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50 pictures of Kerry Washington [49/50]
Kerry Washington on the April cover of ELLE: http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a34846/kerry-washington-elle-april-2016-cover/
Kerry Washington
Perfection!!!
Sexiness
Goddess!!!
Kerry in Essence Magazine 2004
Gorgeous!
A thoughtful review of Kerry Washington’s Memoir: Submitted by a reader
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Your Questions as a Lens Into Thicker Than Water
Katrinapavela, because you set up really excellent questions about Kerry Washington’s book, I’m taking the liberty of writing to you in a non-public way (at least I hope it’s non-public; I am not much of a Tumblr maker) since I’m especially interested in the questions that you posed about “Scandal” and what might be explored in the book, and about her “comfort” with Tony Goldwyn. But these are not things that I want to have a “public” conversation about. And I will, of course, understand if you don’t have time to read this and/or don’t want to respond. I think that I just need to get this off my chest, and your questions were an invitation to me to think deeply about the book.
I’ve read the book now and see that your questions are a great doorway into the reasons why I’m so disappointed with the book. In many ways, your questions are so much more interesting than much of the book.
The parts of the book where she talks about her younger self and the trauma she endured, the problems with her body dysmorphia, the complicated family dynamics including the difficulties of her parents’ relationship and the revelation of the sperm donation that made her existence possible—all of those things are fascinating, compellingly written about, and even revelatory.
But so much of the book is superficial to the point that there are parts that read as though written by a not especially interesting ghost writer for a politician’s narrative of the self.
I found troubling the lack of attention to any of her relationships outside of cursory mentions and some details about her acting—in movies with Jamie Foxx (for example), the almost non-existent adult friendships that have been so much a part of her life, and the short shrift given to her “Scandal” time—the things your question about the show sets out, and especially her inattention to what everyone knew and endlessly wrote and talked about: the romantic core of the show, Olitz. And amidst the superficialities to which I just alluded, the lack of depth in her descriptions of her time with Nnamdi—including their wedding and their parenting of Isabelle and Caleb—jumped off the page. Well, if such enormous omissions can be said to jump off a page (but then I’m a poststructuralist so lacunae are endlessly fascinating to me).
In other words, I did not expect a tell-all given how guarded KW is, but I’m actually shocked by how little—again, apart from her attention to her very young and her college aged self and her parents—this book offers as a doorway into KW’s thinking and feeling. She has been more open in some interviews and even in “Scandal” cast panels at PaleyFest, for example. She has been a more interesting commentator on her life and personality in some magazine articles when she has talked about her journey to understanding her arrival at a sense of possibilities. I’ve read a lot about her, and much of this book lacks the depth that her articulate summations of herself have hinted at in those places.
Finally, and I know that I’ve gone on much too long to be writing to someone I only know from Tumblr, it was the one-two-three punch of seeing her skip over David Moscow entirely, of her offering renditions of her conversations with Nnamdi that could have come from a fanzine (especially their dating and their wedding), and her choosing to mention Tony Goldwyn only twice in 305 pages when he, more than anyone else associated with “Scandal”—including Rhimes herself—was instrumental in “making” the Kerry Washing/Olivia Pope narrative that built her into the star that a vast audience came to know.
Your question about their comfort, the “physics” at play in their observable connections, was a beautifully worded way for me to think about the conundrum represented by the book: there are vast mysteries of work, of character, of connections with people who were and are central to the public and private Kerry Washington, yet they are curiously missing from a memoir that she and interviewers in the past weeks have touted as open, as revealing a great deal of vulnerability.
I teach literary and cultural studies, and I know just how much a “memoir” plays fast and loose with memory, with reconstructions of the details of a life, with walking a careful path between what one can bear to say and what one chooses to hold close. And perhaps my disappointment would be less had I not had my expectations raised by how smart she has been over the years in managing the interstices between how she responded to often unreasonable public demands of her and how she wanted to craft her image.
This book, again with the exceptions of her attention to her younger self’s traumas and her parents’ difficulties, was a real let down for me.
