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MERYL STREEP is picking up a lot of flack on Twitter for a t-shirt she wore on the cover of Time Out London.
This t-shirt, to be precise.
As you can see, it reads, “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave,” a quote from British suffragette activist Emmeline Pankhurst, whom Streep portrays in the forthcoming film Suffragette.
Carey Mulligan also wore one.
The slogan has not sat well with many people, however, with many critical of the actress’ decision to wear a shirt with the word “slave” printed on it.
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While others have been quick to point out that the suffragette movement wasn’t particularly welcoming to women of colour, making the “slave” reference all the more troubling.
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Others, however, have defended the shirt, saying that the quote is in context.
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Shashana / Twitter / Twitter
The whole kerfuffle comes just days after Streep refused to describe herself as a feminist in an interview. Speaking to Time Out London, Streep declined to use the f-word and instead called herself a “humanist”.
I am a humanist, I am for nice easy balance.
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LW / Twitter / Twitter
Neither Streep nor Time Out London have commented on the t-shirt controversy.
By Amy O’Connor. Originally posted on DailyEdge.ie.
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The earths poles are slowly rotating so that Cork is the centre of the universe
@Tweety McTweeter: may god have mercy on us all.
@Robbie Delaney: god lives in cork!
@B9xiRspG: …. so that would make Cork heaven… Suddenly hell doesn’t seem that bad!
@Tweety McTweeter: Better get used to it,it may come as big surprise but not everything revolves around Dublin,in fact the London area is the preferred destination for many from the southern region,3 times in 30 years we been to Dublin and that aint going to change any time soon,thanks again M O L.
@Richard McCarthy: Maybe, just maybe he’s from Limerick or Clare or Meath or Galway etc etc. Or is it just your inferiority complex getting you down? That’s it isn’t it.
@Richard McCarthy: You mean you only go places you can fly to? Ye don’t have cars like boy?
@Tweety McTweeter: the poles don’t have to change for that you langer it’s been like that since the beginning of time!
Get a few proper destinations to fly to now lads and we’re laughing !
@Unsinkable No.2: More airlines would fly there if people would use it more, just to look to only a month ago Norwegian saying they won’t fly to the US from Cork during the winter due to very low demand.
People were up in arms while the Norwegian US flights from Cork went through 2-3 years of delays and the talk of how beneficial it would be and “how come Dublin gets all the flights??”. Then less than a year from being introduced, seasonality and freqencies are cut because of low usage.
@Shane Corry: I don’t think it’s as simple as airlines catering to demand. The bigger issue is that Ryanair and Aer Lingus don’t want to add routes as it just takes passengers off their Dublin flights. And both have a record of stamping on other airlines that have come in (Ryanair on Easyjet and Wizzair; Aer Lingus on Jetmagic). What that means is that the successful additions in recent years have come from foreign carriers connecting to a big base (Swiss to Zurich, Air France to Paris, Iberia to Madrid).
As for Norwegian, there are other issues at play. Aviation Analytics reckoned Cork was the most successful of their new routes
https://www.aviationanalytics.com/norwegian-overstretched/
However, the problem is at the Providence end where the airport is really struggling for them. And once they had decided to close that for the Winter, there was nobody to operate the flights to Cork regardless of whether it was making money. Basically, all routes to Providence, except Dublin, have been suspended. The difference for Dublin is that they have crew based there.
The shop 53 Degrees North was formerly known as 54 Degrees North and the band The 3 degrees started out as a quartet
@Pauliebhoy: I believe that shop is named after latitude rather than compass bearing.
Must apply to all airports….any others changing?
@Dan: When it happens depends on the exact orientation of the runway. This is far from the first instance in Ireland though, with Knock and Enniskillen having changed in recent years. How often it happens depends on where you are in the world. It’s not that frequent an event in Europe, but in Canada, which is close to the magnetic north pole it will happen a lot more frequently.
@Chris Mansfield: thanks Chris
I hope Gerald doesn’t stray off course going round his kitchen with the brush.
Cork city build on bog land that slowly sinking
@dick dastardly: you’ve never been to Cork airport let alone the city id say
Finally proof for all the non believers that the universe does actually base itself around the Rebel county
Well holy god….
sounds like an aprils fool. what about roads do they change there numbers too?
It’s the best we can do, meanwhile Dubland Airport gets a complete new runaway.
@Charles Coughlan: runway…
@Charles Coughlan: You had it right the first time. There’s a lot running away from Cork.
Don’t tell the flat earthers. They get really upset at the idea the earth is a round.
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