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In reply to the discussion: Stalking, actually: why men who reject rejection are not romantic heroes [View all]crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)69. Have you heard her latest?
She takes shots at the non romantic people in her life that have taken shots at her. Particularly Kayne West.
(The video hints at Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry too). I'm 37 and love her music.
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Stalking, actually: why men who reject rejection are not romantic heroes [View all]
niyad
Sep 2017
OP
Worse, she opened the door b/c she thought he was delivering a script that had been sent over to her
anneboleyn
Sep 2017
#55
see, there you go, being rational again. I have seen so many of these stories, and what
niyad
Sep 2017
#5
K&R. The entitlement is horrifying and we're fed it every day from childhood.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2017
#8
As long as their stalking is confined to the internet they are less dangerous.
DemocratSinceBirth
Sep 2017
#13
Because he did that weird cue card thing putting her in a bizarre position....
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#19
Well that's the part that's unrealistic, to be honest. Anyone who saw his film would be creeped out
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#40
I'm saying the videotaping and the cue cards were OTT weird and it's not great that movies
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#48
Agreed it isn't technically stalking but also- super red flaggy stuff. To be obsessed
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#66
Nope- the weird stalky behavior is not glorified in that movie. Big difference.
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#51
Exactly - I'm pointing that female stalking is not portrayed as romantic in movies. (tn)
ehrnst
Sep 2017
#52
It is either a joke OR a partial punishment for sexual transgression (Fatal Attraction, The Crush)
anneboleyn
Sep 2017
#57
A chunk of her early songs use the "nice guy" trope, but from the woman's perspective.
RhodeIslandOne
Sep 2017
#67
Not "heroines," but people laugh at the idea of women "stalking" men in the same way that
anneboleyn
Sep 2017
#56
None of the movies you mentioned make light of women staking- they're portrayed as dangerous!
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#58
One of my classmates had to get a restraining order against another classmate
meadowlander
Sep 2017
#24
and this actually starts very young--when a little girl complains because a little boy is pulling
niyad
Sep 2017
#60
But they are portrayed in popular entertainment as creepy, or laughable, not as romantic leads
ehrnst
Sep 2017
#34
Yes, that moves towards it - however the movie shows her finding happiness when she stops
ehrnst
Sep 2017
#53
Almost nothing from TV, especially sitcoms, or the majority of romantic comedies
Blue_Adept
Sep 2017
#39