I think it's also important to consider that the "sex industry", as you point out, is a big old unspecific term we use for anyone whose job is at all related to sexuality. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I think when people cite the correlation between former sexual abuse/poverty and sex workers, they are…

Hypersexualization and self-objectification don't necessarily indicate past abuse to me.

From what I have read, the biggest impediment to having large sample sizes in studies of porn actresses is that they do not wish to participate in the discussions because of the "damaged goods" attitude that society holds. You are right that sex workers need more spaces to develop their own narratives.

I've often wondered if there's a chicken-or-the-egg aspect to it - do women who work in and around the "sex industry" (what does this term even mean? does this even really describe Pam Andersen? I mean, she wore a revealing bathing suit on a TV show and took some naked photos for Playboy - and someone leaked her sex…

Or JUST like us. I did the same thing to create hype for my birthday party.

But Jezebel's nuanced coverage of the political unrest in Venezuela's provincial elections has been first-rate.

I point to that because this person is one of many commenters who come to Dirt Bag to lord their moral, intellectual, and worldliness over us all. And, this isn't her blog or blog post, so I'm not going to support derailing. Don't you think it rather presumptuous for the OP to assume that the people reading DB…

I criticize Jezebel all the time and I'm not nice about it. This person has come to a gossip section of a gossip blog expecting coverage of an election Jezebel writers aren't equipped to tackle. I, for one, am glad that Jezebel didn't get into it because the facts surrounding it, the checkered past of Modi, how much…

She has a point despite your concern over her profanity. Contributing is more effective than complaining. And being effective is always preferable. I honestly think this is a good opportunity to get the ball rolling a post your thoughts on the elections.

You might have more luck posting your comment to a stand-alone Jezebel post about something vapid. Dirtbag is an ongoing feature. Posting your comment on a Dirtbag is like writing to a newspaper's comics page to complain about the paper's national news coverage.

It is relevant on news sites, not a gossip blog. I can't believe you also want a group of non-experts to discuss this. Don't you think it would get just a little bit mangled? I'll ask you the same thing I asked the other dullard: do you think Jezebel is equipped to discuss Modi, his history, the role the RSS (and…

And aren't you adorable that you just learned condescension and can't wait to try it out on some stranger on the internet!

The fact that you are pissed that a celebrity gossip column doesn't cover your favorite non-celebrity gossip news story because you can't figure out anywhere else on the internet to read about it…

This person has Dirt Bag Superiority Derangement Disorder. S/he is exhibits the classic signs: distorted notions of higher morality, misguided belief in his/her level of sophistication, pedantry, spouting meaningless tautologies, and an oppression complex. This is not be confused with being a Republican, though one…

You're expecting far too much of a site that you yourself pointed out has the tagline 'celebrity. fashion. gossip'. I don't recall Jezebel ever having positioned itself as intersectional. In fact, it has shown several times that it can be decidedly the opposite. Maybe you're thinking of the commenters? Because they…

If you want, you can write and article about it and I will post it to groupthink and maybe it might get posted to the mainpage. You seem smart as any Jez writer, so I'm sure you can do it.

Okay, I used four "profane" words so you're unable to compute the rest of my comment because that's all you took from it. And, please point out where I bullied you. I made a suggestion and told you that if you feel there is a need for the elections in India to be here on Jezebel, you should write one. Encouraging you…

You're incredibly silly and you seem too lazy to get your news from more than one place.

I will go complain at the 'Non existent coverage of important world events' section on Jezebel. Since y'all are being so helpful, someone point it out to me, please?

In fairness, The Hindu's coverage of the Kardashians sucks.