I think we can all safely agree that Perry really fucking hates women. I've never in my life seen someone go out of their way to make women's lives more difficult on such a consistent basis.

either she has no idea that not everyone is a fabulously wealthy white lady from a Hollywood family or she is acutely aware of how good she has it and created Goop to remind everyone of how good they don't have it. Either way, irritating!

They literally say this every year. "Watch out, this year is going to be killer!" Because it isn't like allergy sufferers already know this and have been dealing with it for weeks or anything.

I knew something was up when I got this cryptic message yesterday from the GOOP newsletter titled "A Message from GOOP", and the body was just a link that said "Click here for the message" or somesuch, but no details whatsoever. When I clicked the page just kept loading and loading... and then I saw on Gawker that…

Getting really fucking sick of the fact that every time we discuss science some religious nut has to cry about creationism getting its equal share.

Right. I'm sure this all isn't predictable at all or anything. Call me when Lindsay Lohan doesn't fuck up and make everyone pissed at her. That's news.

"It is now my duty to completely drain you," wrote Kurt Cobain, before draining his body of all life, after draining his head of its brain matter.

You mean the NYPost, they who consistently refer to the women in the "news" by their looks ("busty" is the term they seem to love when describing women), wrote some sexist-ass bullshit? Who'da thunk.

I cannot stand her but I kind of have a similar attitude... like as much as I hate the Kardashians and vapid shallow lifestyle they ooze, I can't knock her (or her family) for playing the fame game and going for as much as she can get. In fact, I applaud her shrewdness. Fame is fleeting and as strange as it seems…

Nah, when she gets her own cover, then she's legit. I'd bet dollars to donuts she wouldn't be there sans Kanye.

Again, solid points. I think we might find that we actually agree more than we admit here, but as noted before, you've given me something to really think about.

Thanks for the response. I really meant "meh" to be nothing more than an expression of my own non-reaction to the idea of the ball. It wasn't meant to be any sort of indictment of the actions of these students or anyone else's repulsion at the idea, which I've already said that I can understand. I don't think it…

Actually, I didn't play any sides. I said it's about me and other black people, because the protests were about showing sensitivity to the history of those of African descent - as I already pointed out. That's not the same as "speaking for" other black people. I'm allowed to have an opinion as a black person when…

You make some really interesting points, but I want to make one thing clear: I never claimed nor tried to speak for any black person but myself.

Oh is that the case? I'm curious how they planned to execute this theme then.

Oh for fuck's sake. Get over MY self importance? HA, pot, kettle, etc. (Now I AM being dismissive, because you are ridiculous.)

Delightful. Also, this:

Well I'm not sure what you are "no"-ing, as I didn't ask a yes-or-no question.

I agree. I understand the racial connotations of the film and the ire it causes, and maybe that in itself is enough to say this sort of theme should be avoided. But the idea of a ball channeling that era in-and-of-itself doesn't enrage me, as I am able to separate the controversies of the film from its visuals and…

Well as a black person, it kind of is about ME and other black people, as that's where the offense lay with those objecting.