tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744836732514735512024-03-13T11:16:44.414-04:00The R-Word ReporterReporting Movies, Television Shows and Public Figures Using the R-WordJenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-70793857375665825632014-01-20T22:29:00.000-05:002014-01-20T22:29:04.192-05:00"The Wolf of Wall Street" - What Does It Have To Do With Super Joe?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before a child is ever able to speak and express himself (this is called "<a href="http://main.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/brain_wonders_-_12_to_18_months.pdf?docID=10224&AddInterest=1503">expressive language</a>"), he is able to understand what is being said to him or around him (this is called "<a href="http://www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34:ages&catid=11:admin&Itemid=117">receptive language</a>"). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a point of view we have emphasized since Joey was starting to roll over. As a family, we decided that we would speak to Joey as if he understood every single word we said and that we would hold him to the same expectations for behavior as we do our older son. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem is when you have a child who is non-verbal or who has delayed language skills it is hard to help everyone around that child understand that although the child may not be able to verbally express his or her feelings, the child <i>does</i> understand and comprehend far more than any of us know. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had to part ways from two different therapists who were treating Joey for this very reason. One therapist called herself "retarded" in front of Joey and I during a therapy session and when I asked to please not use that word in front of Joey or any of her clients, she denied ever saying it. A different therapist said that Downs kids who were stubborn might be cute when they were 2 or 3-years-old, but not when they are 8-years-old. It was such a bizarre statement and it was only her, Joey and I in the treatment room. We also parted ways for the very reason that we believe that Joey's "receptive language" exceeds his "expressive language" and it is possible that it might always. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of the challenge of having Down syndrome is that it can take some individuals a second or two longer to process a conversation and respond. In a world where we all (myself included!) rush through our days and our conversations, that extra processing time can cause frustration and communication difficulties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Joey's sake, we continue to try and emphasize to everyone we know and interact with that while he may not have a quick answer to your question or comment, he more than likely <i>understands</i> the comment and if given enough time to process it he may have his own response. For us, we struggle to bite our tongues and not fill in all the blanks for him. For us, we struggle with giving him the time and energy he needs to come up with his own answers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you ever know someone in school who was very quiet and who did not talk or participate in class? Some might say that the person was "painfully shy" or "socially awkward" in group settings. Maybe you were the quiet one. I know I was when we moved to a new town in 3rd and then again in 6th grade. Did you ever notice how the quiet person kind of just disappeared? How they were sometimes marginalized because they did not offer anything to the discussion? Sometimes being quiet can be equal to being forgotten about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Joey and for others, being quiet or taking time to respond does not mean he is not interested or shy, it just might mean he needs a little bit longer to figure out his response. Being quiet or having difficulty communicating also does not mean that the person can not hear or comprehend what is being said. That is the real danger I fear. That others will think that because Joey doesn't immediately respond, people will think he doesn't understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we are finding out and what we are celebrating is just how much Joey DOES understand and just how much he CAN say!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His Godmother observed him over Christmas Break and she was especially pleased by his progress and by his ability to listen to and follow directions as well as respond to conversations around him. It's been breathtaking to witness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He now knows at least 60-70 signs and he uses about 100 different words. He is also able to mimic almost any word we say to him! Slowly, but surely Joey is showing us just how much he does know about his world and surroundings. He says new words on a daily basis as opposed to when it used to be only every few months that we would hear a new word from him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the most exciting words he now says is, "Walk!" He will come and get my hands and say "walk"and then he has me hold his hands as we walk together. It's only mid-January, but 2014 has been incredible so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, to the question of what does "The Wolf of Wall Street" have to do with Super Joe?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, the actual story as shown through the eyes of Martin Scorsese has nothing to do with Joey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, the way the story is told has far too much with how society thinks it is okay to marginalize and mock individuals like Joey who happen to have developmental disabilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Hollywood and those who award the actors and directors in it ("The Wolf of Wall Street" has received 5 Oscar nominations) seems unwilling to ever stop using the word "retarded" or to stop mocking individuals with disabilities, it would at least be helpful to provide moviegoers with a warning in the rating system. Perhaps an "MD" rating that means a movie Mocks Disabilities would work. At least then the consumers who have a disability, have a child with a disability or know someone with a disability would have the choice to not see the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The film is based on the life of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort who was convicted of fraud and spent 22 months in prison. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Belfort and Jonah Hill plays his sleazy minion, Donnie Azoff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beyond the excessive images of drug abuse, the over 500 times the f-word is used, the frontal nudity and orgy scenes are two scenes that I found far more distasteful and devastating than any of the other 3 hours of debauchery in this movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to the movie with another couple and after the movie they asked me if we wanted to leave after the scene using the R-word. While I always want to leave movies that use the R-word, I now take it as an opportunity to tell others about the movie and to help give them the option to choose to not to waste their money on the movie if they so choose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So with that spirit in mind, we stayed despite the following sickening scene that literally caused our little row of the four of us to go into an awkward and palpable silence because we each knew that if this character had a child like our own son, he would have disregarded him as less than a human.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this scene Belfort asks Azoff about the rumors that Azoff is married to his first cousin. Azoff confirms that he did indeed marry his first cousin basically because she was hot. He then goes on to ask Azoff if his kids are okay. And then Azoff says that yes, his kids are fine and they aren't like "retarded" or anything. Besides, if they were "retarded" he would <a href="http://twitchfilm.com/2013/12/why-the-wolf-of-wall-street-is-a-horror-movie.html">"drive north" and let the kid "loose in the woods.</a>" That he would say to them, "You're free, you're free now!" Azoff then goes on to say that if their kids were actually "retarded" he would put them in an institution for life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Michelle "Izzy" Galgana writes in "<a href="http://twitchfilm.com/2013/12/why-the-wolf-of-wall-street-is-a-horror-movie.html">Why <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i> Is A Horror Movie</a>", "Just let that sink in a little."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In another scene, the Belfort character consumes so many expired Quaaludes that he has to crawl back to his <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/15/wolf-of-wall-street-disability-cerebral-palsy">Lamborghini in what he recalls is a "cerebral palsy phase"</a> as he narrates the scene. It was as shocking a comparison as it was disgusting and out of place. I know the age-old arguments that others will make- freedom of speech, artistic license, it's just words, it's just a movie and on and on.... to those arguments I say the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy released the <a href="http://blog.thearc.org/tag/the-wolf-of-wall-street/">following statement</a> in response to the movie:</span><br />
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“The Wolf of Wall Street is getting a lot of attention for how it offends audiences on many levels, but one aspect that hasn’t been discussed is its use of the r-word and its unacceptable mockery of people with cerebral palsy. Hollywood just doesn’t seem to get it. More than five years after people with disabilities protested at theaters across the country against Tropic Thunder, a film which included a highly offensive portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities, the industry is still using language and jokes that hurt audience members and don’t add any value to the artistic intent or point the film is trying to make,” <b>said Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc. </b>“Among moviegoers who have paid to see The Wolf of Wall Street in recent weeks are people with disabilities, their parents, siblings, and friends. It’s time for Hollywood to wake up and see that their customers deserve better.”</div>
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“The Wolf of Wall Street’s gratuitous use of an offensive term for people with disabilities, as well as its depiction of cerebral palsy, is outrageous. For more than 60 years, UCP has been working to ensure that people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities can live their lives without limits—including equality, inclusion and respect in our society—but it is very clear that our fight is far from over,” <b>said Stephen Bennett, President and CEO of UCP.</b>“While we understand that the film’s content is deliberately distasteful and excessive, it does not excuse it. It is astonishing that the film’s producers, director and actors deemed this kind of language and portrayal to be acceptable—they can do better, and we urge them to.</div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are so very right. We deserve better movies. As consumers, as humans, as parents, as individuals, as advocates, we deserve better. People with disabilities DO deserve equality, inclusion and respect in our society and the Arc and UCP is right- our fight is far from over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only thing I disagree with in their statement is the final line. In it they say they <i>urge</i> film producers, directors and actors to do better. I say we <b>demand</b> they do better. Our kids, our family members, our friends and our communities deserve it.</span><br />
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Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-30134199652847199332013-11-06T21:49:00.002-05:002013-11-06T21:49:34.888-05:00Thank You, Sephora!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They did it! Sephora removed the Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick titled "Celebutard"! Tweets, <a href="http://jendawnscowgirlup.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-is-celebutard-and-why-should-you.html">blogs</a>, Facebook messages and more added up to one of the quickest responses I have seen thus far in this journey of trying to spread the word to end the word.</span><br />
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<img alt="Kat Von D - Painted Love Lipstick" data-zoom="true" height="250" rel="#modal-view-larger" src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266501-main-hero.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: crosshair; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle;" width="250" /><label class="inline" for="1266477" style="display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 5px; text-align: start; vertical-align: middle;">QTY</label><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><select class="form-control OneLinkNoTx quantitySelector " id="1266477" style="border-color: rgb(179, 179, 179) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(230, 230, 230); font-family: inherit; height: 21px; line-height: 1.428571429; margin: 0px; min-width: 43px; padding: 2px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;"><option value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option></select></div>
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<span class="brand-name text-upper" style="text-transform: uppercase;">KAT VON D</span><br />Painted Love Lipstick</h1>
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<span class="sku"><span class="label" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">ITEM #</span> <span class="value OneLinkNoTx">1266501</span> </span><span class="size"><span class="label" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 2px; padding-left: 8px; text-transform: uppercase;">SIZE</span> <span class="value">0.11 oz</span></span></div>
