• XiaCobolt [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    Have you skimmed Brigitte Bardot’s Wikipedia page? There’s no tab for controversies or allegations or anything like that. Its a hagiography.

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      4 months ago

      I did think it was very convenient that all the bad stuff was tucked under the subheading “Politics and legal issues” while “Animal rights activism” gets its own top-level heading.

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        4 months ago

        There’s also stuff about calling out misogynists and sexual predators in the same tab. Like painting her as a land of contrasts not an old racist lady.

        • Which is also extremely misleading given that Bardot vocally opposed the Me Too movement and outright demanded that

          SA apologia

          men are “conquering” in their flirting behavior and do not accept a simple no. She also self-described as antifeminist. The amount of internalized misogyny she put on full display in recent years was absolutely revolting.

          Sounds as if the article was doctored by a PR agent.