Two more (unrelated) things: Damon, and comments related to Angelina Jolie and actors/actresses.

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Johnny Damon should get a new nickname. His name should be Johnny "Zell" Damon.

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A mail ad for Blockbuster said something to the tone of "reconnect with your old friends" and underneath it wrote "(Brad, Angelina, Tom, Jessica, etc.)".

I started wondering:

How many people (not including than professional watchers like film critics) saw Mr.

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As for people being obsessed with various celebrities, it may be due to two things:

(1) as lingding mentions above, people are probably just bored (which makes me wonder, don't people have better imaginations than this? just messing with mundane features, like people at work, people going to and returning from work, people interacting with spouse and children, people passing gossip, people having affairs...that's like most of American TV and film), and

(2) regardless of how unrelated to appearance a celebrity's profession may be, that person's appearance is usually the first thing that gets judged. I'm kind of an exception since I often hear a pop song that I like on the radio, then months later hear it again and then try to find out who performed it, then possibly become interested.

[jessiehl] There's a stereotype in certain segments of society that a woman can't be both attractive and powerful or athletic, and that liberated women are denying their femininity.

I am starting to think that there are at least two different categorizations of feminists:
1. those who believe that men and women should be equal, and treated equally, in society
2. those who believe that female sexuality is somehow discriminated against and/or suppressed, and that (therefore) women should be allowed their own way of expressing their sexuality.

I'm of the first type, not the second. I usually see males portrayed asexually, but females in the same context portrayed with some unnecessary reference to their gender. Take fantasy settings, for example; I typically see males completely clad in clothing, while females wearing partly-revealing clothing, even if it be armor and they be heading into battle. A generic character is often male, but everyone notices that a protagonist is female when the protagonist is female.

What's this with sexuality? Why is society so obsessed with sexuality? Why does sex have to be a factor in every other plot? Why do people care if someone's "not expressing his/her sexuality"? Why do people care if it's "repressed"? Does it really matter that much? What's wrong with someone who does his/her job without caring about relationships, or sex drive, or whatnot?

Also, does a woman have to be "feminine" and/or "act femininely" in order to be "attractive"? Does a woman have to expose skin or flaunt huge breasts in order to be attractive? Does she have to be portrayed as desired by men in order to be attractive? Is there some way that a female character can be portrayed as attractive without doing anything explicitly "feminine" or "female" (except possibly some minor details such as having long hair)?