Comments on: An Open Letter To Jamie Lee Curtis

By: Metroknow - AlmostFit.com

Metroknow - AlmostFit.com — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:14:32 +0000

Both hilarious and poignant as always, Madame F. — I guess the question comes down to if its actually ok that lipo/botox/physical augmentation be part of what it means to age well?

For me, not at this juncture, but who’s to say? Maybe a nip here and a sharp pointy hollow poke there should be part of that million-mile checkup?

By: MizFit

MizFit — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:55:22 +0000

Weighting Game?

I do think that’s precisely what JLC meant when she said that the procedures didnt work.

I just struggle with (because in Chez MizFit we dont ever use the i-word. the one which rhymes with TISSUE. or else Id use that phrase take _____ with) the fact that THAT could have been her platform.

Espousing self love.

acknowledging the fact that she hadnt found it when she did the procedures, has found it now, and DO AS SHE SAYS NOT AS SHE NAIVELY DID.

she always seems to admit to the procedures *after* interviewers bring them up….which is, I guess, what chafes me

and yes KATIEO—I thought the same bigwordthing!

and yet, it bears repeating, her acting & her writing I really thoroughly enjoy.

sometimes we just outta dance with the ones who brung us.

Signed,

MizFit, who promises never, ever to design a clothing line or somesuch other random IF I CAN BLOG THEN I CAN ______ tangent.

By: WeightingGame

WeightingGame — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:45:48 +0000

Maybe we can give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that when she says, “I tried them and they don’t work,” she means EMOTIONALLY? As in you can “fix” some things on the outside but that doesn’t mean, say, lipo will make you happy. Just trying to see the comment box half full.

I do like what Valerie said about using real women in our own lives as role models. I’ll never forget being at the gym in high school with my grandpa (who actually invented jogging but that’s a different blog for another time) and we were sitting in a coed sauna (not nearly as perverted as it sounds) and a woman was sitting in there. She was African-American, wearing a bathing suit, just drenched with sweat. Her skin was near-flawless. We all got to talking and it turned out she was in her mid-60s. I swear, she looked about 34. She said she has always used the sauna to help her skin look good…and I’m sure she has a lot of other things working for her (genetics, environment, etc) but DAMN – I’ll never forget that. How beautifully we CAN age.

By: MizFit

MizFit — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:38:59 +0000

Just to clarify this wasnt triggered by Oprah per se.
Ive been carrying this around in my head for far too long (2005 I guess given the date on the USA Today article!)

By: Katieo

Katieo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:06:48 +0000

I’m back.
I don’t love Jamie Lee Curtis. She’s a little too over-dramatic for me. 1) She used too many big words that normal people don’t usually use (uh. When was the last time you used “subterfuge” in a sentence? Yes, I know what it means, she just looked like she was trying to appear intelligent.) 2) I agree with her point about being your authentic self and that media is selling all of us a load of bunk. 3) But she annoys me. 4) And while I generally agree with many of her points…I kept thinking, “You’re just figuring this out NOW woman?? You’re almost 50!”
“that the ageless feisty and lively are all around us—–not necessarily in hollywood.” AMEN.

My heros/role models don’t fall in the category of celebrity. Even the socially active smart ones who are aging gracefully just don’t really cut it for me. Yes, it’s nice to see some of them out there, but hello. I know a handful of women who AMAZE me with their strength, ability, grace, etc. Maybe I’d feel that way if I knew more celebrities personally, or saw the way they’ve raised their children, or seen then in the most impossibly stressful situation. But for now I’ll stick with the ones in real life.

By: Katieo

Katieo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:25:57 +0000

Is this the Oprah interview you’re talking about? Or is there something else I missed?

(I’m off to watch it right now. gotta love Tivo)

By: Gena

Gena — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:06:18 +0000

Oh, yes, those ladies are definitely better role models! And I’m with Meribeth (again!) that I’ll just keep what I do and don’t have, and work with it.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:47:58 +0000

“but then, perhaps, she should be far more clear with it/about it AND I still think the notyoungandstillFABS like diane keaton and susan sarandon and judi dench mightcould be better role models.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself, MizFit.

By: Meribeth

Meribeth — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:42:25 +0000

I’ll just keep what I don’t have and keep trying to fine tune it.

By: MizFit

MizFit — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:36:57 +0000

Gena, I do think you’ve nailed it with this:

Perhaps JLC meant that they don’t work to make you feel better about yourself? That perhaps the real answer is to age gracefully and accept what you have?

but then, perhaps, she should be far more clear with it/about it AND I still think the notyoungandstillFABS like diane keaton and susan sarandon and judi dench mightcould be better role models.