Is all publicity good publicity? I'm not convinced that most musicians want to be internationally known for being a terrible peformer.

That is exactly what I thought. She actually has a decent voice, but this was just a terrible performance. Plus when you combine the fact that there was already a lot of controversy about her (how manufactured she may or may not be), the fact that she snagged this gig before her first album's release, and the fact…

I think that is a rathe simplistic view of this article. He made a pretty good case as to why this is a disservice for both women and men. Moreover, I have always heard this age old adage directed to women rather than men. Which I think has a lot more to say abou how society views men and women's roles in a…

Agreed. I'm the last person to praise a beige dress (although it looks more of a light grey/slate to me), but hers had enough design elements to make it drop dead gorgeous rather than boring.

In order of fabulousness

Thanks!

What is the opt out feature?

About your first point, I would argue that in a lot situations male nudity is also often seen as dirty or disgusting. How else would you explain the vast imbalance of male nudity vs female nudity in movies and art? Female naked bodies, while often displayed for the purpose of titillation, are often portrayed as a…

ENOUGH. Enough already.

The eternal classic

Don't Germans have bridesmaids when they get married?

She'll turn into Lady Cassandra! (If you not familiar with the Doctor Who reference, she was a character who had had so much plastic surgery that she was basically just a thin sheet of skin with eyes and a mouth).

Anne Rice briefly addressed this in Memnoch the Devil (one of the books from the Vampire Chronicles) in which one of the characters, Dora , meets the vampire Lestat. Lestat is charged by her dead father to look after her. If I remember correctly, they don't ever have a romantic relationship but Lestat becomes obsessed…

Thank you so much!

I would love to read that article you referenced "The Biblical Argument For Abortion" (as I am pro-choice and Christian). Could you post the link here?

Going with the family to celebrate the new year. See you all next year!

Manilla! My favorite drag queen from season 3 of Drag Race!

Agreed. Zooey's persona doesn't seem "affected" to me. She seems like a genuinely nice person (granted I have never met her and could be completely wrong). But based on that video, and some of the previous posts about her on Jezebel, the hate on this thread is rather baffling.

I love a good alto voice. JGL also has a surprisingly good voice. I'd love to see him in a musical.

I think that this dichotomy that is perceived when people to choose to praise a girl either for for her beauty or her brains is at least partly because beauty and fashion are seen as things that are mostly (if not exclusively) feminine. As whole, western culture tends to ascribe less value to traits that are perceived…