Sat Dec 15, 2018, 06:18 AM
Soph0571 (9,685 posts)
This Is How a Woman Gets Written Out of Her Own Obituary
Sondra Locke has died. She was a director and Oscar-nominated actress, but by The Hollywood Reporter’s account, she was just Clint Eastwood’s money-grubbing ex-girlfriend.
On Thursday, THR ran an obituary for Locke, originally headlined “Actress Sondra Locke, Embittered Ex of Clint Eastwood, Dies at 74.” ------ Sondra Locke’s death should be a chance to look back on her life and recognize, in 2018, all that the press missed, and what we still miss when we cover the lives of women overshadowed by powerful men. The press in the 1980s and ’90s chose to frame her relationship with Eastwood not as an abuse of power, but gossipy tabloid fare, with her at fault for the destruction of her career. And considering The Hollywood Reporter’s account of her life, it’s clear that we haven’t moved beyond that framing. [link:https://jezebel.com/this-is-how-a-woman-gets-written-out-of-her-own-obituar-1831097072| We need to demand better in 2018
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Author | Time | Post |
 This Is How a Woman Gets Written Out of Her Own Obituary (Original post) |
Soph0571 | Dec 2018 | OP |
| madaboutharry | Dec 2018 | #1 | |
| oberliner | Dec 2018 | #2 | |
| localroger | Dec 2018 | #9 | |
| oberliner | Dec 2018 | #13 | |
| BlancheSplanchnik | Dec 2018 | #10 | |
| oberliner | Dec 2018 | #14 | |
| Guilded Lilly | Dec 2018 | #3 | |
| mountain grammy | Dec 2018 | #4 | |
| rickyhall | Dec 2018 | #5 | |
| LuvNewcastle | Dec 2018 | #6 | |
| tavernier | Dec 2018 | #7 | |
| Duppers | Dec 2018 | #12 | |
| marble falls | Dec 2018 | #8 | |
| Farmer-Rick | Dec 2018 | #11 | |
| demigoddess | Jun 2019 | #15 |
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 06:35 AM
madaboutharry (38,570 posts)
1. So disheartening and outright disgraceful.
Response to oberliner (Reply #2)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:01 AM
9. As many Twitter users have discovered though...
Response to oberliner (Reply #2)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:04 AM
BlancheSplanchnik (20,219 posts)
10. Good. I hope they got a message that sticks.
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:01 AM
Guilded Lilly (5,572 posts)
3. Jaysus. n/t
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:05 AM
mountain grammy (25,127 posts)
4. Disgusting
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:58 AM
LuvNewcastle (16,171 posts)
6. Writers shouldn't even bring up former marriages
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:59 AM
tavernier (11,187 posts)
7. I read her book long ago.
Response to tavernier (Reply #7)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 11:47 AM
Duppers (25,875 posts)
12. For years I have refused to watch his movies
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Because of what I read about him decades ago.
RIP, Sondra. 
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Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:49 AM
marble falls (47,684 posts)
8. Just a footnote in a man's biography. Shameful trivialization of a woman's life.
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:32 AM
Farmer-Rick (8,096 posts)
11. Way to ignore a very successful woman. RIP Ms. Locke
Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 07:08 PM
15. I would ask, if he didn't want children why didn't he have a vasectomy.
