Man, the tabloids have some serious problems...

Particularly the womens' tabloids. I view it as an underhanded way of encouraging some values in women and discouraging others - usually the less empowered ones.

What I'm specifically bemused by is the way they've decided that Angelina Jolie is the big marriage-destroying slut of Hollywood. First they make up some crap about her causing trouble between Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffiths (Holy shit, I'd be wandering if my wife had a face like that, too. It was fine till she started inflating her lip to twenty pounds). Then I read that they're also blaming her for Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston breaking up.

Hmm, let's look at this. They criticise Jolie, who:

- Is currently and very happily single.
- Is a rampant sex symbol amongst both men and women
- Is vocal about problems in the third world

But, they regularly and happily report on:

- High profile couples
- High profile marriages
- The expensive and ostentatious outfits they wear

Jolie obviously doesn't really fit that mold. She's an empowered single woman who doesn't need a partner for the moment. And of course, she's breaking up all these wonderful (?!) marriages by merely doing her job and existing. Heavens forbid that a woman be proud of her sexuality, use it in her job, yet remain officially unattached and still have her own family. Oh, and she's openly bisexual. I'm sure they hate that too.

Casting Tonks...

Until the sixth movie is cast, we only have JKR's descriptions and our own imaginations to go on as far as what Tonks looks like. For those of us writing Tonks stories, this isn't enough. We like to search out a face, a living, breathing face, that can animate the character in our heads and make them real.

So. I'm trying to find an actress to be Tonks until WB with vaster and better resources, completes the job.

She has to be british, with the cockney charm and everything. Names that were bandied about in a chat:

- Anna Freils (Yes I realise the irony of this, I didn't realise she was going out with David Thewlis until someone told me in the chat)
- Jane Horrocks (both her and Anna would have to be younger, and they're not, so darn).

The ladies in chat liked Samantha Morton, but I don't know if she really does it for me.

What do you think?

*clings to concept madly*

Yes, this is it. This is the reason I'm terminally single. It's because I'm too smart!!!