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KaryninMiami
(3,073 posts)For many of us, these women are major heroines- great show.
malaise
(268,664 posts)CTyankee
(63,883 posts)as I like to think I was, in a minor way of course. But I recall that third wave (we didn't call it that then) feminism, how exciting it was, the battle for the ERA, the Roe decision, the despised Hyde Amendment...we shudda seen it coming...
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Marlo Thomas? (daughter of Danny Thomas, did a TV sitcom called "That Girl" many decades ago)
Just curious - if it's indeed Marlo Thomas, I haven't heard anything about her in years. I know she's been an outspoken advocate for feminism in the past.
Thanks in advance,
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malaise
(268,664 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I've caught his show a few times when I've stayed with my dad for a weekend, so I know what I'm missing.
malaise
(268,664 posts)in society. This is a first for me.
tech3149
(4,452 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I live in the boonies. Modern technology does not reach here.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Gloria seems to have aged naturally and beautifully.
whathehell
(29,026 posts)I haven't seen or heard of Marlo acting in anything for at least a decade.
Gloria has aged beautifully, for sure, but I doubt anyone's face
is naturally that smooth or wrinkle-free when they're almost eighty.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)fifteen years. Also, actresses don't retire. Older ones often don't get as much work as they used to, but if they go before a camera like on a talk show there is a chance someone who can offer them work might just be looking so it behooves them to look as good as they can. She's definitely using filler in her lips. Older women really shouldn't. It just makes them look like a bee stung them. As far as Gloria's skin being smooth and wrinkle free, it's studio lighting and make-up tricks that do it. I use stuff under my makeup that smooths the skin for twelve hours. It's the lack of the pulled skin look that makes me believe Gloria hasn't done anything surgical.
You are the true believer, aren't you?
Number one, of course actresses retire -- some of them after only a couple of pictures.
Second, I doubt Marlo needs the money. She and Phil are likely worth quite a bit.
As for Gloria, had you noticed the difference between her ultra-smooth face and her
her very wrinkled neck, I think you'd realize she's had surgery.
I like them both, and don't need to view them as icons of political/feminist perfection to appreciate
the work they've done.
MinM
(2,650 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)those two ladies are pretty much my age so they went through the same years fighting sexism as I did. I actually went to business school with Marlo's sister Terry. That's back when the only ambition most ordinary girls could have was to learn to pound a typewriter and bookkeeping. Terry went to work in her father's offices when we graduated.
malaise
(268,664 posts)It was lovely to see Marlo in particular.
You know my mom sent us all to learn to type and speed write in the summer holidays. I thank her daily - took great notes at university and I know how to type rather than two finger a computer.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I have been a long-time feminist, and Gloria Steinen has always been my idol.