There’s something to be said for aging gracefully in Hollywood. Unfortunately for Sally Field, she’s clearly not been aging gracefully. Not that anyone was asking her to, but Field weighed in on Samantha Bee calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c*nt,” and we suddenly remembered why Field was so shocked that anyone liked her, that anyone really liked her: All class, that Sally Field. i love you sally field. — Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) May 31, 2018 And boom: now I must follow you forever. — The Bitchy Waiter ® (@bitchywaiter) May 31, 2018 I didn’t deserve this tweet today but glad to have it. — Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 31, 2018 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ This is the take I didn't know I needed until I got it. — Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) May 31, 2018 This is why you are the greatest. — Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) May 31, 2018 This is the most beautiful tweet ever twote. — Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) May 31, 2018 Bless you — Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) May 31, 2018 So you and Sally cool with misogyny? Good to know. Didn’t your mama teach you any manners — Amy Sedlatschek (@amysuds) May 31, 2018 You’re disgusting. — Susan Mariner (@suemar58) May 31, 2018 I can't believe this! What has this world come to? Vile language does not look good on you. — Cindy (Shaw) Frazier (@lilred68) May 31, 2018 Wow, I didn't think somebody would be dumb enough to make this worse. And I certainly didn't expect it to be you, Gidget. — Rusty Weiss ? (@rustyweiss74) May 31, 2018 @sally_field , I always loved watching you, not anymore. I am so ashamed of the words you have typed regarding a fellow female human. You should be ashamed of yourself. Don't we have enough men and people tearing woman down…? — Cheri (@CheriandLarry) May 31, 2018 Such a shame what some women will do and say to each other in the name of politics. — Amy Zeek (@amy_zeek) May 31, 2018 Stupid. Never knew you were into such hatred and degradation. Remind me to never again watch one of your movies. — toni marie lynn (@rosebud_504) May 31, 2018 I cannot even….seriously? How is it appropriate to ever say this about anyone, especially woman to woman? All we're told is how we need to support our sisters in the feminist movement but that apparently only counts when it's the "right" women. — Jennie Sisler (@UMFBDenMother) May 31, 2018 Oh well. If nothing else, at least there’s a lesson we can learn from Sally’s vulgarity: Always good to know that the culture of "WAH WAH SEXISM" is a complete put on. https://t.co/bVzgDpLNQN — neontaster (@neontaster) May 31, 2018 *** Update:<doc-sep>There are few things more gratifying than a grade-A Twitter takedowns. But, there's a way to respond on on Twitter, and then there's Sally Field's way to respond on Twitter. Because let me tell you, Sally Field's tweet about Ivanka Trump and Samantha Bee has my jaw on the floor. Mostly because Field is the last person I thought would sneak in a comment on the ordeal. By now you've probably already heard that Bee called Trump a "feckless c*nt" during an episode of Full Frontal on Wednesday, May 30. Bee's comment was in response to Trump's highly insensitive May 27 tweet that showed the first daughter holding her child while the Trump administration pursues a policy of intentionally separating migrant children from their families at the southwest border. While everyone on Twitter weighed in with their opinions on the comment, Field snuck in there with a little woman power tweet on May 31 in support of Bee. Kinda. The actress agreed that it was wrong of Bee to call Trump a "c*nt," but maybe not for the reasons we were all expecting to hear. "I like Samantha Bee a lot, but she is flat wrong to call Ivanka a c*nt," wrote Field. "Cunts are powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest." It's kind of hard to think of the Flying Nun calling anyone out, and definitely not if the C-word is involved. I was in no way expecting her to side with Trump (not commentary from her crossed my mind at all really), but this is doing the most. If you haven't already guessed, the responses to Field's tweet were many and varied. Some championed Field for her ability to turn a phrase, so to speak, by taking a term that's usually used to demean women and turning it into a positive thing. While other folks didn't feel quite the same way... After Bee's comments, the White House pretty much called for Full Frontal to be cancelled. On Thursday, May 31, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Bee and her comments are "not fit for broadcast," according to CNN. She said, The collective silence by the left and its media allies is appalling. Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast, and executives at Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned on its network. What's that saying, the pot calling the kettle black? If people have a problem with Bee directing the word "c*nt" at another woman, I understand. However, the White House has no business condemning someone for "disgusting comments" against women, considering what President Donald Trump has said about women. For instance, when the now president said, “A person who is flat-chested is very hard to be a 10," on a 2005 appearance on Howard Stern's radio show. Or how about that time on Season 13 of Celebrity Apprentice when he told contestant Brande Roderick, "must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees." Of course let's not forget the infamous "grab 'em by the p*ssy" line from the 2005 Access Hollywood tape. Bee, however, apologized for her comments. In a May 31 tweet, the Full Frontal host wrote an apology to Trump and to her viewers. She wrote, I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it. TBS, Full Frontal's network, also released an apology via Twitter. They wrote, Samantha Bee has taken the right action in apologizing for the vile and inappropriate language she used about Ivanka Trump last night. Those words should not have been aired. It was our mistake too, and we regret it. While Bee's anger towards Trump's tweet was warranted given the poor timing, rage might have gotten the best of her. Just one word edited out could've saved her the trouble. But say what you will about Field's response, it was some major unexpected shade. Who even are you, Mrs. Gump?<doc-sep>Note: Reading about stuff liberals care about may trigger revulsion, pity or uncontrollable laughter. If any of those feelings last for more than four hours, consult your doctor. Oh, Samantha Bee! That makes a lot more sense. I was getting worried about the National Spelling Bee. Samantha Bee has an alleged comedy show on TBS. She doesn’t think Ivanka Trump should sharing photos of her spending Sunday morning with her son because immigrants or something. So with her characteristic charm and incisive wit, she called Ivanka a “feckless c*nt.” (She also alluded to the liberal hothouse theory that there’s incest going on in Trump world, but the C-word drew attention from that slimy innuendo.) Oh well, another unhinged liberal spewing Trump hate. Nothing to see here. But wait! The Washington Post informs us that “some women want to reclaim” the c-word. Reclaim it. Maybe they want to make it into hats for next year’s Women’s March? The Post quoted a tweet from Sally “You like Me!” Field: “I like Samantha Bee a lot, but she is flat wrong to call Ivanka,” the c-word, Field tweeted. Her reasoning was seen by some as surprising. The c-word, Field said, is “powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest.” I’m guessing the Flying Nun didn’t learn that at the Convento San Tanco. (You’ll be unsurprised to note that a CNN political analyst applauded Field’s tweet: “HA! Okay...best tweet of the day young lady,” replied Brian Karem. This is CNN!) The Post also quoted actress Minnie Driver: “That was the wrong word for Samantha Bee to have used,” Driver said. “But mostly because (to paraphrase the French) Ivanka has neither the warmth nor the depth.” It might be shocking if anything still had the capacity to shock. The Post assures us, “their arguments are not new or unique. For years, many writers, feminists, gender studies scholars and others have argued that women should re-claim the c-word, assigning it a meaning that empowers women.” Know what else many gender studies scholars have been arguing for years? That they’re baristas, not just coffee jerks. But I digress. See, there’s nothing so base, so crass and vulgar that it can’t be rationalized into a weapon against patriarchy/racism/colonialism/heteronormativism/the gender binary/late-stage capitalism. Plus, you get to feel all “transgressive” and edgy. The Post finds a whole bunch of experts to tell us so. quotes Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics at Monash University: “Linguistic, psychological and neurological studies all confirm that it’s forbidden words that are the most arousing, memorable and evocative of all language stimuli,” Burridge wrote in the Conversation. “They also confirm that this effect depletes with word repetition.” “If you want to diminish its potency,” Burridge said, “just use the word, and frequently.” In the meantime, the world gets courser and uglier. And now, more little blue pills for the lefty mind, Quick Take: May I suggest a nice hobby? “Zines are a form of therapy—a therapeutic way to share our struggles associated with racism, sexism, abuse, culture, and colonialism." From “3 Zines Celebrating the Complexity of Being Latinx” on Broadly. Satire Really is Dead. Five years ago, liberals would scoff if you tweeted that kindergarteners would soon be learning about the birds and the bees. "Conservative panic." "Paranoia." Perhaps they were right. Now they’re actually teaching kindergarteners the birds and the birds. According to The Guardian, an “expert panel” has decreed that Wales will soon be “leading the way” in teaching five-year-olds about homosexuality. And clearly, sex education in Wales is stuck in the Dark Ages. According to gay activist Andrew White, a member of that expert panel, “our research shows that a majority of LGBT young people here in Wales have heard nothing about LGBT issues in the classroom.” And yet somehow they managed to become gay without help from the state. It seems the can-do spirit is alive