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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sat Dec 15, 2018, 06:18 AM Dec 2018

This Is How a Woman Gets Written Out of Her Own Obituary

Sondra Locke has died. She was a director and Oscar-nominated actress, but by The Hollywood Reporter’s account, she was just Clint Eastwood’s money-grubbing ex-girlfriend.

On Thursday, THR ran an obituary for Locke, originally headlined “Actress Sondra Locke, Embittered Ex of Clint Eastwood, Dies at 74.”
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Sondra Locke’s death should be a chance to look back on her life and recognize, in 2018, all that the press missed, and what we still miss when we cover the lives of women overshadowed by powerful men. The press in the 1980s and ’90s chose to frame her relationship with Eastwood not as an abuse of power, but gossipy tabloid fare, with her at fault for the destruction of her career. And considering The Hollywood Reporter’s account of her life, it’s clear that we haven’t moved beyond that framing.

https://jezebel.com/this-is-how-a-woman-gets-written-out-of-her-own-obituar-1831097072

We need to demand better in 2018

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This Is How a Woman Gets Written Out of Her Own Obituary (Original Post) Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP

So disheartening and outright disgraceful. madaboutharry Dec 2018 #1

They changed the headline oberliner Dec 2018 #2

As many Twitter users have discovered though... localroger Dec 2018 #9

That is true oberliner Dec 2018 #13

Good. I hope they got a message that sticks. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2018 #10

Hopefully so oberliner Dec 2018 #14

Jaysus. n/t Guilded Lilly Dec 2018 #3

Disgusting mountain grammy Dec 2018 #4

She deserved much better rickyhall Dec 2018 #5

Writers shouldn't even bring up former marriages LuvNewcastle Dec 2018 #6

I read her book long ago. tavernier Dec 2018 #7

For years I have refused to watch his movies Duppers Dec 2018 #12

Just a footnote in a man's biography. Shameful trivialization of a woman's life. marble falls Dec 2018 #8

Way to ignore a very successful woman. RIP Ms. Locke Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #11

I would ask, if he didn't want children why didn't he have a vasectomy. demigoddess Jun 2019 #15

madaboutharry

(41,231 posts)

1. So disheartening and outright disgraceful.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 06:35 AM

Dec 2018

May she rest in peace.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

2. They changed the headline

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 06:58 AM

Dec 2018

"Sondra Locke, Oscar-Nominated Actress for 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,' Dies at 74" is their current headline.

localroger

(3,701 posts)

9. As many Twitter users have discovered though...

Reply to oberliner (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:01 AM

Dec 2018

through the magic of screencaps, once you've put it on the Internet you can never really take it back.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

13. That is true

Reply to localroger (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:16 PM

Dec 2018

But at least maybe they realized the problem.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

10. Good. I hope they got a message that sticks.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 09:04 AM

Dec 2018

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

14. Hopefully so

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 08:16 PM

Dec 2018

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)

3. Jaysus. n/t

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:01 AM

Dec 2018

mountain grammy

(27,167 posts)

4. Disgusting

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Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:05 AM

Dec 2018

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)

5. She deserved much better

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Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:08 AM

Dec 2018

LuvNewcastle

(17,001 posts)

6. Writers shouldn't even bring up former marriages

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:58 AM

Dec 2018

in a person's obituary. It just isn't right, not to mention what they were doing to this woman.

tavernier

(13,229 posts)

7. I read her book long ago.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 07:59 AM

Dec 2018

I’ve read similar things written about him from others who have worked with him but wish to remain anonymous because he has such power.

To me he has always seemed creepy, but that’s neither here nor there. If he is the monster that she/they claim and the proof is there, this is a good time to come forward and finally clear the lady’s name. Bigger assholes have fallen from grace and are being exposed these days.

What do you say, Clint? Are you lucky?