Articles, blog posts, and essays fly across our desk by the hundreds, daily… but every so often, we come across one that’s so remarkably infuriating that the only way to truly express our feelings is to rant about it. The easiest way to rant? Video. So welcome to our first installment of Article Outrage, hosted by Elle.

Helpful Links:

Fashion Week Daily’s Chic Report: To Maquillage, or not to maquillage?
Stars Are Taking Action Against Photoshopping (The Demoiselles)

How do you feel about Chic Report’s opinion on the French Elle cover? Leave a note in the comments!

GD Star Rating
loading...
<div class=\"postavatar\">article-outrage-chic-report-on-scarjos-french-elle-cover</div>

To contact Lindsay Ginn, the author of this post, please send a note to lindsay@thedemoiselles.com, or use our contact form.



Subscribe to comments Comment | Trackback |
Post Tags: , , ,

Browse Timeline


Comments ( 16 )

[...] Elle’s video rant here and click here to see Scarlet in French Elle sans Makeup.  Elle already promised (via twitter) to [...]

Style Symmetry » Make Up Less added these pithy words on Jun 25 09 at 1:26 pm

[...] week, Elle’s emphatic rant about Chic Report’s perception of Scarlet Johansson’s makeup-less cover of French Elle received a lot of really positive, aligned responses from you guys. One lady in particular, Eyeliah [...]

The Demoiselles » Blog Archive » The Demoiselles Respond: Makeup-less, and true to our word! added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 2:03 pm

New at @TheDemoiselles: Article Outrage! @MissElle reports on ScarJo/French Elle controversy: http://twurl.nl/u07pbb

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Jen added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 1:37 am

I love this rant, and completely agree.

I saw some scrutiny on this photo last week and was just shocked. Personally, I think this is the best she’s ever looked.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Elle Bee added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 9:42 am

Ah! I have to wait until I’m at home to watch this, but I’m so glad you girls have addressed this. Some of the coverage of it just made my stomach turn.

Are we so disconnected that a natural looking, beautiful woman isn’t something our media knows how to appreciate or even recognize any more? Unbelievable.
.-= Kyla Roma´s last blog ..Who’s your Baba? =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Kyla Roma added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 9:52 am

I was at the office when this video was made (damned day job!) but wanted to add my two cents to the mix.

However, it’s a day later, and I’m not as outraged…just dumbfounded. Is the author of the original “Scarlet needs makeup” post such an idiot that (s)he doesn’t realize that adding rouge to Scarlet’s face defeats the entire purpose? How can someone have such a short, superficial thought process that they don’t even think beyond the societally accepted physical?
.-= Jennifer Nicole´s last blog ..Article Outrage: Chic Report on ScarJo’s French Elle Cover =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Jennifer Nicole added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 10:16 am

eff yes. you said it all, and said it well.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
kt added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 10:30 am

I love rage in the morning. RT @TheDemoiselles: Article Outrage! @MissElle reports on ScarJo/French Elle controversy: http://twurl.nl/u07pbb

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
ElleBee added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 2:47 pm

That is awful I agree. I looked thru the photos and she looks more gorgeous than ever!! I now plan to post a no makeup look to my blog soon! :-)
.-= Eyeliah´s last blog ..Snakeskin Bracelet Winner! =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Eyeliah added these pithy words on Jun 16 09 at 9:22 pm

All for the sake of garnering information from their readers and creating a false sense of ‘my opinion matters online’.

Well, the good thing is we’ve got people like you willing to tell it like it is! Nicely done.
.-= Mary P.´s last blog ..Make it: Fools Gold Necklace =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Mary P. added these pithy words on Jun 17 09 at 12:55 pm

Good rant. What the hell is wrong with people?

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
natalie added these pithy words on Jun 17 09 at 8:16 pm

That was hilarious. I am not a reader of French Elle but I applaud anyone who defends the natural look.

But let’s be realistic a beautiful person suddenly not wearing makeup and still appearing beautiful is no shocker. Let them try it with someone over the age of 40 perhaps, that would be interesting and more encouraging to women regardless of age.
.-= Clarity´s last blog ..1am in London =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Clarity added these pithy words on Jun 28 09 at 4:48 pm

BRAVO! I know I’m a little late to see this post, but everything you said in this video rant — which, by the way, was hilarious & kick-ass — I agree with. The nerve of some people!

& you would NEVER see something like that done in America. That’s the only reason why they did it in France, was because people there are a lot more open-minded & nice. That magazine cover would be ripped to shreds if it were here in the states. & that is so sad.

I can’t wait for another video rant. ;]
.-= Ev`Yan || apricot tea.´s last blog ..apricot’s closet: barefoot & breezy. =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Ev`Yan || apricot tea. added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 3:14 pm

The double “L” in maquillage is pronounced like a “Y.” Just like in yoyo.

Love you!

(Ohhh double Elles, my heart is a flutter!)

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Your number one fan added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 1:42 am

Totally agree! Funny thing though is that this is not her natural hair colour, so in a way she *is* wearing make-up. I wish she would have gone all the way and taken the picture with natural lighting, her real hair colour and not been air-brushed. Like the pictures you guys did (where you look soooo beautiful btw!)

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Lali added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 5:15 am

Oh my goodness! I could not agree with you more. This post was amazing, amazing, AMAZING. Very inspirational and a wonderful way to remind people of the absurd definition of “beauty” that the media has made.
.-= Crystal´s last blog ..Project 365 =-.

[Reply]

GD Star Rating
loading...
Crystal added these pithy words on Jul 10 09 at 10:22 pm

Add a Comment


XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

*

CommentLuv badge







TheDemoiselles.com is a Less Than Four Media project.
© Copyright 2009 - 2011The Demoiselles. Thanks for visiting!