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<a class="product-thumb" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>A-Go-Go</span> - reddish coral</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image#" id="sku-1133578" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133578+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Agatha</span> - mod peachy pink</b><span>not in stock</span></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image#" id="sku-1266451" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title=""><span class="oos" style="background-image: url(http://www.sephora.com/images/oos-swatch-36.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 38px; left: 0px; margin: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 38px;"></span><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266451+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Backstage Bambi</span> - hot pink</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image#" id="sku-1133586" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133586+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Cathedral</span> - spiced pinkish brown</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image#" id="sku-1266477" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266477+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb current" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Celebutard</span> - nude peach beige</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image#" id="sku-1266501" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; cursor: default; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266501+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; padding: 4px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you visit Sephora.com there is no longer a trace of the shade so insensitively called "Celebutard". . .</span><br />
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<span class="sku-price" style="float: right; font-weight: 700; padding-top: 4px; text-align: right; width: 100px;"><span class="list-price"><span class="currency">$</span><span class="price">19.00</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="brand-name text-upper" style="text-transform: uppercase;">KAT VON D</span><br />Painted Love Lipstick</h1>
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<span class="sku"><span class="label" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">ITEM #</span> <span class="value OneLinkNoTx">1085612</span> </span><span class="size"><span class="label" style="border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 2px; padding-left: 8px; text-transform: uppercase;">SIZE</span> <span class="value">0.11 oz</span></span></div>
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<span class="color"><span class="label" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">COLOR</span> <span class="value" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="OneLinkNoTx">Lolita</span> - dusty rose</span></span></div>
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<a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>A-Go-Go</span> - reddish coral</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1133578" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133578+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Agatha</span> - mod peachy pink</b><span>not in stock</span></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1266451" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><span class="oos" style="background-image: url(http://www.sephora.com/images/oos-swatch-36.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 38px; left: 0px; margin: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 38px;"></span><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266451+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Backstage Bambi</span> - hot pink</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1133586" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133586+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Cathedral</span> - spiced pinkish brown</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1266477" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266477+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Coral Castle</span> - shimmering coral orange</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1266485" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266485+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Hellbent</span> - blood red</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1085604" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1085604+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Homegirl</span> - dark plummy brown</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1131416" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1131416+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb current" data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Lolita</span> - dusty rose</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1085612" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; cursor: default; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1085612+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Lovecraft</span> - berry beige</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1266469" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266469+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Prayer</span> - mauve brown</b><span>not in stock</span></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1133602" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><span class="oos" style="background-image: url(http://www.sephora.com/images/oos-swatch-36.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 38px; left: 0px; margin: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 38px;"></span><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133602+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Ritual</span> - terracota suntan</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1266493" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1266493+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Rosary</span> - darkest burgundy red</b><span>not in stock</span></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1131408" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><span class="oos" style="background-image: url(http://www.sephora.com/images/oos-swatch-36.png); background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 38px; left: 0px; margin: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 38px;"></span><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1131408+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 36px; vertical-align: middle; width: 36px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>Stiletto</span> - orange red</b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?keyword=KAT%20VON%20D%20Painted%20Love%20Lipstick%20P211912&skuId=1085612&productId=P211912&_requestid=219936#" id="sku-1133560" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s1133560+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it exhausting even trying to figure out which battles you choose and which you don't? Absolutely. What's even more exhausting is the passion with which so many people have in hanging on to the word "retarded". This is just one of many, many battles, but this one has a happy ending, an ending that made me feel like doing some holiday shopping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have any beauty needs-- check out the fun deal Sephora has right now- with any $25 purchase you can pick out a fun little bag of goodies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm stocking up on one of my favorites for everything from chapped lips, to raw little, runny noses-- Joey loves this stuff. I use it on his cheeks when they get chapped in the winter wind and on his nose when it's red from being sick.</span><br />
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<a data-productid="P164932" href="http://www.sephora.com/minted-rose-lip-balm-P164932?icid2=Rosebud_Perfume_Co._Must_Haves%20_P164932_image" style="color: black; display: inline-block; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Rosebud Perfume Co. - Minted Rose Lip Balm" height="135" src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s956359-main-grid.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; vertical-align: middle;" width="135" /></a></div>
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<a class="icon icon-love hover-enable" data-original-title="LOVE IT" data-product_id="P164932" data-sku_number="956359" href="http://www.sephora.com/rosebud-perfume-co#" style="background-image: url(http://www.sephora.com/images/icon-love.png); background-position: 50% 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: black; display: inline-block; height: 20px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 5px; vertical-align: text-top; width: 33px;" title=""></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here is another awesome stocking stuffer--</span><br />
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<span class="brand-name text-upper" style="text-transform: uppercase;">LAVANILA</span><br />Vanilla Grapefruit Fragrance</h1>
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<span class="sku"><span class="label" style="border: 0px; color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">ITEM #</span> <span class="value OneLinkNoTx">1005214</span></span></div>
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<span class=""><span class="value" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: black; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">0.33 oz Eau de Parfum Rollerball</span></span></div>
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position: relative;" title=""><img src="http://www.sephora.com/productimages/sku/s977363+sw.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 62px; vertical-align: middle; width: 62px;" /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); 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color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); 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color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); 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color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; display: block; float: left; padding: 1px; position: relative;" title=""><br /></a><a class="product-thumb " data-original-title="<span class='swatch-tip'><b><span class='OneLinkNoTx'>1.7 oz Eau de Parfum Spray</span></b></span>" href="http://www.sephora.com/vanilla-grapefruit-fragrance-P174901?skuId=1005214&icid2=LAVANILA_Editors_Picks%20_P174901_link#" id="sku-977363" style="border: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); 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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's nice when a story has a happy ending, isn't it? Happy Wednesday and thank you again, Sephora for listening to your customers, parents, families and everyone who wants to shop in a world that respects all of our differences.</span></div>
Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-92007368681726187492013-11-05T21:01:00.003-05:002013-11-05T21:01:32.435-05:00What is a Celebutard and Why Should You Care?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the description on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Celebutards-Andrea-Peyser/dp/B00BDKIMZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383698565&sr=8-1&keywords=celebutards">Amazon.com</a> of the 2009 book <i>Celebutards</i> by Andrea Peyser, a Celebutard is, "A compound of <i>celebrity, debutante</i>, and <i>retard</i>, this blunt term describes lazy and egotistical stars with too much money, fame, leisure time, and media attention, but too little common sense or knowledge, who love to spout off on topics about which they have zero expertise." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On page two of her book, Peyser claims that the term is "not meant to denigrate those struggling either with youth or with genuine mental challenges." Right. She then goes on to explain that being a Celebutard is, "a choice, rather than an affliction." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do I think a Celebutard is? I think it is a synonym, just another version of Retard or Tard. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Celebutard is just another way for people to call someone a retard, but in an updated version. Whatever the definition of it is, it's a slur. A disability slur. It's hate language. It reinforces the pop culture phenomenon that supports the use of the word retarded despite efforts by national organizations (<a href="http://www.r-word.org/">Spread the Word to End the Word</a>) and bloggers to try and end the use of the word retarded. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why should you care about this new version of retarded? You should care because the language we use as a society and the language we endorse as a society says that as a society we are willing to allow the bullying and making fun of individuals with intellectual disabilities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I'm not just talking about individuals with Down syndrome or autism. I am also talking about individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injuries, individuals with learning disabilities, individuals with Alzheimer's. In what world is it acceptable to mock individuals who have an intellectual disability? Where does free speech cross the line into hate speech? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today there was a lot of activity in the world of activists and watchdogs in one of the groups I belong to that advocates for individuals with Down syndrome as well as other individuals with intellectual disabilities.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the members pointed out that Sephora was promoting a lipstick in the Kat Von D line that is called "Celebutard". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay- who else completely loves Sephora? Loves visiting, loves trying on new colors, loves buying just about anything from Sephora thanks to their super friendly return policy? I do! I have always loved make-up and I especially love the clean, beautiful shelves full of all shades of eye shadow, lipstick, lip gloss and every mascara option possible. It is a place of possibilities and fun. A place you go to purchase something you never truly "need" but always something you want for yourself or to give to make someone else's day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those of us who have a child who has Down syndrome or any intellectual disability already have to sit on pins and needles every time we go and see any movie for fear that there will be a joke mocking those with intellectual disabilities. This summer it was the movie, </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Heat</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Do we want to have to shelter our kids when we go to the mall to buy makeup as well? No!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, within hours, advocates had inundated Twitter and Sephora's Facebook in-box and page decrying their promotion of this offensively named lipstick.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Supposedly the shade has existed for almost five years, but was recently promoted by Sephora, which caused the outrage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By 8:00 am this morning, a friend and fellow parent and advocate had sent me this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-stagliano/sephora-celebutard-lipsti_b_4205976.html">Huffington Post blog</a> about the lipstick. By 8:34 am I sent a message on Facebook to Sephora saying that I find the product offensive and that I hoped they would stop promoting it and selling it.</span><br />
