I’m glad your recovery is going well, and I wish you many more years of good health!

I was a jaded recent college grad when The OC premiered. Personally, my high school experience was ruined by Moly Ringwald movies. Why didn’t a hot senior boy with a red Porsche and a heart of gold fall in love with me on my sixteenth birthday? Why wasn’t detention a bonding experience? Why didn’t I get to roll…

I hope she gets better.

Modest Mouse the only element I would keep. Float On is still a damn good song.

$100 says all the opioids that she does are legally prescribed to her by one of her doctors.

Smellania is a piece of shit.  I fucking hate these articles that seem to tease that she's gonna come around or something.  She's not.  She's a fucking dickhead.  You stink, Smellania.

That the argument is being made by a man in a place made for women makes this one hundred percent grosser. Like yes, some of the things we mention and complain about during periods and pregnancy are made up. Totally made up, a farce to get more sympathy(?). And five women out of a pool of billions is such a great…

I was getting the impression from her version of the story and from their quick response that they weren’t necessarily aware of how she felt about filming that scene until now. By her own account, she doesn’t say that she ever confronted them (or anyone) at the time, but that she felt cornered and forced into it.

It depends on the contract. Usually there is a special rider attached to contracts specifying what type of nudity is required. If memory serves Lost was not an overtly salacious show. She’s still a human being entitled to her rights. Don’t be gross and condescending.

She’s still complicit.

Look, her outbursts have been problematic, hurtful, stupid, self-destructive. That’s obvious.

I thought so too, and I would have very much preferred the Sanaa-presented documentary.

Kinda bummed this article doesn’t have more comments this is one of the best interviews I’ve read here on Jez.

Miseducation, while I don’t love every song (and I certainly don’t like all the dialogue with kids between tracks) it is one of the greatest albums to listen to all the way through. It is one of those rare gems, like Songs in the Key of Life, or Dark Side of the Moon, that will remain relevant for each new generation.

1998 sitting in the car with my girlfriends and Ex-Factor begins to play. One said the song felt so personal and she didn’t feel like other women would relate. That led to a very candid conversation of our past hurts in relationships. This song was released five years after the end of my most hurtful relationship and…

No, but it was popular in the 90s punk aesthetic - see Tank Girl film or Gwen Stefani look back then. Also the look recycling fo the last century:

Agreed. That song is a treasure. The guitar licks at the end always get me too. 

I worshipped her and the album back in the day but I went to see her in concert last year and it was upsetting. The voice is still strong but mentally/emotionally she was all over the place. I prefer to remember her as she was.

I loved reading this, thank you for writing it. This was the first CD I bought and I listened to it endlessly. Last time I listened to a track (“When It Hurts so Bad”) was this weekend. Totally agree about “Every Ghetto, Every City.” Almost wish you had discussed the interludes—boy did I get tired of those. :)

The Ex-Factor is precisely why I’m very nitpicky with my love and affections. Her line about reciprocity really hit home because at that time I was dating a man who I gave a lot to but didn’t think to ever reciprocate.