I think these bloggers think they’d lose their (non existent) street cred if they defended Taylor. I mean, even the headline is veiled. Taylor didn’t merely respond to Kanye, she called him out, and did it with class. Somehow still, we need to point out she’s annoying. And the “yeah but she has male producers so I…

Yeah, but Amber is black and edgy, and Taylor is white and conventional, and the culture here sometimes resembles 8th grade in that it’s all about who the cool kids are. Amber’s cool, Taylor’s not, and supposedly grown women form opinions based on that.

She’s white, blonde, thin and earnest, all of which apparently negate the fact that she’s a woman on a supposedly at least a marginally feminist site. Here, and for a lot of posters, a black man > a white woman, especially if she’s the wrong kind of white woman (i.e., too conventional), and even of the black man in…

Both of these artists remain insufferable.

The live blog crew went all-in on Taylor from the beginning. She was the only one who didn’t get a standing ovation. They hated the way she clapped. They didn’t like the way she congratulated Ed Sheeran. She was acting fake when other people won.

I just wish that we didn’t perceive feminism as a performance and that it wasn’t a thing we scrutinized female celebrities and famous women generally for performing or not performing correctly. Because it becomes yet another standard that women are held to that men are not. It’s tiring. Why can’t feminism just be a…

Yeah, I really don’t get the snotty attitude towards Taylor on this one. She was famous - very famous - before Kanye ever grabbed the microphone from her.

I hope you’re not talking about the national treasure that is Gail Collins. She is sunshine and laughter and acid and elegance and warm absurdity and I won’t hear a damn word said against that lady. She is the best.

A Supreme Court justice, ideally, is not a Democrat or a Republican but rather someone who can impartially evaluate complicated legal issues irrespective of politics.

honestly the one reason i think he’s not gay is like- if he was trying to make everyone think he’s straight wouldnt he want us to think they bone all day everyday?

It’s completely disgusting. Especially combined with the Bill Cosby tweet. It’s sexualizing this woman in a really creepy way against her will and downplaying her accomplishments (I feel as though Swift has probably sold a lot more albums than Kanye) and because she’s also famous, it’s also probably something she’ll…

Ok. So Kayne is a musical genius some say.

Let’s not act like Obama doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing. Okay? Let’s dispense with the notion that Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. Obama knows what he’s doing. Some contend Obama doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing. They’re wrong. Obama knows what he’s doing. Algunos estan diciendo que Barack Obama no sabe…

Madeline Albright is 78 years old. She was born in fucking 1938 in fucking Czechoslovakia until FUCKING HITLER forced her family into exile in England during the Holocaust (in which THREE of her Grandparents died). She lived through the blitz in London, hiding under a metal fucking table during Nazi bombings.

Intelligent, well-meaning people having slightly different opinions about something? Without having to be satanic or demented?

I think the issue with Beasts Of No Nation not being nominated has more to do with it being on Netflix. The academy doesn’t want to reward a film that isn’t bringing people into movie theaters.

I don’t think she’s wrong about Beasts of No Nation really. I’ve heard a lot of people outright reject seeing it based on its premise and while Clover’s right that a lot of people see movies about terrible things, the Academy Awards do tend to lean towards uplifting tales about Kings learning to talk good, Nazis…

I don’t know. If I wanted some fake experience where I got to pretend to know Taylor Swift and have some pre-recorded generic interaction with her for her own material benefit couldn’t I just date her?

My roommate thinks it’s nuts that I’ll buy books from B&N or other local bookstores (when I can afford to) since “you can get them sooooo much cheaper on Amazon!” It's a protest purchase, goddammit.

It’s just perverse though you know. They decimated the physical bookstore landscape... and now they’re repopulating it with themselves. Like cuckoo birds.