Anyway, thank you, for your work on this blog.
I want to clarify that I have the full permission from the poster to publish this on the blog.
Read the book and went to the book tour date in Atlanta. This reviewer is spot on. Kerry was more “open” in the actual book tour date then the book. It was an ok read but the hidden layers of truth and reality were sorely lacking. Im not surprised because I actually expected exactly what was given.
@serena1276, thanks for the feedback! How so was she more open during the book tour event? Can you speak a little more to that?
And yes, I agree that there is a stark contrast in openness and vulnerability between the first half and the second when she becomes ‘kerry washington’. But, I too, have been trained by her over a decade not to have expected more of her life 2012 onward. For me, the point of the book is really her as a daughter and relationship with her family who have impacted her ability to be open in many ways (the irony). I can feel, through the attention in her language, that those parts of the book drove her to write. It’s for that reason that the second part, the ‘professional Kerry Washington’ stands in such stark contrast to what came prior. My instinct is that she can give us another project in a couple of decades when she’s a little less close to some things.
I heartily agree re the separation between the two parts of the book. And I too think that there will be another project. As I look back at my own response, I think that my frustration had more to do with her (or someone on her team) either not seeing the separation apparent in the writing between the two parts, or her/their deciding that the separation didn't matter in the overall scheme of things. So that is much more about what *I* wanted than anything else--that's the sound of me owning *my* frustration. Well, that and my irritation with the full court press from commentators on an openness that is partially there. But I have to take myself back to the fault court for expecting advertising to be faithful to some "truth" about the narrative itself. After all, as you and others have said, she is selectively open. Memoirs are not documentaries, I remind myself (floating adrift in my desire to want a perfect Kerry Washington).
A thoughtful review of Kerry Washington’s Memoir: Submitted by a reader
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Your Questions as a Lens Into Thicker Than Water
Katrinapavela, because you set up really excellent questions about Kerry Washington’s book, I’m taking the liberty of writing to you in a non-public way (at least I hope it’s non-public; I am not much of a Tumblr maker) since I’m especially interested in the questions that you posed about “Scandal” and what might be explored in the book, and about her “comfort” with Tony Goldwyn. But these are not things that I want to have a “public” conversation about. And I will, of course, understand if you don’t have time to read this and/or don’t want to respond. I think that I just need to get this off my chest, and your questions were an invitation to me to think deeply about the book.
I’ve read the book now and see that your questions are a great doorway into the reasons why I’m so disappointed with the book. In many ways, your questions are so much more interesting than much of the book.
The parts of the book where she talks about her younger self and the trauma she endured, the problems with her body dysmorphia, the complicated family dynamics including the difficulties of her parents’ relationship and the revelation of the sperm donation that made her existence possible—all of those things are fascinating, compellingly written about, and even revelatory.
But so much of the book is superficial to the point that there are parts that read as though written by a not especially interesting ghost writer for a politician’s narrative of the self.
I found troubling the lack of attention to any of her relationships outside of cursory mentions and some details about her acting—in movies with Jamie Foxx (for example), the almost non-existent adult friendships that have been so much a part of her life, and the short shrift given to her “Scandal” time—the things your question about the show sets out, and especially her inattention to what everyone knew and endlessly wrote and talked about: the romantic core of the show, Olitz. And amidst the superficialities to which I just alluded, the lack of depth in her descriptions of her time with Nnamdi—including their wedding and their parenting of Isabelle and Caleb—jumped off the page. Well, if such enormous omissions can be said to jump off a page (but then I’m a poststructuralist so lacunae are endlessly fascinating to me).
In other words, I did not expect a tell-all given how guarded KW is, but I’m actually shocked by how little—again, apart from her attention to her very young and her college aged self and her parents—this book offers as a doorway into KW’s thinking and feeling. She has been more open in some interviews and even in “Scandal” cast panels at PaleyFest, for example. She has been a more interesting commentator on her life and personality in some magazine articles when she has talked about her journey to understanding her arrival at a sense of possibilities. I’ve read a lot about her, and much of this book lacks the depth that her articulate summations of herself have hinted at in those places.
