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Susan Boyle much more than a ‘plain looking spinster’

By
NIALL O'DOWD,
IrishCentral.com Publisher

Published Friday, October 23, 2009, 8:33 AM
Updated Friday, October 23, 2009, 9:00 AM

 

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What is some women's beef with Susan Boyle?
What is some women's beef with Susan Boyle?

A "plain-looking spinster" is how WomansDay.com described Susan Boyle this week.

If that were a men's magazine I'm sure the female population would be outraged at such a description. Whatever happened to beauty being skin deep?

What is it with some women and Susan Boyle? Take Amanda Holden for one. She can hardly hide her envy that Susan has far outshone her since she was one of the judges for “Britain's Got Talent” and her
subsequent U.S. career has begun to slump.

She has made critical comments disguised as faint praise about Boyle ever since. It is clear this lady is living out a personal nightmare that someone is far more appreciated and accepted in America than she
is.

Then there was British pop star Lily Allen. Apparently Lily thinks Susan is “overrated.” After watching Boyle perform “Cats” on the show, Lily took to her Twitter, writing, “I thought her timing was off on
Sunday - no control, and I don’t think she has an amazing voice.”

Bitch, bitch. And now there is WomansDay.com, one of the largest women's Web sites, making snide comments. It’s enough to make this male wonder if Susan hasn't created a jolly green monster of envy all by herself among the fairer sex.

The Woman's Day writer Barbara Brody seems blissfully unaware that anyone might take offense at such a description of Boyle, though I'm sure when she reads the comments to her article she will realize what an error she has made.

In fairness to her the article itself is laudatory but the “plain looking spinster” line really grates.

Well let's see: if we described a leading male performer around her age as a "balding bachelor" before even discussing that performer's talents I think we males would be right to be annoyed.

It seems women on women can't help that kind of stuff sometimes. Susan Boyle has myriads of female fans who see her life struggles reflected in their own lives and back her to the hilt.

There are other women, however, who have never really accepted that beauty is only skin deep and continue to criticize anyone who does not live up to the Hollywood standard.

Shame on them is what I say. If ever there was a performer with beauty within it is Susan Boyle.

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Posted by katykatt on Dec 25, 2009, 05:11 PM EST
Niall, I haven't read the Woman's Day article but just from reading what you said, I feel that Woman's Day is making a very big mistake printing that since the majority of their subscribers are middle age homemakers. A part of Susan's appeal to her audience besides singing beautifully, is the fact that we can relate to her because many or most of us, too, are middle age housewives, are or have mothers, or aunts, etc. who we cherish who is just like Susan. In other words, many, if not most, of Susan's admirers identify with her. We probably are the silent majority who does not listen to teeny bopper music sung by half naked, artifical beautiful girls who's beauty will soon fade.
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Posted by winship1716 on Dec 24, 2009, 05:57 PM EST
susan boyle is lovely and i can think of many singers who i consider not good looking and i only see their talents susan is a lovely looking woman jealousy is such nasty thing i will always back susan her talent is extrodinary she beats them all!!!!!!
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Posted by Dannaker13 on Dec 14, 2009, 11:00 PM EST
Susan Boyle is beautiful. Her beauty is in her voice and that beauty is now recorded for the ages to revel in. We are so fortunate that she can now be shared with the world.
 


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