Kate Hudson

[Princessfarquad]

Looks like Kate is up to her old ways.

I have to admit, I find the reactions a little over the top. Was what she said stupid and insensitive? Absolutely. But this is Kate. She's the epitome of bimbo. She defines bimbo, she inhabits it, if Bimbo were made into a movie, she would be first on the list to star.

When I read it I just rolled my eyes and thought Never change, Kate, never change.

On the subject of bimboing, did anyone catch her on Stern a while back?  He did his typical you're so hot, I'd love to do you, and she was lapping it up the whole time.  "OMG, Howard, you're so funny!"

[pachengala]

Sept 13, 2017 0:45:44 GMT -4 Princessfarquad said:

Looks like Kate is up to her old ways.

I have to admit, I find the reactions a little over the top. Was what she said stupid and insensitive? Absolutely. But this is Kate. She's the epitome of bimbo.

This kind of 'backlash' gives backlash a bad name. Look, I don't like Kate Hudson but why can't she feel any kind of way about her childbirth experience that she wants? The question was clear: the laziest thing SHE'S ever done. Not, 'What's the laziest thing women do?' or 'What's the laziest way to give birth?' Just, like, you, Kate Hudson. Who knows, maybe she had an elective c-section and wishes she hadn't? Now, of course, I think the laziest thing she's ever done is that awful interview where she chain-smoked and insulted the interviewer or, say, her entire nepotistic acting career, but who am I to say she's wrong when she self-identifies the very thing? We get to own our birth experiences, period.

[Princessfarquad]

Sept 13, 2017 1:14:49 GMT -4 pachengala said:

Sept 13, 2017 0:45:44 GMT -4 Princessfarquad said:

Looks like Kate is up to her old ways.

I have to admit, I find the reactions a little over the top. Was what she said stupid and insensitive? Absolutely. But this is Kate. She's the epitome of bimbo.

This kind of 'backlash' gives backlash a bad name. Look, I don't like Kate Hudson but why can't she feel any kind of way about her childbirth experience that she wants? The question was clear: the laziest thing SHE'S ever done. Not, 'What's the laziest thing women do?' or 'What's the laziest way to give birth?' Just, like, you, Kate Hudson. Who knows, maybe she had an elective c-section and wishes she hadn't? Now, of course, I think the laziest thing she's ever done is that awful interview where she chain-smoked and insulted the interviewer or, say, her entire nepotistic acting career, but who am I to say she's wrong when she self-identifies the very thing? We get to own our birth experiences, period.

You would normally be right but in this case it's Kate Hudson. She defines herself by her womb and she has a habit of speaking for all women on multiple occasions. It's one thing to generalize in a private conversation but Kate did it several times on several public forums, including television and magazines.

And to call a C-section a lazy thing to do, even if you're speaking for yourself, goes to show what worth you put on mothers in general.

[Mutagen]

At first I thought, "why shouldn't she be able to define her own childbirth experience however she wants?", and I do still feel that way a little bit. However, it's also rather GOOP-ian to call a C-section lazy, given that a) many women do not have one by choice, b) it's easy to call a C-section "lazy" when you're wealthy enough to afford maids and nannies and not working during your recovery period.

[kateln]

Sept 13, 2017 7:43:30 GMT -4 Mutagen said:

At first I thought, "why shouldn't she be able to define her own childbirth experience however she wants?", and I do still feel that way a little bit. However, it's also rather GOOP-ian to call a C-section lazy, given that a) many women do not have one by choice, b) it's easy to call a C-section "lazy" when you're wealthy enough to afford maids and nannies and not working during your recovery period.

This, exactly this. Everytime Hudson (and Paltrow) talks, I just roll my eyes. She doesn't speak for me, or all women, but her platform is such that a lot of people will feel she does.

[Ginger]

Birthing is a hot-button issue that is going to get an actress in trouble no matter what she says. I don't care.

What I do keep remembering is how she said "homework time" was so boring with her kids. I've got no kids and I can only imagine how godawful boring doing homework with them would be. And then I also think about how I went through 17 years of education and my parents not once had any idea of what my homework assignments were or when I did them. That was my business, I just had to bring home the grades.

So if I were a parent, I would be judged a horrible parent because my attitude towards homework would be, "Do it!"

[plush]

Sept 13, 2017 7:43:30 GMT -4 Mutagen said:

At first I thought, "why shouldn't she be able to define her own childbirth experience however she wants?", and I do still feel that way a little bit. However, it's also rather GOOP-ian to call a C-section lazy, given that a) many women do not have one by choice, b) it's easy to call a C-section "lazy" when you're wealthy enough to afford maids and nannies and not working during your recovery period.

That's true but 1) it appears she did the first one by choice 2) she was only talking about her experience. I have two close friends who chose to have elective c sections because they were afraid of pain. Solid middle class, no nannies or chefs. That logic baffles me because the pain of childbirth can be greatly reduced by epidurial AND electing to have surgery when you don't really need it is crazy to me. But their bodies, their choice.

However lazy to me seems the wrong word unless she's referring to the process of childbirth and comparing herself to a woman who goes through the pain to bring a child into the world and therefore is more physically involved. By that comparison, c sections require less physical labor during delivery but they make up for it in post recovery. Again, her experience.

I hate twitter sometimes. She wasn't saying that women who have c sections are lazy but that her motive for choosing one was laziness. She's entitled to say that without worrying that people's feelings will be hurt.

[Carolina]

From the "all publicity is good publicity" mindset, this was a smart move on Kate's part. No one would be talking about her or her cover or her interview without the c-section comment. I've seen more people defending her than saying it was a thoughtless, hurtful comment, so she'll come out further ahead than if she'd just said skipping her session with her trainer that morning was the laziest thing she'd ever done.

[Matilda]

Yeah, it's all for publicity, and it's worked. I can't get worked up about it. Give birth however you want to give birth. I had an emergency C-section for medical reasons and would have another one in a heartbeat rather than try to push a baby out of my vagina. I'm not here for that shit

[carrier76]

Sept 13, 2017 17:58:06 GMT -4 Matilda said:

Yeah, it's all for publicity, and it's worked. I can't get worked up about it. Give birth however you want to give birth. I had an emergency C-section for medical reasons and would have another one in a heartbeat rather than try to push a baby out of my vagina. I'm not here for that shit

I was just coming here to say the same. VBAC can f*** off.