Where to begin on this? I'm pretty sure young Jewish girls should look up to famous Jewish women because they share their cultural and ethnic heritage, and because they practice Judaism, not because they have a big nose! Jezz!
Talk about playing devil's advocate! You're basically saying a big nose is the prime point of identification between a young Jewish girl and some famous actress (what about the Jewish girls who don't have big noses? I guess they're out of this question).
I suppose you could talk about big noses in general... but why connect it to Jewishness? Like somebody said, Lady Gaga isn't Jewish, and neither is Rebecca Black (A Lea Michele-lookalike), Meryl Streep and her daughter, Sarah Bareilles, Penelope Cruz, Anne Hathaway, Sofia Coppola, Glenn Close, Joy Behar, Sandra Oh (to name some big-nosed actresses), or famous nose job-receivers Blake Lively and Ashlee Simpson.
I suppose girls with big noses can look up to these actresses... but do the actresses, or the girls, have to be Jewish for this process to occur?
Of course Natalie Portman is a great role model for Jewish women, and obviously Lea Michele is not. She has a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, and was not raised exclusively or mostly Jewish by any means. Surely this should be the primary criteria? I can't imagine on what planet Michele is is any way shape or form more Jewish than Portman. She's 100% Jewish and born in Jerusalem! If a super-famous actress was 100% Japanese, would anybody be making these bizarre statements about her and comparing her as less Japanese to an actress who was half-Japanese?
And to the person who mentioned Jewish actresses, there are plenty out there: Mila Kunis, Dianna Agron, Mia Kirshner, Ginnifer Goodwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kat Dennings, Alison Brie, Sara Paxton, and Scarlett. I'm pretty sure what should matter is their ethnic heritage, religious beliefs, upbringing, and self-identification. Not what their nose looks like to some random person on the internet.
Where to begin on this? I'm pretty sure young Jewish girls should look up to famous Jewish women because they share their cultural and ethnic heritage, and because they practice Judaism, not because they have a big nose! Jezz!
Talk about playing devil's advocate! You're basically saying a big nose is the prime point of identification between a young Jewish girl and some famous actress (what about the Jewish girls who don't have big noses? I guess they're out of this question).
I suppose you could talk about big noses in general... but why connect it to Jewishness? Like somebody said, Lady Gaga isn't Jewish, and neither is Rebecca Black (A Lea Michele-lookalike), Meryl Streep and her daughter, Sarah Bareilles, Penelope Cruz, Anne Hathaway, Sofia Coppola, Glenn Close, Joy Behar, Sandra Oh (to name some big-nosed actresses), or famous nose job-receivers Blake Lively and Ashlee Simpson.
I suppose girls with big noses can look up to these actresses... but do the actresses, or the girls, have to be Jewish for this process to occur?
Of course Natalie Portman is a great role model for Jewish women, and obviously Lea Michele is not. She has a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, and was not raised exclusively or mostly Jewish by any means. Surely this should be the primary criteria? I can't imagine on what planet Michele is is any way shape or form more Jewish than Portman. She's 100% Jewish and born in Jerusalem! If a super-famous actress was 100% Japanese, would anybody be making these bizarre statements about her and comparing her as less Japanese to an actress who was half-Japanese?
And to the person who mentioned Jewish actresses, there are plenty out there: Mila Kunis, Dianna Agron, Mia Kirshner, Ginnifer Goodwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kat Dennings, Alison Brie, Sara Paxton, and Scarlett. I'm pretty sure what should matter is their ethnic heritage, religious beliefs, upbringing, and self-identification. Not what their nose looks like to some random person on the internet.