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Thank you for messaging us. Yes that is correct, we are deeply sorry that the name of this lipstick has caused offense, and we will be ceasing the sale of this shade both in our stores and online.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sephora- I hope you are true to your word. As of right now, the shade is still active on <a href="http://www.sephora.com/painted-love-lipstick-P211912?skuId=1266477&icid2=KatVonD_LipstickLove_PaintedLove_Carousel_P211912_image">Sephora.com</a>, but I hope that by tomorrow, it is gone. I don't care if Kat Von D keeps the shade and changes the name-- that is exactly what I hope happens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have over 500 Sephora bonus points that I am saving for something super awesome, but I was prepared to boycott your store, and I am really excited about not having to do that. If you are true to your word-- thank you for listening to our community. Thank you for showing that you value what your consumers will and will not tolerate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for considering that perhaps the term Celebutard is the type of hate language you will not tolerate either. Thank you for sending a message that says you value humans more than you value hateful pop culture phrases.</span></div>
Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-57011493267841173592012-11-18T21:56:00.001-05:002012-11-18T21:56:58.581-05:00NASCAR and the R-Word<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past two months have been incredibly crazy. Joey has had over 30 appointments in 60 days as well as another eye surgery. In the meantime there are some new updates to the world of the The R-Word Reporter. A huge thank you to the readers who send emails and leave comments when they hear the word used. I try to report on every incident that I receive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are thinking about renting the movie "Bachelorette" written and directed by Leslye Headland, you may want to think twice. We watched the movie on demand and quickly regretted it. Headland has been reported as saying <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/sundance-2012-bachelorette-will-ferrell-kirsten-dunst-284188">she loved the movies of John Hughes</a> and wanted to dedicate this movie to him. Unfortunately, she also overuses the R-word as it often was in the 1980's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an early opening scene Isla Fisher's character, Katie makes a face at a woman's dress and Andrew Rannells' character Manny says, "No. No. She's retarded. I mean Asperger's. She can't control her face."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During a scene in a strip club, James Marsden's character, Trevor, is talking to a stripper (played by Melissa Stephens) says, "I'm talking to the retard, here."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, about 47 minutes into the movie, Trevor says to Regan (played by Kirsten Dunst), "What you're doing with retarded kids is amazing." She replies, "They have cancer." He says, "Whatever."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only was the excessive use of the R-word incredibly disruptive and disturbing, but the movie as a whole was a major disappointment. This is NOT "The Hangover" for women as some billed it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In "Trouble with the Curve" written by Randy Brown and directed by Robert Lorenz, the young baseball player Bo Gentry (played by Joe Massingill) plays a rising high school baseball star who is treated as a demi-god by his parents, teammates and coaches. In one scene he calls another player "retarded".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are the latest updates in movies, but please leave a comment if you have any additional movies or shows you would like addressed. I have received a number of comments indicating that the new version of the movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is often run on television with the full dialogue piece by Mike's character that includes the R-word. Just a head's up in case any parents want to take this particular movie off the family viewing list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, a special thanks to Mike Holden of <a href="http://mikeholden.wordpress.com/">http://mikeholden.wordpress.com</a> who alerted me to the recent use of the R-word by NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer. With his permission, I am including Mike's full article he wrote about the recent incident in which Bowyer said that Jeff Gorden's actions "made us all look like a bunch of retards."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holden makes a compelling and very well-reasoned plea for NASCAR to fine Bowyer the way the NBA did when Kobe Bryant used the gay slur "faggot."</span></div>
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<a href="http://mikeholden.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/nascar-should-fine-clint-bowyer-the-way-the-nba-did-kobe-bryant-for-his-slur/">NASCAR should fine Clint Bowyer the way the NBA did Kobe Bryant for his slur</a></h1>
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NASCAR is looking far from impressive for the way they’ve handled an incident that occurred over the weekend, when driver Clint Bowyer said that opponent Jeff Gordon’s actions on the track made them and their fellow racers “all look like a bunch of retards.”</div>
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From <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/11/11/3633066/clint-bowyer-jeff-gordon-fight-nascar-phoenix-2012" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title=" Clint Bowyer on Jeff Gordon fight at Phoenix NASCAR race: 'It makes us all look like a bunch of retards'">sbnation.com’s Jeff Gluck</a>:</div>
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After speaking with NASCAR officials about his part in a late-race crash and melee in Sunday’s AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix, Clint Bowyer was both angry and downtrodden over Jeff Gordon’s actions.</div>
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Bowyer, who still had an outside chance at winning the Sprint Cup Series championship entering the race, was <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2012/11/11/3632786/nascar-brawl-jeff-gordon-clint-bowyer-video-fight" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank">taken out by Gordon in an act of blatant retaliation</a> that set off a brawl between the teams.</div>
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Gordon’s retaliation, Bowyer said, “makes us all look like a bunch of retards.”</div>
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Bowyer apologized on Twitter for his use of the word and his message was less than fantastic:</div>
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I can’t imagine someone using unacceptable terms like “nigger,” “spic” or “faggot,” issuing an apology like that and it being found acceptable. Like the video at the bottom of this post explains (which is 100% worth taking 30 seconds to watch), “the R-word is the same as every minority slur…” and it needs to be treated that way.</div>
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Last year, the <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6344596" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title="Kobe Bryant fined $100,000 for gay slur">Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000</a> for using the gay slur “faggot” during a game. I’m not sure why NASCAR isn’t slapping Bowyer with a similar punishment for his insult. He was <a href="http://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/268123955653664768" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title="Clint Bowyer not fined, penalized or placed on probation">fined nothing at all by NASCAR</a> for his actions Sunday.</div>
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Whenever someone in the spotlight uses the r-word, there’s often discussion about whether it’s really an inappropriate thing to say, since long ago it was an acceptable term for the intellectually disabled. But when people use the word the way Bowyer did, they’re not expressing it as a medical concept from a bygone era or in delicate talks about the issue; they’re using it as an insult.</div>
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The n-word wasn’t always considered a derogatory term, but it’s far from appropriate today. The r-word has gone through an evolution as well and the hurt it carries should be clear to people by now, or getting extremely close to it.</div>
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In the reader comments for a Sporting News article, “<a href="http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2012-11-12/nascar-phoenix-clint-bowyer-retard-comment-r-word-criticism-fans-twitter-tweets" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title="NASCAR Phoenix: Clint Bowyer ripped by NASCAR fans for using R-word in interview">Clint Bowyer ripped by NASCAR fans for using R-word in interview</a>,” many are pointing out that we’ve become too “politically correct” and are “over-sensitive.” But what these people fail to realize is that this isn’t about them.</div>
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There’s also a <a href="http://mikeholden.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/nascar-should-fine-clint-bowyer-the-way-the-nba-did-kobe-bryant-for-his-slur/aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2012-11-12/nascar-phoenix-clint-bowyer-retard-comment-r-word-criticism-fans-twitter-tweets?fb_comment_id=fbc_387664517976786_2687891_387718324638072#f3d09da151410bc" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title="Comment from parents of special needs child on Clint Bowyer ">comment on that article from a father</a> saying, “Maybe people are a bit over delicate as some have said but my son, a special needs child and MWR fan was DEVASTATED beyond belief when he heard Clint say that. That’s hard to take as a parent. There is not excuse and the 140 character or less tweeted apology didn’t seem to help when I read it to my son.”</div>
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Those who see no harm in Boyer’s words need to open their eyes to the fact that there are people with special needs who are offended by the inappropriate use of the word retarded (there’s been <a href="http://www.r-word.org/" style="color: #222222;" target="_blank" title="Spread the word to end the word">an entire campaign</a> built around this). Isn’t this enough for everyone to consider its inappropriate use unacceptable, the same way other slurs are not tolerated by those with any decency?</div>
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Bowyer should have issued a more serious apology that didn’t say anything about how he “was so focused on not saying the F or the A word.” And NASCAR should be sending a message that it won’t tolerate the use of slurs, just as the NBA did with Bryant.</div>
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Until NASCAR takes action, they look just as bad as Bowyer.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think <a href="http://perezhilton.com/2012-10-26-ann-coulter-university-of-ottawa-speech-cancelled#.UI3rwm_A9DR">Perez Hilton's headline </a>says it best, "Ann Coulter Speech Cancelled After 'Retard' Remark And The World Is A Better Place." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As reported on<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/24/protest-cancels-coulter-speech-ottawa/"> Foxnews.com</a> a protest by students at the University of Ottawa led organizers to cancel a Tuesday night speech Ann Coulter was supposed to give. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the other hand, Mike France, a protest organizer and international studies student said he was happy they were able to stop Coulter from speaking, "What Ann Coulter is practicing is not free speech, it's hate speech. She's targeted the Jews, she's targeted the Muslims, she's targeted Canadians, homosexuals, women, almost everybody you could imagine."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ann Coulter appeared on Piers Morgan on Friday night and is clearly rattled by his questioning of her use of the word 'retard' in her tweets. He does an excellent job of trying to force her to explain why the R-word is okay to use, but the N-word is not. What I wish they both would understand is that we don't have "Down syndrome children"-- we have children who happen to have Down syndrome and who have for way too long been labeled as "retards" by individuals who are being purposefully cruel. </span></div>
