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Jamie Lee Curtis not joining the dots

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Lyingonthefloor · 26/07/2025 10:53

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/26/jamie-lee-curtis-interview-plastic-surgery-power-age-freakier-friday

I wholeheartedly agree with what Jamie Lee Curtis says in this article about cosmetic treatments but wonder if she feels the same about the mutilation of bodies in the name of “the right of human beings to be who they are", which she says in relation to her trans identifying child.

‘Generations of women have been disfigured’: Jamie Lee Curtis lets rip on plastic surgery, power, and Hollywood’s age problem

The actor explains how she is fighting back against the ‘cosmeceutical industrial complex’ and why she has finally found freedom at 66 years old

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/26/jamie-lee-curtis-interview-plastic-surgery-power-age-freakier-friday

OP posts:
RufustheFactualReindeer · 27/07/2025 01:47

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:27

Careful about using the word 'strident' on here! I used it once several years ago and was dogpiled for multiple pages.

Why do you need to make everything about you?

RufustheFactualReindeer · 27/07/2025 01:46

I love jlc but mainly cos loads of people say i look like her

and yes…that is absolutely a boast, not a stealth boast either

NebulousWhistler · 26/07/2025 22:59

I struggle with JC. Her son is the personification of a man from Malaga.
It’s irrational, maybe, but I struggle with TRAs in general.

OldCrone · 26/07/2025 22:50

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:55

I've literally never been a man - transitioned at school many years before I became an adult. Wouldn't even know how to be a man if I tried.

You don't need to try to be what you are. A man is simply an adult who was born male.

KilkennyCats · 26/07/2025 22:12

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:55

I've literally never been a man - transitioned at school many years before I became an adult. Wouldn't even know how to be a man if I tried.

You don’t need to try. It’s literally embedded in your DNA.
You can try very hard not to be, but that won’t work either.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 26/07/2025 22:01

Derail in 3...2...1

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:55

Theswiveleyeballsinthesky · 26/07/2025 21:30

That's because you are a man and - just a wild guess based in your so very familiar posting history - we're using it pejoratively about women here

I've literally never been a man - transitioned at school many years before I became an adult. Wouldn't even know how to be a man if I tried.

Theswiveleyeballsinthesky · 26/07/2025 21:30

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:27

Careful about using the word 'strident' on here! I used it once several years ago and was dogpiled for multiple pages.

That's because you are a man and - just a wild guess based in your so very familiar posting history - we're using it pejoratively about women here

ButterflyHatched · 26/07/2025 21:27

SequinsandSoleros · 26/07/2025 11:41

Interesting interview. It feels "off" - that EB got lots of material (not a difficult interview in that sense) but that JLC was not easy to interview. One can laud that no-fucks-to-give attitude (a robust exchange/strident is no bad thing).
But I don't feel there was much love lost there. Bolshy/aggy tone, which as a fellow control freak, I ought to empathise with but JLC doesn't appear to be open to debate: given her very strong stance on surgery and labels, she should be more curious as to how this has affected Lindsay and Ruby.
Because LiLo has absolutely been a victim of the industry and JLC's child's preferred gender identity/femme presentation is surely at odds with JLC railing against societal pressures and labels.
JLC has had surgery and lipo and Botox. This might well give her reason to criticise the industry which abhors ageing but it also comes across as a former smoker judging cigarettes even though she claims she isn't proselytising.

Careful about using the word 'strident' on here! I used it once several years ago and was dogpiled for multiple pages.

FateAmenableToChange · 26/07/2025 12:20

To be fair to her, Ruby does not look like he has had any 'feminisation' surgery. And my guess is that is the motivation driving this agenda for her, rather than much of an interest in what her peers are up to.

JLC has been very vocal about her support for her child, and you cant blame her for that. But equally she does not seem to have funded any kind of physical transformation for him. And given the desires of most transwomen, I would guess he does want this.

So how is she managing that.... with a blanket open dislike for these surgeries no matter what your sex is. And that is on brand for JLC too, who has always been more on the androgynous side of female actors.

SequinsandSoleros · 26/07/2025 11:41

Interesting interview. It feels "off" - that EB got lots of material (not a difficult interview in that sense) but that JLC was not easy to interview. One can laud that no-fucks-to-give attitude (a robust exchange/strident is no bad thing).
But I don't feel there was much love lost there. Bolshy/aggy tone, which as a fellow control freak, I ought to empathise with but JLC doesn't appear to be open to debate: given her very strong stance on surgery and labels, she should be more curious as to how this has affected Lindsay and Ruby.
Because LiLo has absolutely been a victim of the industry and JLC's child's preferred gender identity/femme presentation is surely at odds with JLC railing against societal pressures and labels.
JLC has had surgery and lipo and Botox. This might well give her reason to criticise the industry which abhors ageing but it also comes across as a former smoker judging cigarettes even though she claims she isn't proselytising.

Arran2024 · 26/07/2025 11:35

anyzee · 26/07/2025 11:02

I didn't read the interview in the G so berate me! However I'd be very surprised if JLC hasn't had some subtle work done herself! But maybe it's airbrushing in pics who knows?

As to the point you make in OP, I agree with you.

She makes interesting points about beauty standards. She explains how she saw her parents' careers dive when they lost their good looks. She glosses over the trans issue

anyzee · 26/07/2025 11:02

I didn't read the interview in the G so berate me! However I'd be very surprised if JLC hasn't had some subtle work done herself! But maybe it's airbrushing in pics who knows?

As to the point you make in OP, I agree with you.