Finally, and I know that I’ve gone on much too long to be writing to someone I only know from Tumblr, it was the one-two-three punch of seeing her skip over David Moscow entirely, of her offering renditions of her conversations with Nnamdi that could have come from a fanzine (especially their dating and their wedding), and her choosing to mention Tony Goldwyn only twice in 305 pages when he, more than anyone else associated with “Scandal”—including Rhimes herself—was instrumental in “making” the Kerry Washing/Olivia Pope narrative that built her into the star that a vast audience came to know.
Your question about their comfort, the “physics” at play in their observable connections, was a beautifully worded way for me to think about the conundrum represented by the book: there are vast mysteries of work, of character, of connections with people who were and are central to the public and private Kerry Washington, yet they are curiously missing from a memoir that she and interviewers in the past weeks have touted as open, as revealing a great deal of vulnerability.
I teach literary and cultural studies, and I know just how much a “memoir” plays fast and loose with memory, with reconstructions of the details of a life, with walking a careful path between what one can bear to say and what one chooses to hold close. And perhaps my disappointment would be less had I not had my expectations raised by how smart she has been over the years in managing the interstices between how she responded to often unreasonable public demands of her and how she wanted to craft her image.
This book, again with the exceptions of her attention to her younger self’s traumas and her parents’ difficulties, was a real let down for me.
Anyway, thank you, for your work on this blog.
I want to clarify that I have the full permission from the poster to publish this on the blog.
My bad--I apologize for not having indicated that after my initial contact I was happy with having my response made available at your Tumblr.
50 pictures of Kerry Washington [1/50]
LOVE this photo!
Tony Goldwyn outside Jimmy Kimmel Live, 20th March 2014
Adorable manly man.
Nice pics—love the stance in #1
YOOO I had missed out on these! Immediate reblog. Haha I LOVE his expressions, ALWAYS!
My Boo!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Did this ever air on EXTRA???
His body is too fine.
WERK! I love this set of shots. He looks Faaaaaaaaaabulous! Like how the jeans fit…yes I do. Gives one rude thoughts, those jeans do.
I never saw this broadcast, either. Just thought I was lame….will have to research the video ASAP….
OH it’s great, you should watch it!
Happy Tony Tuesday!
This man needs no introduction:
Anthony “Magical Unicorn-Adonis-Kielbasa-Oh Heavenly-Sanctified” Goldwyn… Ladies and Gentlemen!!!
Ahh you found this photoshoot… a favorite!! The last one is the one he used to have as profile photo on Twitter.. I thought it was from the TV Guide one, but no, it’s from this one!
Yes…The photoshoot was from July 2012…I had to do some digging to get these pics without the watermark…but it was worth it!!!
You definitely did a great job finding them without the watermark!! OPA has nothing on you!
This man is 63 years old
This man is 63 years old
what do you think shonda feels about olitz? in the podcast, she said she aims to deconstruct love and when she took away the fantasy in 509, she reacted to fans being like “do you not see the way fitz treats her?”. what’s your interpretation of what she said?
I was very annoyed by her "do you not see the way Fitz treats her?" because No, girl
we didn't see it. Between 508 and 509, you gave us NOTHING to show how the relationship had deteriorated. Shonda and her writers, in MY opinion, did not do the work of showing what led to that. We,as an audience,were left shaken by that breakup (fine acting work that devastated me for years) because it felt like an entire 1-3 episodes were missing. They had an arc they needed to complete and they just did not do a good job in showing how that happened so quickly.
Yes, yes, yes--a thousand times yes!
Twitter, by TerryTM
Just, you know, some of our beloved couple’s greatest hits. I know there’s some I missed but, well, you get the idea.
I think my favorite is still - I love it when you call me that!
Did I already reblog this? Oh well…if I did, Christmas comes early again.
This goes to my Terry history books!
Love it
Delicious vintage receipts!
Tony tonight on IG…was visiting his sister.❤️
TONY GOLDWYN in PLANE (2023)
Gorgeousness