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Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-66849924676935486312012-10-23T22:52:00.000-04:002012-10-23T22:52:42.999-04:00Mean Girl - Ann Coulter and Her Obsession With Using the R-Word<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read about Ms. Coulter's use of the word last week in a tweet about a video the president made for the National Forum on Disability Issues: "Been busy, but is Obama STILL talking about that video? I had no idea how crucial the retarded vote is in this election." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It pains me to feed the beast (ie: her ego) and discuss her a public forum and I chose to ignore her first comment because living in Ohio means we are saturated from sun up to sun down with television ads, mailers, phone calls and people ringing our door bell to persuade us who to vote for in the presidential election this year. The last thing I wanted to do was to provide another forum for Ms. Coulter to gain any additional attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then she tweeted this following the presidential debate last night, "I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The more I think about it, perhaps we should actually be thanking Ms. Coulter for bringing the horrible use of the R-word to light for more people to discuss and understand. Actually, yes-- I do thank her for that. I thank her for showing what bullies sound like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thank her for opening up a national discussion on a topic that is so very near and dear to me so that I can somehow try to help encourage the world to be a more accepting, educated and aware place for individuals with disabilities (not just Down syndrome like Joey, but all disabilities) to live in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms. Coulter-- having a son who has an intellectual disability means that not only do we have to help show the world everything he CAN do, but it also means proving to the world that outdated slurs that paint an incredibly wide brush of misconception are not accurate. Our son has had open heart surgery, eye surgery, ear surgery and is preparing for another eye surgery on Friday, the last thing in this world that he needs to battle is ignorance and hatred from people who have a public pedestal. To be completely honest, we have enough on our plates as does Joey and having to continually fight to change ignorance is a battle we wish we had more time for. For Joey, everything he does take extra hard work, effort, devotion, struggle, and heart. From learning sign language to learning to sit up to learning to crawl and to someday learning to talk and walk, he has to pour every single ounce of himself into it and we try to do the same. The pride we feel as parents is beyond any love that I ever imagined possible. I wonder what Ms. Coulter's parents think about her approach to the world right now?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Ellen Seidman writes on her blog <a href="http://www.lovethatmax.com/2012/03/would-you-call-my-child-retard.html">Love That Max</a>:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.58333396911621px;">Most people would never call a kid with cognitive disabilities a "retard" to his face (and if you are a person who would do that, step away from this blog and go search for your soul). If you wouldn't say the word to my child because you know it's offensive, you should avoid using it elsewhere, too. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 25.58333396911621px;">Either way</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.58333396911621px;">, it's demeaning.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 25.58333396911621px;">Either way</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.58333396911621px;">, it hurts my child.</span><br />
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"@AnnCoulter You disgust me," <a href="https://twitter.com/SophiaBush" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">tweeted</a><a href="http://www.eonline.com/news/sophia_bush" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;">Sophia Bush</a>. "That man is the president of this country. (& I'm sure all of the disabled children in America appreciate you.)"</div>
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Comedian <strong>Patton Oswalt</strong> also responded,<a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/260603590480105472" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">posting</a>, "Ann Coulter died of prostate cancer in 2002. Her Twitter account's a sentient emu skeleton with a swatch of eyelid skin stretched over it." He later <a href="https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/260605152074014720" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">added</a>: "If Ann Coulter's calling the President a 'retard' it means he won/is going to win. She's our un-pettable Punxsutawney Phil."</div>
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Singer <strong>Michelle Branch</strong> tweeted as well, saying, "I don't care who you are. The "R" word is so absolutely <a href="https://twitter.com/michellebranch/status/260589405851484160" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">disgusting</a>," and Oscar winner <strong>Marlee Matlin</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/MarleeMatlin/status/260603083111940097" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">noted</a>, "Despite our differences, it's NOT ok to use the "R" word. Consider millions of developmentally challenged Americans. It's just UNBELIEVABLE."</div>
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<em>Glee</em> star <strong>Lauren Potter</strong>, who, like her character on the hit FOX show, also has Down Syndrome, tweeted, "Thank you to everyone who has <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLaurenPotter/status/260604604553785344" style="color: #336699; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">taken a stand</a> against the R word tonight!"</div>
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<em><strong>The following is a guest post in the form of an open letter from Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens to Ann Coulter after <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/260581147493412865" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #b8eab8; color: #2585b2;" target="_blank">this tweet</a> during last night's Presidential debate.</strong></em></div>
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Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?</div>
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I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.</div>
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I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.</div>
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After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.</div>
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A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens<br />Global Messenger<br />Special Olympics Virginia </div>
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<strong>EDITOR'S NOTE: </strong>John has previously written powerful opinion pieces on the R-word. <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_10351963" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #b8eab8;" target="_blank">Read one here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With individuals like John Franklin Stephens, Tim Shriver and other advocates such as <a href="http://www.lovethatmax.com/">Max's mom</a>, I know that we will change the how the world thinks and I know that we can make it a more accepting and better place to live in not only for Joey, but for you and I.</span></div>
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Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-38008067429200689742012-08-13T21:04:00.001-04:002012-08-13T21:04:21.735-04:00Let's Make a Deal Wayne Brady - Stop Making Fun of People with Down Syndrome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who is going to stand up and take a stand and declare that it is morally repugnant to mock and make fun of people who have Down syndrome? Does the<a href="http://www.ndss.org/"> National Down Syndrome Society</a> whose <a href="http://www.ndss.org/">mission statement </a>is "To be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome" have a plan? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/lets_make_a_deal/">CBS </a>think of its game show host Wayne Brady's comments mocking Trig Palin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As reported on <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/08/13/comedian-wayne-brady-booed-telling-trig-palin-joke-roseanne-roast#ixzz23RNXkF2u">NewsBusters.org</a>, during Sunday night's airing on Comedy Central (notorious for horrible jokes about individuals with Down syndrome) of the Roseanne Barr Roast, Brady mocked fellow roaster Jeffrey Ross by saying, "Now the thing is Jeff, these are all jokes, and I really like you. I really, really like you. But a lot of people hate you, especially Sarah Palin because you remind her of what Trig is going to look like when he's 40." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can hear in the video, there was a mixture of laughs and boos from the crowd to which Brady responded, "Oh, now you boo me? F--k y'all. I don't want to hear that. These people say all of this s--t about me, and you boo me because of Trig."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a clip of the video-- there are curse words, so please do not watch around young children. While some argue that showing the video and talking about it just helps give it notoriety, I argue that we must shed light where there is darkness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By participating in such a "roast" on Comedy Central, you accepted that you would be made fun. However, Trig Palin and his family never were given that choice. You mocked an innocent child because he was born with an extra chromosome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As reported on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/08/jim-roddey-obama-mentally-retarded_n_1755690.html">Huffington Post</a>:</span><br />
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A long-time Pennsylvania GOP official reportedly earned a warm reception Tuesday for comparing a supporter of President Obama to someone who is "mentally retarded."</div>
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At an election night party for state Rep. Randy Vulakovich (R-Shaler), Allegheny County GOP chair and former county executive Jim Roddey fired up a couple hundred local Republicans by noting that Vulakovich had defeated his Democratic opponent by a nearly 50-point margin.</div>
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"There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed," Roddey told the crowd, <a href="http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/4636-gop-chair-roddey-obama-supporter-qretardedq" style="border: none; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">according</a> to the <em style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</em>. "I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly -- he looked like he was sort of in distress. And I said, 'Sir, here's a place.' And he said, 'That's a handicapped space.' I said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker and I thought you were mentally retarded.'"</div>
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Roddey has <a href="http://earlyreturns.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/early-returns-20/53-post-gazette-staff/3575-monday-back-to-the-grind" style="border: none; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">long supported</a> presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney in the presidential race, as well as the Pennsylvania voter ID law that another Republicans<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/25/mike-turzai-voter-id_n_1625646.html" style="border: none; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">bragged</a> will boost the former Massachusetts governor's prospects in the battleground state.</div>
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</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-9870889967983545052012-06-03T22:57:00.002-04:002012-06-03T22:57:43.334-04:00'I don't want a retard' ---Margaret Cho<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About six months ago I was watching "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and Kim Zolciak used the R-word multiple times. I emailed Andy Cohen (he produces the show along with many other Bravo reality shows) and asked him if he could please bleep the R-word out and reasoned that as a gay individual, he would probably be offended watching a show that used the F-word (f*g) to describe homosexuals and that many people are just as offended by the R-word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't get a response to my email or request, but when watching "The Real Housewives of New Jersey", Joe Gorga used the R-word in a text and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law had a discussion about how people shouldn't use that word. Since then, I have not heard the R-word used on Bravo. Possibly thanks to Andy Cohen's intervention? Maybe. I hope so and if it was because of him, I thank him sincerely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This latest use of the R-word on Bravo was during a live telecast and you can watch what happens (no pun intended) here on <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/05/30/Margaret-Cho-I-Dont-Necessarily-Want-To-Have-A-Retard-Baby">Breibert.com</a>. The live audience laughs, but Andy Cohen does look rather uncomfortable and Rosie Pope looks at Cho with shock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of June 1, 2012, Cho had posted two apologies on <a href="http://www.margaretcho.com/category/blog/">her blog</a>. The first apology is short and seems forced. The second apology seems somewhat more sincere, however, I will not be purchasing any tickets to see her comedy tour.</span><br />
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If this is the case, then we need to write to both HBO and the writers on the show.
