Hollywood is reportedly all abuzz over Jodie Foster's first public acknowledgement of her lesbianism.
Foster, who's been eating partner Cydney Bernard's tuna since at least 1993, finally admitted to said tuna-eating in a dignified, round-about sort of way during a speech at a Women in Entertainment breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Foster referred to Bernard as her "beautiful Cydney," and thanked Bernard for sticking with her "through all the rotten and the bliss." Foster then said:
I feel fragile, unsure, struggling to figure it all out, trying to get there even though I'm not sure where there is. I've been working in this business for 42 years and there's no way you can do that and not be as nutty as a fruitcake.
Sorry, but I'm a little lost myself. Didn't we already know Foster was a lesbian? So why does it matter that she admitted it? The real story here, it seems to me, is what Foster said about being "nutty as a fruitcake." I mean, anyone can cop to being a lesbo - but how many people come out and admit to being completely insane?
Okay, so I'm evading the issue. Actually, I'm not, cause there's no issue to evade. So Jodie Foster's a lesbian - so fricking what? Wake me when something interesting happens. And no, I'm not going to play that little game of patting Jodie on the back for her heroism and courage. People only create heroes like that so they themselves can bask in the reflected glory. I'm guessing that Jodie, a smart, smart woman, is above all that shit. She doesn't see herself as courageous and heroic for coming out - she's probably annoyed by the whole thing, cause now people will just ask her more questions about it. Soon she will probably regret saying anything at all.
I personally think Jodie made a better statement by staying silent, cause that was essentially saying "fuck you" to anyone who might bother her about it, including the people who wanted her to come out cause they wished to add her clout to the lesbo sisterhood which only exists in people's minds.
I'm sorry, but gay solidarity is a myth whipped up by phonies who want to gain some political advantage. There's no real "gay community," just as there's no real "black community" or "Latino community" or "midget graffiti artist community." Any homo who thinks of themselves as belonging to some kind of club just cause they're a homo is a sad, sad fool. It's every man, woman and tranny for his/her/itself out there - that's the way it's always been, and that's the way it always will be.
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