"I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me"
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The phrase “malicious articles” is calibrated. Streisand isn’t complaining about criticism, taste, or debate; she’s alleging intent. “Malicious” turns journalism into character assassination, implying a press corps that isn’t merely harsh but hungry, opportunistic, maybe even sexist. For an actress whose career has always intersected with questions of control - over image, over narrative, over the terms of being seen - the word lands like a boundary marker: there’s critique, and then there’s the sport of tearing someone down.
“Slandering me” escalates it further into the language of harm and, potentially, legal peril. It’s not “misrepresenting” or “misquoting.” It’s reputational violence, a claim that the stories are not just unkind but false. That’s a demand for accountability dressed as fatigue.
The cultural context is celebrity as a public utility: audiences consume stars, and outlets monetize the friction between admiration and resentment. Streisand’s line pushes back against that bargain. She’s not asking for adoration; she’s demanding a different baseline - one where fame doesn’t automatically make you fair game for cruelty sold as commentary.
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| Topic | Justice |
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Streisand, Barbra. (2026, January 17). I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-tired-of-malicious-articles-slandering-me-44631/
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Streisand, Barbra. "I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-tired-of-malicious-articles-slandering-me-44631/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-tired-of-malicious-articles-slandering-me-44631/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.