Can anyone confirm?Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-58047627930182894802012-04-04T22:51:00.000-04:002012-04-04T22:51:30.300-04:0010 Words Moms Shouldn't Say - Check Out #3!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sister forwarded me an article from <a href="http://www.circleofmoms.com/article/10-words-avoid-front-your-kids-03344?trk=digest_editorial_3344&email_enc=oNek4NeWnMjW0qHTxpTEoqY%253D&email_src=133314969575e531ff2114f9c605cc407f1b73729b&template_name=digest_weekly_2&subject_id=aba448ca217ffad3e6918cb13b63b008%3A0&has_fb=1">Circle of Moms</a>. The article is called <i>10 Words to Avoid in Front of Your Kids</i>. She followed up with a phone call and was so excited to find out whether or not I had read the article. Thanks for sharing this, Lu! I think this article is wonderful and I'm committed to helping spread the word. Check out <b>number 3</b>!!!</span><br />
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10 Words to Avoid in Front of Your Kids</h1>
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Out of the mouths of babes . . . As parents, we know that anything that's uttered within earshot of our kids is fair game for repetition. And while <a href="http://www.lilsugar.com/tag/Swearing" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27200; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">eliminating all of those four-letter favorites</a> is a no-brainer, there are plenty of others that can be just as damaging. Here, the 10 words we suggest that you ban from your vocabulary in front of your kids.</div>
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<strong>1. </strong><b>Hate</b>: You might be talking about rush hour traffic, a line at the grocery store, or a bad commercial on TV. But when it's used to talk about a classmate, teacher, or birthday gift, "hate" can be terribly hurtful.</div>
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<strong>2. </strong><b>Stupid</b>: There's not much that's less appreciated than being called "stupid," and this is one that lil ones tend to enjoy repeating . . . again and again and again.</div>
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<strong>3. </strong><b>Retard</b>: A word that's so offensive, <a href="http://www.r-word.org/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f27200; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank">there's an entire website devoted to banishing it</a>. If you haven't already done so, you should get on board and eliminate the R-word from your adult vocabulary as well.</div>
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<b>4. Gay</b>: Unless your child is old enough to have a conversation about homosexuality, chances are, the word "gay" is going to be misused in a potentially hurtful (not to mention, incorrect) manner.</div>
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<b>5. Loser</b>: With bullying at the forefront of most parents' minds, putting down someone's self-esteem is something that you, and your kids, should never be a part of.</div>
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<b>7. No</b>: We know you're not actually going to eliminate the word "no" from your repertoire. But try to limit its frequency. It seems to roll off the tips of toddlers' tongues way too easily.</div>
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<b>8. Shut up</b>: Make this a forbidden phrase now to avoid its overuse later. Tweens tend to enjoy overusing it at times when it doesn't even really make sense (think: "He asked <em>her</em> out?! Shut up!").</div>
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<b>9. God (as in "Oh my God!")</b>: If religion is present in your home, the word "God" will be, too. However, try not to use it as an exclamation of excitement or surprise. Even if "Oh my God!" doesn't bother you personally, you never know when it will come off offensive to someone else.</div>
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<b>10. Bad:</b> Like "no," it's one that's inevitably going to come up, but shouldn't be used excessively. Being told that you're "bad" repeatedly can be totally demoralizing for a child (or anyone, for that matter).</div>
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</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-21089357898836358212012-04-03T21:58:00.001-04:002012-04-03T21:58:50.426-04:00No R-Word In "Anchorman 2"!!! And Boston Pitcher John Lackey Apologizes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Spread the Word to End the Word, a parent of a child who has special needs had the following Twitter conversation with writer, director and filmmaker Adam McKay in which he asked McKay not to use the word "retarded" in the upcoming Anchorman 2 starring Will Ferrell:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">McKay's response was that the word is "over" and that he agrees. Wow. I mean, wow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Spread the Word to End the Word said in one of the many, many facebook comments about this news, "One of the most well known comedic writers/directors/filmmakers just agreed that he can make a sequel to one of the funniest movies of the last decade (okay, that's a matter of taste, we know) WITHOUT the R-word. This will show all other comedic writers that it can (and should) be done. This is a big public win."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes it is. This is a huge public win. If we want to see change and be the change, we must promote the wins just as much, if not more (probably more in my opinion) than the losses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Huge kudos and cheers to McKay for moving forward. I am thrilled to pieces that so many of us, if we choose, can go out and see Anchorman 2 and not have to worry during the entire movie whether or not someone will use the R-word.</span></div>
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But what kind of Red Sox season would it be if Lackey didn't stick his foot in his mouth and come away looking like a lout at least once? In talking with Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy about last year's collapse — and the "fried chicken and beer" media firestorm that followed — Lackey drops a word that most of us left behind on the grade school playground.</div>
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<strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2012/03/27/catching_up_with_red_sox_pitcher_lackey/?page=full" style="color: #a1abb2; text-decoration: none;">From the Boston Globe</a></strong>:<span id="more-34712"></span></div>
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"Guys having a beer after their start has been going on for the last 100 years,'' Lackey said. "This is retarded. It's not like we were sitting up there doing it every night. It's not even close to what people think.''</div>
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Hey, what's that old saying? Better to remain silent and be thought a troglodyte than to speak up and remove all doubt? Clubhouse talk will never be the definition of polite, but you'd think someone who was just decrying what he thinks is an undeserved reputation for being boorish would choose his words a little more carefully.</div>
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"I apologize for my thoughtless choice of words that appeared in print earlier today. I meant no harm, and I am sorry to all I offended," the statement read.</div>
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Lackey used the word "retarded" in response to being questioned about the behavior of pitchers in the Red Sox clubhouse during the 2011 season. Reports came out after the season of pitchers drinking beer in the clubhouse during games. Boston went 7-20 in September and missed the playoffs by one game.</div>
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"Guys having a beer after their start has been going on for the last 100 years. This is retarded," Lackey was quoted as saying.</div>
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Lackey will miss the 2012 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery this offseason. He is entering the third season of a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the Red Sox.</div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal; text-align: left;">To me this is another huge victory. The only way to eradicate the use of the R-word is to hold people accountable. I'm thinking that I should mail John Lackey one of Joey's Boston Red Sox inspired Buddy Walk T-shirts.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week was the day to <a href="http://www.r-word.org/">Spread The Word To End The Word</a>. People have been taking <a href="http://www.r-word.org/r-word-pledge.aspx">pledges</a> online, sharing personal stories and trying to help the world understand why the R-word is so harmful. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another way to help spread the change is to write a letter or an email when you see something that is negative or positive. Provide feedback! Let advertisers, corporations and stores know when you like or dislike something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the multiple page spread in Entertainment Weekly that featured actors who have Down syndrome, I wrote a letter to the editor. This is what we need to do. One letter at a time. One email at a time. We can make the change we wish to see in the world. Thank you, Stefanie C. for telling about the letter making it in the March 16 issue!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, we are compiling "The List" of movies, books, shows and songs that use the R-word. Did you know there is a short film (11 minutes long) out there directed by Etan Cohen that is called <i>"My Wife is Retarded"</i>? Interesting. Not thinking that I will be seeing any of his future work.</span></div>
</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-53655547652563361832012-03-07T00:26:00.000-05:002012-03-07T00:26:08.549-05:003.7.12 - Is The R-Word Just A Word, Or Is It A Reflection Of Intolerance In Our World?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is March 7, 2012, which is the <a href="http://www.r-word.org/">Spread the Word to End the Word Day</a>. If you haven't done so, you can visit <a href="http://www.r-word.org/r-word-pledge.aspx">here</a> to take the pledge to stop the use of the R-word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reason I started The R-Word Reporter was because we attend a lot of movies and I was tired of hearing the R-word ("retarded" for those who do not know) used consistently in many of the movies we were paying money to go and see. I searched high and low on the internet for a place to try and find out whether or not the R-word was used and in which films. Unfortunately, I never found such a place and decided that it would be nice to have a place where I could compile this type of information for our family and for others who are also offended by the casual use of the R-word in pop culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The purpose of The R-Word Reporter is to empower consumers like you and I to make informed entertainment decisions. To provide us with knowledge and information before we take our families to see a movie, watch a television show, read a book or even listen to a song. This is not meant to be a place to create boycotts. This is not a place of hostility or anger. It is meant to be a place to provide knowledge, education, consumer choice and hopefully social change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people say, "It's just art and you shouldn't try to interfere with creativity." Other people say, "It's just a word." And still others say, "It's not real life, so it shouldn't bother you."