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In reply to the discussion: Michelle Wolf referred to Huckster, Jr. as (an) Aunt Lydia. [View all]Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)25. Since when did 'perfect smokey eye' become an insult, America?
Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for commenting on the press secretarys eye shadow. This is a storm in a teacup
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"If youre not familiar with the common parlance of cosmetics, you might not know that a perfect smokey eye is a very nice way to describe a womans makeup glamorous, well-applied, nicely smudged. But on the morning after the White House Correspondents Association (WCHA) dinner on Saturday night, you might have thought otherwise.
Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for saying just that about the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, during her keynote roast: I actually really like Sarah, Wolf said. I think shes very resourceful. But she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Like maybe shes born with it, maybe its lies. Its probably lies.
Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable, wrote MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, overlooking the crucial fact that Wolf was in fact complimenting the appearance of Sanders makeup. Wolf was mocking the fact that Sanders is a liar. Which is something that she definitely is."
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"Its a shame that those on the right have used the concept of snowflakes as an insult against those who oppose them, because time and time again its clear that no one is more sensitive than the far-right who follow Trump in lock step and cant take a compliment from the other side about eye-shadow."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/snowflakes-sarah-huckabees-perfect-smokey-eye
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"If youre not familiar with the common parlance of cosmetics, you might not know that a perfect smokey eye is a very nice way to describe a womans makeup glamorous, well-applied, nicely smudged. But on the morning after the White House Correspondents Association (WCHA) dinner on Saturday night, you might have thought otherwise.
Comedian Michelle Wolf was slammed by a wide range of commentators for saying just that about the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, during her keynote roast: I actually really like Sarah, Wolf said. I think shes very resourceful. But she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Like maybe shes born with it, maybe its lies. Its probably lies.
Watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable, wrote MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, overlooking the crucial fact that Wolf was in fact complimenting the appearance of Sanders makeup. Wolf was mocking the fact that Sanders is a liar. Which is something that she definitely is."
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"Its a shame that those on the right have used the concept of snowflakes as an insult against those who oppose them, because time and time again its clear that no one is more sensitive than the far-right who follow Trump in lock step and cant take a compliment from the other side about eye-shadow."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/29/snowflakes-sarah-huckabees-perfect-smokey-eye
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Media pitching "soft" (softball) questions to favored interviewees. Red team / Blue team. . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#20
And they are cheering their own oppression. They forget that to a misogynist - they're still women.
Solly Mack
Apr 2018
#10
And the press would rather push a poor Sarah narrative than deal with what Wolf said about them.
Solly Mack
Apr 2018
#14
Which says more about what they think about Sanders than anything Wolf said.
Solly Mack
Apr 2018
#16
Discussion elsewhere says maybe confusion between "burning facts" (Wolf said) and "burning fat" . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#21
I've read where they are angry that they are seen that way since the series started.
Solly Mack
Apr 2018
#35
I like the DUers who share their opinions without having seen the video or read the transcript
IronLionZion
May 2018
#37