definitely do have a prob-
ably with her throwing shade at
Lady Gaga.
And it's not just her that I'm
concerned about. It seems like
girl-on-girl feuds are getting
out of control these days. Think
Lorde vs. Selena Gomez, Miley
vs. Sinead O'Connor, Taylor
Swift vs. Tina Fey and Amy
Poehler, Kelly Osbourne vs.
Christina Aguilera: The list of
catfights goes on for miles and
has surely amplified in recent
years, perhaps as a result of
Twitter.
Of course, there are male vs.
male feuds as well (Kanye vs.
Jimmy Kimmel, most recently),
but female fighting always
seems to be much, much louder.
And honestly, this shouldn't
surprise anyone.
Especially in the male-
dominated music industry,
there are only}so many spots
at the top for a woman. In the
current iTunes top 25 singles,
only seven of the songs are
by females (Lady Gaga with
two, Katy Perry with three
and Lorde and Miley with
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feel like they have to music that isn't 100-percent
heir way to the top. In good, you're a 'hater.' Even if
d where opportunities you have perfectly reasonable
men to truly achieve grounds for that critique."
ited, talented women While everything that Lorde
ced to compete fiercely just said is true, she doesn't
t one another and rip at have any business openly "cri-
ther's throats. tiquing" anybody. She can't
it's for exactly this rea- control the tabloid's head-
at we need to refrain lines, she can't control how
11 this smack talk. It's the media is going to spin the
nough to make it in story, but she can certainly
dustry and to remain control what comes out of her
ted as a professional mouth. I understand that by
. It's either you're show- calling out Selena (she claimed
much skin, you're not Selena Gomez's lyrics weren't
7g enough skin, you're doing women any favors), she
u're that or the other. was trying to take a stand for
s enough criticism about feminism. But publicly putting
musicians, and woman down your female peers is not
ties in general, that we the way to do it. By openly cri-
ely don't need celebri- tiquing other women, female
artists are taking away from
each other's credibility and
iy din' you hurting one another's chances
yd 'y at gaining respect in an already
just buy tough industry.
Listen, I'm not saying that
the cake young female celebrities
shouldn't express their opin-
ady Gaga? ions, because they absolutely
should. They are perfectly
welcome to discuss their views
on sexism in the industry, the
emselves fueling the fire. Middle East or anything else
rtainly doesn't help, they like. Just not when their
er, that the media tends words put down other female
vthings way out of pro- artists. Ladies, you don't need
n. The second that Nicki to step on the backs of your
said anything about friends to get to the top.
Carey it was immedi- So, please, Kelly Osbourne.
"blast," and when Charo Next time you want to "throw
nted on Sophia Vergera, some shade" at Lady Gaga for
dubbed a "slam" (OK, but not sending you a birthday
haro said was actually cake, just think twice.
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Lorde said it best when she
claimed, "I think there's a
Finkel is feuding with
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An Astronaut's Guide to
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Retired Canadian astronaut Colonel Chris Had-
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going to be awesome. The commercial promoting
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day-to-day life on the blue planet. That is, until
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