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are others who say they are offended when they hear a celebrity or someone else use the R-word in an "off the cuff" manner, but not when they hear it in a movie or a television show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My personal stance on this aspect is that as humans we sometimes mess up. We sometimes use words that are not the kindest or the best choice. We sometimes speak before we think. While I really hate hearing people casually use the R-word to describe themselves or something else, I also have no ill-will towards people who use the word without thinking and then feel bad for using it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does concern me with the excessive use of the R-word in pop culture (ie: songs, movies, books, tv) is that it takes premeditation and forethought to use the R-word in such contexts. Also-- when a character uses the R-word in a movie or television show, it just puts that word back into common lexicon and makes it appear "okay" to use that word. Using it to "develop" a character or show a character's flaws is really not justified, in my opinion. There are many, many other words that can be used and I have yet to see a film in which the R-word is used in a kind, meaningful or even an educational manner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we ask, why is it still socially acceptable to still use the R-word? Is it because, as a society, we fear differences? Is it because we don't know how to interact and live side by side with individuals who might be a little slower in their speech? Is it because we fear that by campaigning for the respect of individuals with intellectual disabilities that we might somehow be associated with them? What exactly is it? Why doesn't our society, as a whole, stand up for individuals who have a disability and fight for them and advocate for them wholeheartedly?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is it okay to make fun of people who have an intellectual disability? Why is it okay to call someone a "retard" in a movie or in a book? Why are the n-word and the f-word no longer socially acceptable, but the r-word is? Why is that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would be remiss in saying that this group of individuals who have been called "retarded" can't stand up for themselves, because that is simply not true. But-- this group is still a group that society, as a whole, seems to think is okay to bully, to pick on and to label with a hateful word-- the R-word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My last post on "The Grey" stirred up some interesting comments. And by interesting, I actually mean hurtful, hateful, angry and somewhat scary comments. I really had to think hard about moving forward with this blog. I had to give myself a serious pep talk about getting a thick skin and not being afraid of such statements as the following that were left in the comments:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Blogs like these border on being overzealous and actually are going to make people that are on the fence decide that this cause is going too far & turn them off to doing what is right."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">"Mentally Retarded is the official clinical name for the disorder. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">If you can't handle that, you might as well jump off a bridge, because the medical association has no such qualms about calling it what it is, mostly because they're not a bunch of fragile, hand-holding helicopter parents. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">There are people starving to death in the streets of our own country, and you're worried about a dubiously offensive term? Get real. Grow up. Welcome to life."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">"This whole movement is utterly ridiculous, it isn't the mentally disabled that are offended or marginalized by the "r-word," its the self-righteous parents and other bored, humorless, politically correct suburban housewives who desperately need a cause to champion in order to make their lives seem worthwhile." </span>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;">"In response to Anonymous, I would just say I am 33 years old, and have said many things in my life that I regret saying. Sometimes I would regret it as it was coming out of my mouth, other times I was just not aware that I was hurting anyone and felt terrible later when it was pointed out to me. Now as a parent of 3 beautiful children, one who happened to be born with T21, hearing the r-word cuts through my being like I have just been tazed. This stunned feeling is then followed by rage, which I would assume is a protection response like a lion to its cub. I am not uber PC or any crazed polictical fanatic on either side, I am just aware now that these words (whether used with malice or just as an emphatic descriptor, not having anything to do with a disability) hurt those who have the disability and their loved ones, who are only trying to protect their own from unnecessary ridicule."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"I love this site as it gives a chance to educate so many. I love to talk about the power of the R word. I also would love to take responsibility for giving it power because that also might mean I could get that power back. But unfortunately none of us can do that so easily. We did however come together recently when the power of that word was used to deny a child an organ she needed to live. Yep, we all got together and said NO! You can not use the power of that word to say this child has less value than another. So if some think we are over zealous then I say we have every right to be. This unfortunately is the power of that word. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">And, if a movie takes you away from the movie, from the character, then the movie did a bad job. Editors spend hours combing footage for any inconsistency that might make us the viewer "leave" the film. When this word is said, overzealous or not I "leave" the film. I hear nothing but that word for the rest of the film. So many of us are just trying to say we do want the power of that word back. We do want you to be respectful Mr. Producer and let us enjoy your film too."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">"Dear Anonymous, </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">We don't need to get real as we already are very very real. Nor do we need to grow up - we are very grown up. And above all else, we already do welcome life and have no intention of jumping off a bridge no matter how difficult life gets. Some studies suggest that the mental stress of parenting a child with a disability is comparable to the mental stress of combat. That doesn't sound like fragility to me. That sounds incredibly tough.You are right though, we do tend to reach out our hands to hold onto each other.But, I am thinking that perhaps you meant "hand-wringing" instead? Well, we don't have time to sit around and wring our hands do we? If you knew anything about parenting a child with a disability you would know that much of what we do is work towards the day our children can live independently in a community that welcomes and supports them. We don't want to hover over them forever, as your helicopter parent term suggests. We are working together to make life(as in the world) a better (some would say a more welcoming!) place for our children to grow up in, free of discrimination, prejudice and hatred that is well-documented throughout history towards people with intellectual disabilities. While that sounds like a tall order, I would also like to say that we are also quite prepared take on people like you who would belittle and ridicule our efforts. And just so you know, there is nothing dubious about the offensiveness of the word retard. It IS offensive. So, Anonymous, what are YOU doing to make the world a better place?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;">"I am all for free speech, but it ends when you mock a defenseless human being. The "R" word does just that, despite the defenses people throw at you for it's use. A word of advice to you people that use it, educate yourselves, then step back & think how you would feel being on the receiving end. Then find a cause & start helping & supporting people that are of different needs than yours. It feels really good!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: blue;">"YES!!!Finally a great coverage on this subject of the R-word being used in movies, TV series in productions. I have a son with Down syndrome who is totally devastated every time he sees or hears the use of the R-word in a movie he's spent his hard earned money on. When we see a theater showing a movie which uses the R-word in it he asks me to go meet with the manager of the theater so he can tell them not to show that movie. He's passionate about getting writers, producers, actors to listen to the pain and suffering they cause by the use of it in their productions just so they can have monetary gain to add to their millions they already have. Our children with disabilities and low income spend a fortune on movies, music, and numerous hours in front of the TV because they have no other escape since many of them don't drive or have friends who pick them up and take them out. It isn't just Hollywood that feels it's OK to use such hurtful word in their productions believe it or not even the closest family members like fathers or mothers or siblings etc make excuses when they hear the R-word used. Stop making excuses people!! Our lives are difficult enough raising our disabled children with self esteem, confidence, and happy why should you make it harder for us by tearing them down with the use of such cruel word. It's damaging so stop it already!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Dear Readers-- those are your words and thoughts. You have spoken and so we move forward. I have been gathering a wonderful resource list of movies, shows, books and even songs that use the R-word and will be posting it in the near future. If you would like to add anything, please <a href="mailto:jenniferdawntowell@gmail.com">email</a> it to me or leave it in the comments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Because of him, I now know how hurtful the R-word can be. Because of him, I have learned that he is in no way retarded. He might learn to do things slower than his "typical" friends and peers. He might start crawling and walking at an older age. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">But his heart is the size of the sun and his spirit the size of the universe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Because of him, I am passionate about educating and spreading awareness about Down syndrome and about the use of the R-word.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Please join us today to help celebrate and pledge to <a href="http://www.r-word.org/r-word-pledge.aspx">Spread the Word to End the Word</a>. </span></span></div>
