Anthony J. Rand

11/15/15

I don't know about Swift. As the interviewee here points out, by the age of 16 she was a millionaire. That doesn't mean she wasn't bullied, but I imagine the experiences of a pop star are vastly different.

11/15/15

But there's not any irony there, we're just supposed to agree with her. At least with Levigne's schtick, we're supposed to believe that she's a "bad girl," insofar as such a thing is possible in teen pop music.

11/15/15

The Nostalgia Critic has a running gag where whenever something inappropriate or horrifying happens in a kids movie he says "A faaaamily pi'ture!" Apparently it goes back to him and his brother watching Wizards with Bakshi's commentary. They couldn't understand why he kept calling it a family picture.

11/12/15

"If you want to know more about Grand Funk Railroad, check your local library!"

11/12/15

I will say it's slightly better (they're both awful) if only because Lavigne is less sugar-sweet about it. Taylor is breaking up a couple, she's the bad guy, but she romanticizes it so that she looks like the good guy. To my memory, Lavigne is being pretty straightforward about being the bad guy. I respect an…

11/12/15

When I channel my inner 17-year-old, it's to watch anime or something. I usually try to forget the turmoil of unrequited love.

11/12/15

All girls get bullied, even the ones who do a little bullying themselves. My sister was a pretty, popular girl in high school with lots of friends and I still remember girls being pretty damn cruel to her.

11/9/15