@Donovanesque: maybe it's self-published?
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This is a joke, right? RIGHT?!
Question asked and answered: Hollywood is a business, and Mel was a moneymaker. Now that he's had several flops, people aren't afraid to say what they actually think.
@voteforme: Seconded - in countries were work is respected, it's demeaning to imply that someone can't support themselves with their work and needs "handouts" from customers.
I've worked in the service industry and am generally very polite and low-maintenance with servers, but also because I've worked in the industry I know what good (or even indifferent) service looks like and what bad service looks like, and how small low-effort things can make the difference.
@BetteD: add to that list, lawyers at big firms, and hospital boards (attended by doctors, the nurses they're dating, and big-shot donors). I've been to a few and it's very robber-baron-esque, with very clearly delineated hierarchies even at the party.
@elizabethmarley: I discovered this year that I love the look of black fishnets over brightly colored solid tights!
Backpacker's mantra: it's easier to stay warm than it is to get warm. In other words, even if you think it's a little too much, keep whatever you've got on because once you're cold, you're probably going to stay cold even once you bundle back up.
Not victim blaming (obvs he's a creeper), but I am really wondering why she didn't block him? Was it because she thought that would antagonize him further? I would think that blocking him would be the intermediate step between being creeped out and crowdsourcing mob justice.
@smmo: Exactly! An interesting way to tell this story would be to examine that aspect of it: how enraging it is that violence against women only gets paid attention to when it serves to support the current power structure. It's a way to talk about the complexities without denigrating the victims, but the system.
@odinsraven: That's a good point about Jezebel's unique focus, but given that then I would ask, where's the post about the differences in the way this case has been treated versus other sex crimes where an international arrest warrant is needed?
Last I checked (yesterday), not only had Assange not been convicted, he also hadn't been CHARGED with a crime. The international arrest warrant was issued for purposes of QUESTIONING.
@divinelioness: as much as celebrities like to rag on pap or candid shots, there's a symbiotic relationship there. Mags will almost always give a quick photoshop job even to candid shots, to keep celebrities on their good side so that they'll continue to agree to interviews or stories. And there are some pap shots…
People mistake close relationships for sexual ones all the time because our society conflates sex with intimacy. Someone asked me if two of my friends were in a relationship - but they're fraternal twins and very close, and at no time are they inappropriate with each other!
@florabore: Would like to add - I believe this is an international warrant for QUESTIONING. He hasn't even been charged with a crime yet.
@cisum88note: hearted!
@roodles: before releasing the cables, wikileaks contacted the US embassy TWICE inviting suggestions for redactions to protect the safety of individuals who might be compromised. The US refused to discuss redactions.
@LoSpaz: he only got caught because of the Times story and the bad publicity it gave the police and the credit card companies. Without the news story I'm fairly sure it would have continued to be the perfect game.
My sex ed consisted of my parents consulting with each other at the dining room table about all the STDs and teen pregnancies they had to deal with at work that day.