</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-64762927287709906522012-02-26T17:25:00.002-05:002012-02-26T17:28:46.676-05:00Actors With Down Syndrome Featured In "Entertainment Weekly"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We definitely enjoy Billy Crystal and his humor on Oscar night. But that's not why I rushed out to buy this week's issue of <i><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/">Entertainment Weekly</a>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is why I went to four different stores to find it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, wow. It did not disappoint! </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kudos to writer, Lynette Rice who wrote an outstanding and insightful article.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The article highlights many actors who have Down syndrome, but focuses on Jamie Brewer, Lauren Potter, Chris Burke and Luke Zimmerman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lauren Potter's mom, Robin, is quoted as saying, "I think back 21 years ago, when the doctor told me my baby had Down syndrome. There was a little mourning period inside me. No ballet, no proms, no weddings. I'll never sit with her while she's delivering a baby. But she's gone to every prom. She's danced since she was 3. She's on a hit TV show. She speaks in front of people all around the country. She's far surpassed any dreams. They're different dreams, but they're amazing dreams."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Potter discusses playing a high school cheerleader on <i>Glee</i>, she says her experiences growing up and attending public schools were far different at home. "The typical kids would pick on me, like, 'What does she have, Down syndrome?'" recalls Potter; her eyes tearing up at the memory. "At my old school, they pushed me and made me eat sand. I was bruised, beat down and they make me eat sand. I was little back then." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to read about this and yet I look at these amazing actors and am so grateful both of my boys will see role models with Down syndrome on television.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of my favorite lines from the article was, "In a time when color-blind casting is no longer a new concept, Brewer and her peers want the chance to audition for any role Hollywood has to offer." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an incredibly well-written 7-page article devoted totally to actors who have Down syndrome that provides both touching insights as well as the realistic challenges that these actors face. It highlights their accomplishments (Lauren Potter is serving on the Committee for People With Intellectual Disabilities for the White House, Jamie Brewer is a motivational speaker within the DS community, Luke Zimmerman volunteers at a local courthouse and Chris Burke serves as a goodwill ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society) and showcases their various roles in popular shows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a powerful and wonderful showcase of these actors. Not only are they hard at work doing what they love the most, but they are also each advocates for themselves and everyone else who has Down syndrome. They are showing the world people who happen to have an extra chromosome are more like everyone else than they are different. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you bought your copy of <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>? I hope so! My next email is to thank them for their insightful, respectful and awesome article on Actors With Down Syndrome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am now going to be a proud <i>Entertainment Weekly </i><a href="https://subscription.ew.com/storefront/subscribe-to-entertainment-weekly/site/ew-3425test0112.html?tcmid=HPHeader&link=1002741">subscriber.</a> </span><br />
</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-60364926132354115222012-02-20T23:59:00.000-05:002012-02-20T23:59:19.349-05:00"The Grey" - Another Movie Using the R-Word<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frustrated with the use of the R-word in our society? Trying to figure out what you can do? Have you taken the pledge? If not, please consider visiting the website for Spread the Word to End the Word and <a href="http://r-word.org/">taking the pledge</a>. Also- please consider "liking" them on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EndtheWord">Facebook.</a> This organization does incredible work trying to educate and inform the greater public on why the R-word is so damaging, hurtful and derogatory and we are incredibly grateful for their presence as well as their support of <a href="http://therwordreporter.blogspot.com/">The R-Word Reporter</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since our last post, there have been wonderful emails and comments listing other movies, actors, shows and even songs using the R-Word. I cannot express how excited I am that there is support for this type of information to be distributed and shared. Ironically, I hope for a day when this blog is no longer needed. For a day when society and pop culture realize that the R-word is just as hurtful as the N-word. That the R-word is used only to demean, degrade and even to bully. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until then, we keep reporting and educating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latest movie to use the R-word is Liam Neeson's (who we actually love to watch on screen) new film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601913/">"The Grey"</a>. It is a movie set in Alaska in which an oil drilling team struggle to survive after their plane crashes and they are hunted by a pack of wolves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was our Valentine's date. I had already seen "The Vow" during a girls' night out and so we agreed on "The Grey". We briefly considered <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596350/">"This Means War"</a> starring Reese Witherspoon, but after hearing that Chelsea Handler is also in "This Means War" I didn't want to even risk hearing her toxic language and excessive use of the R-Word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A movie about men stranded in the wilds of Alaska while fighting off a pack of wolves definitely is not what you might first think of for a Valentine's choice, but we went for it anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well...we lasted about 15 minutes into the movie. During the scene, the group of men are on the plane discussing flights that have crashed. One of the men says something to the effect of, ". . . their spines went up through their heads because they were all bent over like f*cking retards." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I looked at my husband. He looked at me. I offered to leave by myself and watch another movie and meet him afterwards. He said, "No way."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We both left together and watched the last hour of "The Vow" together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was such a pointless line. Disgusting. Unnecessary. I really have to figure this thing out. I really enjoy Liam Neeson. I usually really enjoy his movies. I really enjoy Denzel Washington and I really enjoy his movies, but "Safe House" was crossed off our list because it also stars Ryan Reynolds and I really cannot stomach him after seeing <a href="http://jendawnscowgirlup.blogspot.com/2011/08/dear-hollywood-get-grip.html">"The Change Up."</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Thank you for sending in any movies, shows, songs or other uses of the R-word. I am working on making our list. Our list of empowerment and education. </span><br />
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</div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374483673251473551.post-68770602694956169112012-02-15T09:37:00.001-05:002012-02-15T09:37:46.906-05:00The Hypocrisy of the 2012 Oscars - The F-Word Is Not Acceptable, But The R-Word Is<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711840/">Brett Ratner</a>, known for directing <i>X-Men </i>and <i>Tower Heist </i> was originally slotted for the position as the producer of the 2012 Academy Awards. In November 2011, while screening his film <i>Tower Heist</i>, a member of the audience asked him what the rehearsals were like for the film. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brett-ratner-gay-slur-apology-tower-heist-258316">Ratner replied,</a> "Rehearsal? What's that? Rehearsal's for f*</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">gs. Rehearsal. Not much. A lot of prep, preparation, complex action sequences, visual effects." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GLAAD quickly condemned the statement and following meetings with GLAAD and community outrage, Ratner abruptly <a href="http://www.glaad.org/blog/following-conversations-glaad-brett-ratner-resigns-oscars-producer-will-work-glaad-industry">resigned</a> as the producer of the 2012 Oscars. GLAAD went on to say, "Hollywood has the power and responsibility to grow acceptance of all communities," said GLAAD Acting President Mike Thompson. "We look forward to working with Ratner and the industry in promoting positive, culture-changing images of our community and sending a message that such slurs, used to belittle gay and lesbian youth and adults every day, have no place in mainstream popular culture or the industry that creates it."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ratner released a statement saying, </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">“I apologize for any offense my remarks caused. It was a dumb and </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">outdated way of expressing myself</span><span style="background-color: white;">. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body. </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">But as a storyteller I should have been much more thoughtful about the power of language and my choice of words</span><span style="background-color: white;">."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Academy President, Tom Sherak responded with this statement, "</span></span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">He did the right thing for the Academy and for himself. </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">Words have meaning</span><span style="background-color: white;">, and </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">they have consequences</span><span style="background-color: white;">. Brett is a good person, but his comments were unacceptable. </span><span style="background-color: yellow;">We all hope this will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive remarks, regardless of the intent.</span><span style="background-color: white;">"</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is where I start to have some issues with the Academy. Sometimes people slip up and say words. They say words that they didn't mean to say. Mean words. Words that as Tom Sherak says, 'have meaning...and...consequences." In this case, Ratner used the f*g word. It was not a rehearsed moment. He answered a question and used a cruel word in his response. Do I think the f*g word is disgusting-- completely. I think that like the R-word, it is cruel, demeaning and never used in a kind or gentle manner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what about when such hateful and cruel words are in films? Words that hurt millions of people who suffer from some kind of disability. Words that have been purposefully placed in a movie and that are kept in a movie. Words that have been rehearsed. Words that someone wrote, someone directed and someone said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I have a major problem reconciling is the purposeful use of such slurs in movies. My issue is this. Movies first have to be written. Sometimes they are a book in their first form, like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Descendants-Novel-Kaui-Hart-Hemmings/dp/0812977823"><i>The Descendants</i> by Kaui Hart Hemmings</a>. Then there is a screenplay. Then there is a director. Then there are actors. All along the way, each cog in this machine reviews, reads, analyzes and finalizes the words of the screenplay that are then used to create the movie. Finally, even after all of these people have finalized a movie, it still has to go in front of the <a href="http://www.mpaa.org/ratings/what-each-rating-means">Motion Picture Association of America</a> to assign the film a rating. