She’s not going to jail. Basically every Spanish entertainer/ athlete runs afoul of the Spanish tax laws. The laws are arcane and impossible to understand. It’s basically a legal shakedown. 

This sounds so similar to everything that Jeannie Mai Jenkins said about her divorce, including the bit about not having any idea how nasty a partner will get about money. She also mentioned that they had agreed before getting married that neither wanted children, but her husband changed his mind and she did not. She…

I mean, none of that sounds uncommon for what happens to shared property in a divorce. If the genders were reversed, we wouldn’t see any problem with a lesser-earning woman making a claim for all or part of a marital asset like the house. The law pretty much says that it doesn’t matter if one spouse makes the money…

Good point! I guess that rule does apply more to people 50+. My mom used to spread baby oil and iodine on her body and then go tanning with her girlfriends. I swear she wasn’t an idiot, it was just what you did in the 60's?

Eh, as someone who has worn sunscreen on my face religiously since my late teens (which my Gen X peers all thought was crazy at the time), my fortysomething hands do probably “give me away” but I haven’t had any work done.

The grill, antennae/tentacles hairdo and missing eyebrows are a distraction so we won’t keep pointing at the bad surgery, but it’s not working.

In fairness, very few people fare well in comparisons with Susanna Hoffs, be they 64 or 34. She could play the love interest of (fellow ageless vampire) Paul Rudd, who is a decade her junior, and few would notice.

Oh sure, when celebrities don’t wear pants it’s all “how interesting”, but when I don’t wear pants, suddenly it’s “you’re under arrest, pervert”.

Fighting for women over 45 by doctoring your face to resemble that of a 20-something is not quite the victory it might seem. Do it if you want, but it’s just reinforcing the stereotype of older faces and bodies being something shameful. (At least that’s my view.) There is a stunning photo of 86-year-old Jeanne Moreau…

I have a work meeting next week and have nothing to wear that fits.  I guess I could give this a try and report back.  

I don’t think authorities have said exactly what they’re doing or why no trial date has been set yet, but I presume investigators are gathering evidence about the extent of the rape trafficking. Human traffickers often control the targets of trafficking, women, in this case, by threatening to harm or kill the women’s…

A BIPOC friend pointed me to this essay by bell hooks about Madonna (https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/91806/original/hooks%2B-%2BMadonnna%2B-%2BPlantation%2BMistress%2Bor%2BSoul%2BSister%3F.pdf) from years ago, and this line really struck me:

Don’t forget Mickey Rourke. He was the poster boy for bad plastic surgery for decades. 

Sorry, its sexist to point out that extreme plastic surgery looks bad?

Oh yeah, she actively thrives on drama and courts attention. I don’t necessarily think it’s misogynistic in this case to point out that she’s had so much bad work done that she’s unrecognizable (snarky and mean, perhaps But misogynistic? I don’t think so). I mean, people point out the same about Simon Cowell and (back…

If Madge wants to age gracefully, awesome. Go for it.

It’s her choice to fuck her face up nearly beyond recognition, but the price of fame is putting up with the comments of people that happen to notice her bizarre new “look”. She looks like an AI generated version of her mashed up with an alien. I guess bad news coverage is just as valuable as good news coverage when…

I feel like Madonna is one of those cases where, yes the ageism and misogyny of the industry is alive and well, but also....... Madonna, specifically LOVES this. She made her entire brand being a “rebel” and sticking it to misogynists and being edgy and shocking. She thrives off of this discourse, she is absolutely…

I don’t care that she’s older, or whatever, so what.  Can we just not pretend that surgery like hers is good?  It looks like shit, and people are doing it all the time.  Aged or not, it’s just bad.  There are definitely people out there hating on her for her age, not questioning that, but this pillow face look that is…

My mom always used to say that if you wanted to tell if a woman had had work done you should look at their hands. Madonna was clearly one step ahead and started making gloves her “thing” when she was still young.