Lady Lavery

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗦𝗘𝗔 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬

I'll be honest. The Oscars are not exactly must-see television for me anymore. But someone sent me this — and I watched it twice.

Irish actress Jessie Buckley just won Best Actress. And instead of a political lecture, instead of a pin, instead of a land acknowledgment or a cause of the week — she talked about her husband. Her eight-month-old daughter dreaming of milk at home. Her Irish family whose flights were paid for by Ireland itself to be in that room.

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝟤𝟢,𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

The room probably didn't know what to do with that.

Then she dedicated the award to motherhood itself — on Mother's Day in the UK — with words that belong on a wall somewhere: 𝘛𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆.

Hollywood spent years telling women that ambition means leaving behind the things Jessie Buckley just stood on the biggest stage in her industry and celebrated without apology. A husband she adores. A baby at home. A family flown in from Ireland.

I don't know what film she won for. But I know I'll watch it now.

Well done, Jessie. 𝗚𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗵 𝗺í𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘁.

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@Martina Yes!!!

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@jdmccafferty Ultimate side-eye

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@PinnedMist Disagree. The crowd was buzzing from the off.

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@PrettyLiesAlibi Someone trusted by the prosecutor needs to take her aside and remind her of her roles and responsibilities. This is a shameful performance, even if it’s what the baying mob is enjoying.

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@PrettyLiesAlibi Disgraceful presentation from a prosecutor, however much “buy me a coffee and get my kid backstage at Taylor Swift” Gigi might have enjoyed it.

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@PrettyLiesAlibi Then you’re not a journalist m’dear.

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@TheLlama01 @stpatsfc And yet here you are…

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@OsitaNwanevu @mehdirhasan Who’d vote for him though,
After this?

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@stpatsfc Our feed is just permanently glitching. Anyone else having problems?

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@matt_vanswol David Bowie died.

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@CoffindafferFBI "Slender" ??

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@dineen20dineen There I am!!

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@AlanGilsenan1 @poetryireland So enjoyed your film at the DC film fest last year. Hope to see it streaming somewhere soon.

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@p8stie Pop on down to the Maricopa County Courthouse

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@TIME She's fantastic. The character and the actress are super.

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@OsgurOCiardha And a smattering of fádas and you'll be grand

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@Faoladh32 @Thelytokous @CultDestroy Does your book have a publication date?

[St Patrick's Athletic FC @stpatsfc]

𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗬 “𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆!”

#StPatsFC 🔴⚪️

[Lady Lavery @florabeniform]

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