That’s an interesting idea to explore. Would the players’ union go for that, or would it just be another line in the contract to negotiate (I’m not a labor expert)?

Oh boy! Its football season once more! That means it’s time for this article again! I’m so excited and interested to learn how underpaid NFL cheerleaders are for the 15 time!

I understand why Emily writes about this, but I don’t understand why it’s given a platform?  Cheerleading seems like a fun hobby that keeps you active rather than a full time career, and anyone who goes into expecting it to be the latter just seems... silly?  There are lots of jobs that people take when they’re young…

....I don’t know. The Vikings had a guy who was Ragnar, the Viking mascot, and he asked for more money and they were like, yeah, no and that was it, no more Ragnar.  This stuff is so ancillary to the game would anyone miss it if it was gone?

So. they’re working their asses off, being underpaid or unpaid, to reinforce the worst, oldest sexist stereotypes of “girls = fuckable eye candy.” That’s ... being suckered. But, if you really want your money, it’s usually in an envelope on the dresser.

Who could have guessed THAT guy was a douchebag?

Definitionally the show exists in a world where homosexuality is outlawed by the mainstream religion of the land. Loras Tyrell was beaten and tortured by agents of the faith once they had the power to do such a thing. Renly’s claim is dismissed by many because of the fact that he’s a not so closeted gay guy. Finding…

I’m not sure wingnut fearmongering is what ultimately kneecapped Sarsour and Mallory specifically. With Mallory especially, I feel like calling Louis “White People Are Demon Mongrel Offspring Bred By A Black Scientist Named Yakub Several Thousand Years Ago” Farrakhan the “GOAT” did a lot more damage.

She’s framing this as “getting ahead of the tabloids” but girl, no one knows who the fuck you are. She’s obviously media savvy enough to understand the implications here. And while I don’t deny the power dynamics of the relationship, she’s doing quite a bit of exploitation here herself. The only victim I see is Behati…

Only Prinsloo comes out looking good in this. Unless she is claiming some kind of strong arming here, I don’t see how she was “manipulated”. She wasn’t working for him. He has no direct power over her beyond his fame and it’s her choice to be blinded by his assholery or not. Stroh is 23, she knows what marriage is and…

“When the affair began, she said, “I was young, I was naive. And I mean, quite frankly, I feel exploited. I wasn’t in the scene like I am now. So I was definitely very easily manipulated.”

Who could have guessed THAT guy was a douchebag?

I mean other than his look, “music”, vibe, when he speaks, how he conducts himself in public, etc. What were the signs?!

The thinkpieces aren’t even original at this point- it’s an endless recycling of Tumblr talking points from 2010. Medieval property designed to appeal to audience x does so? Quel Suprise!

I’m actually a little surprised by the volume of hand-wringing articles from week to week across the thinkpiece-o-sphere. Save for the vaneer of social conscientiousness from the diverse casting, HoD is otherwise pretty damn on-brand for a GoT property. This show was made to capitalize and trade on the name and…

Matt Gaetz: the lovechild between roofies and Axe Body Spray

Being around someone for a bit in 1996 doesn’t equate to a friendship. Most of us could get away with letting go of an interaction from 1996, but Ellen and Rosie are celebrities. Millions of people see them interact and it sticks in their mind as well and then Ellen says they’re not friends and the viewers feel…

Considering Rosie has essentially burned every bridge both personally and professionally I take this more as a “remember me, I still exist” kind of thing.

To be fair, people have wildly different views on what constitutes friend, acquaintance, or “I don’t know her.”

Did Rosie do her reverse smize? Mouth smiling while her eyes betray the rage ready to explode?

My brain knows that picture is Ellen DeGeneres, but all I see is Eminem.