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[-] [email protected] 316 points 1 month ago

I would have never seen this picture if she hadn't done this.

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[-] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

Yikes, Barbra really let herself go.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

No, you're thinking of Kristen Bell who is the "let it go" lady. Streisand is the one who famously lost out on Worst Actress to Kristen Stewart for her role in The Guilt Trip, in which she played the unbelievably original role of "obnoxious Jewish mother."

She also released at least one musical album back in the 1900s and appeared in a few movies.

One such movie included Streisand portraying the daughter of a disappointed rabbi who also questions her father's ability to hear her.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Kristen Bell played Anna in Frozen, did not sing "Let it go". That was by Elsa, played by Idina Menzel.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And even those who saw it would have seen it in the context of a lot of other portraits in the same style, where it doesn’t stand out as anything personally directed at Rinehart.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I'm in fuckin tears

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[-] [email protected] 110 points 1 month ago

Another case of the Streisand effect

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[-] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago

if she weren't rich, i'd feel bad for her. her status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target for nonviolent criticism, such as really ugly portraits.

[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

her status and authority, unfortunately, make her an acceptable target

Agreed, but It's really more that she's a complete arsehole. As a nimby mining magnate, she is a sponsor of organised climate denialism and vocal about it herself, a race she clearly has a horse in. She's also an active libertarian who wants to further dismantle the welfare system, and reduce taxation, and wants Australian workers to be cool like Africans and work for $2 a day. And a vocal Trump supporter.

It's not the painting that makes her ugly, it's her behaviour and ideology.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

it's her behavior and ideology that makes the painting accurate :3

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's crazy to me how ~~most if not~~ all billionares cheerish exploiting poor wages and keeping poor people poorer while hoarding unimaginable wealth that's enough for lifetime for generations of their family. That's because billionares are mentally sick.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

It's not uglier than the other portraits in the set. Its really weird that she would object when she is sharing a wall with royalty.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Regardless of her money, she's an ugly individual. And I don't mean physically

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I was going to say I'm not Australian, so I'm not super familiar with her, but from what I do know of her, this portrait seems fitting.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Punching up (nonviolently, as you say) is always valid.

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[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago

Rinehart has an estimated net worth of $30.2 billion USD, according to Forbes.

Piece of shit.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

She is a piece of shit, and not just because she's a billionaire

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah, mining magnate basically means she's rich cause her father's company has raped the earth using labor they paid pennies for while those who actually did all the work are likely living in abject poverty.

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[-] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

She is basically the Koch brothers, but bigger, dumber, and more evil.

The only reason why the Koch family is probably worse, is because their influence flows through the American state.

All this is to say, it's a good bet that after this story dies down, the gallery will quietly acquiesce and take down the painting. This will either be followed by a carrot, or a removal of whatever stick she used.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago

If there ever was an example of the Streisand effect, this is it!

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Man... You could just fucking own it and be far better off in every way. Just speaks to the crazy ego these people have.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean she could literally just own it and be done with it. She has 30B+. Just buy it and ruin it if you hate it so much, like Elon did with Xitter.

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago

Only commenting to give this post even more engagement, lol

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

I will never not appreciate the Streisand effect.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago
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[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

This is the image.

wantja Arts/Vincent Namatjira/Copyright Agency/Getty Images

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago
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[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Maybe she could buy the painting? I'm sure the artist would be willing to part with it for a donation of a few billion to charitable causes.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

My initial reaction was that it was probably unflattering on purpose but after seeing the others I think that might just be the artist's style and she just has an unfortunate face for it.

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

I think it's a pretty accurate drawing, seems like art to me.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Ahhh yes, good, shame that racist fat cunt globally.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

She'd have done better claiming, "It doesn't even look like me‽ Kind of a shit artist imo, if we're all just being honest."

Apparently, there's no going back from the Streisand effect. And now, here we all are, looking at her actual gremlin face... understanding that the painting is somehow true. She should have let it go

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

The article could have ended after the very first sentence.

Art is subjective.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

As Australia's only Barbi-llionaire, I vote to replace her portrait with a funny portrait of me in the exhibition instead.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think it's funny how on .ml I can't call this woman a bitch, but I can say I want to cut off her head and eat her liver.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I have seen stories on this topic posted several times. I upvote it every time and will continue to do so.

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