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"PinterestFacebookPHOTO: THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSIONHave you been following the Christian Bale drama? His mom and sister allege that he assaulted them last Sunday. He has gone to the police station in London in between attending red carpet premieres in England and Spain. I hope it&amp;#39;s not true because as you all know, I am a big Newsies fan (and GatrGirl, you rock for reciting the lyrics). Maybe doing the movie American Psycho really got to his head.\nBut this is weird. Do you remember that Christian&amp;#39;s dad, David Bale (now deceased) married feminist icon Gloria Steinem in 2000? With a relation like that, I don&amp;#39;t see how Christian could be anything but completely respectful of all women.\nGloria Steinem is the one who said, &amp;quot;A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.&amp;quot; She married David Bale at the age of 66. It was her first marriage.\nSome people think feminists are angry. This is true. But the movement was started because something was unfair, so anger is kinda helpful. A gender studies professor once told me that her students were afraid to use the &amp;quot;F&amp;quot; word. She said, tongue in cheek, that feminism is the &amp;quot;radical belief that all women are human beings.&amp;quot; (Not so radical, is it?)\nIf you ever want to read something that will blow your mind, check out Simone de Beauvoir&amp;#39;s Second Sex. Don&amp;#39;t read the whole thing--it&amp;#39;s very long and a few sections of it are pretty convoluted, but the good parts will help you think clearly in your relationships. When I first moved to New York, I dated someone who left town every weekend. My mom thought he was married. Little ol&amp;#39; me was afraid to ask him for a Saturday night. But I finally reasoned that by not telling him what I wanted, I was compromising. I was saying that my needs were not as important as his, and I knew that wasn&amp;#39;t true.\nWhat do you think about the &amp;quot;F&amp;quot; word? And on a lighter note, any Project Runway junkies out there?\nPhoto: Courtesy Everett Collection"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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