GRAY IN L.A.

Turning my Back on Ageism I'm an old feminist, meaning I discovered my identity, my talents and my own importance in my own life when I was very young . It also dawned on me that therefore I would have to take responsibility for everything I do and say. In fact I wanted to! It was another important step towards victory and true independence. I didn't want help or sympathy, not approval or admiration from anybody. I wanted to be my own project , hand-crafted by me alone. Quite a lofty concept without a guarantee for success. Luckily, I was a young woman in the 60s and 70s - so, time was on my side. Liberation and emancipation were in the air - and most women I knew threw themselves into that new battle with passion and a fair amount of fearlessness. Freedom beckoned, we were in love with it. We fought, we won some, we lost some, but we insisted; we grew impatient , yet we kept on questioning patriarchy and power structures, and also took a close look at ourselves ! ...

Back in Black OK, so the GOLDEN GLOBES came and went and it was a rather special and positive spectacle! The idea behind it was to "protest" the pigs of patriarchy, always a good idea in my book, and to show solidarity with the recent #MeToo and #Time'sUp" movements. The female members of the movie industry had announced to wear black - which most actually did - and they looked better than ever! It should from now on be the rule! I wear black all the time by the way - actually since I was a teenager - when I drove my Mom crazy with my black-clothes-antics. So, to me it was just another day in black.   Generally speaking, awards are an excellent place to show where you stand politically and humanly - and yes, even fashionably. But to think that there is any significance in wearing a certain color to an event where only the movie elite is part of - is a bit naive. It has been done at the "Oscars", and that Jane Fonda, who I lov...