and well in Wales. Still, all the experts agree Welsh kindergarteners display a shocking ignorance of the emotional upside of gay sex. Some can’t even fill out a sexual consent form. The announcement follows a report by Wales’s sex and relationship education expert panel, which concluded that SRE was often too biological and too negative, with not enough attention given to rights, gender equity, emotions and relationships. “Too biological?” Progressives claim to “F*cking love science!” until science doesn’t love who they f*ck. But if government insists on usurping parents’ right and duty to teach children about sexuality, it really should include something about how babies are made. But, like all progressive obsessions, the new indoctrination will reach into as many aspects of children’s education as possible. The panel’s chair, Emma Renold, a professor of childhood studies at Cardiff University, said the changes would mean sex and the issues surrounding it would not be limited to biology lessons. “It will broaden it out so you can cover the issues in humanities and expressive arts as well as science for example,” she said. Excellent. They’ll be reading “Heather Has Two Mommies,” “Darren Has Two Daddies,” Ethan Has a Mommy and What Used to be a Daddy …” The y’ll probably paint colorful gender spectrums and then be encouraged to find some special place on it. According to Wales’s education secretary, Kirsty Williams, The world has moved on and our curriculum must move with it. Sex should never be taught in isolation for the simple reason that it is about so much more than just sex; it’s also about relationships, rights and respect and that must go hand in hand with a much broader understanding of sexuality. I’ve known a few five-year-olds. They need a broader understanding of putting their Legos together by themselves -- or at least of putting them away before Dad steps on one. The do not need an introduction to the smorgasbord of liberal sexuality. But that expert panel has its shiny new sex ed curriculum that’s sure to be the envy of progressives everywhere. Lead the way, Wales! It’s a depraved new world. Quick Take: News you can use! “Bongs of the Summer, Ranked” om Noisey. How I Became a Bitter Scold in Grade School.<doc-sep>Actress Sally Field criticized comedian Samantha Bee on Thursday for calling Ivanka Trump "a feckless c--t," insinuating President Trump's daughter falls short of the definition of the word. "I like Samantha Bee a lot, but she is flat wrong to call Ivanka a c--t. C--ts are powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest," Field wrote on Twitter. Bee apologized to Trump on Thursday after receiving widespread condemnation for using the vulgar slur on the Wednesday night episode of her TBS show “Full Frontal." “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night,” Bee said in a statement, referring to the White House adviser and President Trump's eldest daughter. “It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it,” she added. [Also read: Melania Trump spokeswoman: Trump family subjected to 'hateful rhetoric' in the name of free speech] I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and to my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it. — Samantha Bee (@iamsambee) May 31, 2018 Field, a Democrat, has used her celebrity status to advocate for women's rights, including serving on the board of directors for international organization Vital Voices. Content warning: Graphic language language below.<doc-sep>
Sally Field wasn't here for Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump -- but for a different reason Sally Field has an issue with Samantha Bee‘s comments about Ivanka Trump — but for a different reason. The actress, 71, took to Twitter to give her two cents about the comedian calling the first daughter a vulgar word for the female anatomy on Thursday with a very specific critique. According to Field, Trump just doesn’t embody the right qualities to be called that term. Bee drew ire from the internet and the Trump administration after she called President Donald Trump’s oldest daughter a “feckless c–t” in her Full Frontal monologue on Wednesday. “I like Samantha Bee a lot, but she is flat wrong to call Ivanka a c–t,” Field wrote. “C–ts are powerful, beautiful, nurturing and honest.” sally-field Credit: Sally Field/Twitter In a statement through TBS, which airs her show Full Frontal, Bee said: “I would like to sincerely apologize to Ivanka Trump and my viewers for using an expletive on my show to describe her last night. It was inappropriate and inexcusable. I crossed a line, and I deeply regret it.” samantha-bee Samantha Bee, Ivanka Trump | Credit: Getty; Shutterstock Bee’s apology comes after some backlash, including from White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and NBC’s Megyn Kelly. On Thursday, Kelly likened Bee’s comment to Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, tweeting: “This is disgusting. How is this acceptable? And how are we expected to take any of these publications seriously if they gleefully repost something like this at the same time they (rightfully) condemn @therealroseanne? You know the saying Love is Love? Well Hate is Hate.”