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year the 84the Academy Awards have bestowed a number of nominations on not one, but two movies that have purposefully used a disability slur. Not a gay slur like Brett Ratner used, but a disability slur. Yep-- the R-word. Retarded. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Descendants </i>(which I scathingly reviewed <a href="http://jendawnscowgirlup.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-again-george-clooney-and-r-word.html">here</a>) earned 5 Oscar nominations (including one for Writing/Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture). <i>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</i> earned 2 Oscar nominations (including one for Best Picture). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a summary of the scene in <i>The Descendants</i>-- (as a disclaimer-- I tried to memorize the scene as best I could and am also including this segment from the novel) as I first described it <a href="http://jendawnscowgirlup.blogspot.com/2011/11/not-again-george-clooney-and-r-word.html">back in November</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was shocked. My husband and I looked at each other again. Could this be a teaching point? A lesson in the middle of this movie? No such luck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the actual lines from the book <i>The Descendants:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">"Stop it," I yell. "Stop touching each other."<br />"Whoa," Sid says. "Maybe that's why your wife cheated on you if you're so against touching."<br />I snap my head around to face him. "Do you get hit a lot?"<br />He shrugs, "I've had my share."<br />I face my daughter, "You know you're dating a complete retard. You know that, don't you?"<br />"My brother's retarded, man." Sid says. "Don't use it in a derogatory way."</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">"Oh." I don't say anything more hoping he'll interpret my silence as an apology.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;">"Psych," he says and now kicks the back of my seat. "I don't have a retarded brother!" His little trick is giving him a great amount of amusement. "Speaking of the retarded," he says, "do you ever feel bad for wishing a retarded person or an old person or a disabled person would hurry up? Sometimes I wait for them to cross the street and I'm like, 'Come on already!' but then I feel bad. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <i>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</i> there is a point where the young boy who plays the main character, Oskar Schell, explains that he has been tested for and possibly has Asperger's. For this reason alone I really didn't expect to hear the R-word used in this Oscar nominated film. In the scene it is used in, Oskar Schell, played by Thomas Horn, is arriving back at the New York City apartment he lives in with his parents. He goes to use the stairs and Stan the Doorman, played by John Goodman says (as best as I can remember), "The elevator works, genius." To which, Oskar replies, "I know, retard." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Really? Again? This is literally the fifth movie in the past six months that I have seen in the movie theater that uses the R-word. <i>The Change Up, Larry Crowne </i>and<i> Friends With Benefits </i> also all use the R-word in them.<i> </i> Where is the Academy now? Why isn't the Academy president Tom Sherak using those same words he used when Brett Ratner said the word f*g? Why isn't Tom Sherak saying, "</span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Words have meaning</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">, and </span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">they have consequences. . .</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">We all hope this will be an opportunity to </span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive remarks, regardless of the intent"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">And as Brett Ratner said, "</span><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But as a storyteller I should have been much more thoughtful about the power of language and my choice of words</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Where is the opportunity to raise awareness about the harmful and hurtful effects of using disability slurs against innocent individuals who happen to have some kind of disability? I guess as far as the Academy of Motion Pictures is concerned, disability slurs don't have consequences only gay slurs do. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">What if that scene in <i>The Descendants </i> used the f*g word (a word that I also think is deplorable and hateful) instead of "retard"? What if the scene that was in the movie was this:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">"Stop it," I yell. "Stop touching each other."<br />"Whoa," Sid says. "Maybe that's why your wife cheated on you if you're so against touching."<br />I snap my head around to face him. "Do you get hit a lot?"<br />He shrugs, "I've had my share."<br />I face my daughter, "You know you're dating a complete f*g. You know that, don't you?"<br />"My brother's a f*g, man." Sid says. "Don't use it in a derogatory way."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">"Psych," he says and now kicks the back of my seat. "I don't have a fa**ot brother!" His little trick is giving him a great amount of amusement. "Speaking of f*gs," he says, "do you ever feel bad for wishing a f*g or an old person or a disabled person would hurry up? Sometimes I wait for them to cross the street and I'm like, 'Come on already!' but then I feel bad. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wonder how the Academy would feel about that. Would the movie have still received 5 nominations including one for Writing and one for Best Picture?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what if the scene in <i>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</i> went like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It just makes me wonder. The Academy has gone to an extreme length to publicly show that it does not support the use of a gay slur. Why can't they recognize that disability slurs are just as hurtful?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may ask--why does it even matter. It matters because every single movie we go to I sit with baited breath and wonder if there will be a disability slur. Will someone in the movie call someone else a "retard" or use some version of that word? I worry for the other people in the theater. We were at a movie a couple of weeks ago and behind us was a family. In that family was a woman who was about in her mid-50's who had Down syndrome. I spent the entire movie worrying that the R-word would be in it and that she would hear it. The movie, <i>Contraband</i> ended up not using the R-word in it and it was a fast-paced and enjoyable thriller and I was able to finally exhale when we walked out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've said this before, but as an attorney I completely understand the right to free speech. As Tim Shriver so eloquently appealed to Stephen Colbert and his viewers, "You're allowed to be humiliating, degrading and hurtful. I'm allowed to petition you to at least recognize what you say and be aware of the option you have to stop."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not sure I noticed the R-word before Joey was born with Down syndrome. I think I did. What I do know is that the word did not sting like it does now. Now that we have to fill out medical forms that have a check box asking if our son has "mental retardation." Now that we understand and realize that the word "Retard" or "Retarded" is used as a slur. As a put down. I think the first time I really took notice was when I was pregnant and a father sitting behind us at the movies told his family that one of the movie previews was "retarded." </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It saddens me to think that it took having a child with Down syndrome for me to really think about this particular word.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I scour the internet looking for places that discuss the movies and shows I have heard the word used in and I just can't find them all in one place. As Ghandi says, "You must be the change you want to see in the world." That is where The R-Word Reporter comes in. I want to see the use of the r-word disappear. I want movies and television shows to stop using it. I hope this will help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an attorney, I understand the right to free speech. However, as Tim Shriver told Stephen Colbert, "You're allowed to be humiliating, degrading and hurtful. I'm allowed to petition you to at least recognize what you say and be aware of the option you have to stop."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This site, The R-Word Reporter, is meant to provide a place where all individuals, with or without disabilities, can go to and find out whether or not a movie they might want to see uses the R-word in it. This past year I have had the displeasure of seeing many movies that used the R-word. Had I known beforehand, I would have saved my money and gone to a different movie. My husband and I love going to the movies. We live in Northeast Ohio and it is a great escape during the cold winter months and even during the super hot summer nights. My hope is that this site can provide a fair description of how the word was used, who said it and in what movie or television show. At least this will provide people with the opportunity to make a choice. A choice not to spend $8, $9, or $10 on a movie. A choice not to support the writers, directors, actors and corporations that allow this word to be used in their entertainment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This site will also list television shows or public figures who use the R-word. This is not meant to be a blacklist. This is meant to come from a place of love and grace. A place to provide information and to petition those who use the R-word to recognize what they are saying and recognize that they have the option to stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously a word is just a word. However, as Mark Twain said, the difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between lightening and lightening bug. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Words have power. Words have meaning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you see a movie, television show or hear someone in the public use the R-word and would like it to be listed, please leave a comment or send an <a href="mailto:jenniferdawntowell@gmail.com">email</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next post will discuss the use of the R-word in the Oscar nominated movies, "The Descendants" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Jenny Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606622799302380804noreply@blogger.com10