I read the NYT article yesterday, which about broke my brain. I think this one finished the job. I don’t even know what to do next; moving onto a different story or just continuing my day seems wrong, somehow.

I’m not even sure I wanted to know this. I can’t fathom how her poor parents felt. I’m sure that nothing could be worse than what they imagined but having it proved is awful. I’m sure that they never believed that she was a willing ISIS bride.

This actually made me cry. I am crying.

Oh bummer. I was excited at the possibility of hot commenter-on-commenter lovin. You a Gawker commenter, me a Jez commenter, worlds collide - a love story for the ages.

Somehow the most horrifying thing here is that a 30 year old man told his mother to go to the store to get him a sandwich and a soda - AND SHE DID IT.

I bet he’s bummed he can’t wear his Lulu’s.

I’m “that” person. “That Girl”, if you will. She’s a Jenner.

Team Miley

Oh no. Bracing myself for Taylor’s response, which will be one part perpetual victimhood, one part martyrdom, and one part girl power.

Gwyneth: it’s called a halo. You have one, right? Didn’t you curate a collection of platinum and jewel encrusted haloes to match the ibis feather wings and the uranium harp in your “I’m No Angel, I’m What Angels Admire” sales campaign?

Just because you can physically fit into a garment doesn’t mean the garment fits

Is Maxim covered up in these stores as well? Or fitness magazines? I think Cosmo is a pathetic excuse for a magazine, but their covers aren’t any worse than the others.

Makeup. Hair. Lighting. Rinse. Repeat.

Okay, this is all... something I can’t get excited about, because these magazines suck for women anyway (ETA: which is not to say that I never enjoy them), but wait, that’s Demi Lovato?!? Isn’t she only in her early twenties? I thought it might be Demi Moore at first glance!

Being an entrepreneur can be very empowering for women and an economic landscape which better supports that avenue for earning is empowering for women. But that does not translate into the merchandise she sells being empowering itself, which is what this article suggests. It’s the act of being a business owner, making…

There’s No Actual Benefit To Waist Trainers

Declaring waist trainers as empowering because they make individual female business owners money is silly. Like, would we entertain the notion that a former stay at home mom who now makes big money selling I dunno, graphic tees and signs for anti-abortion protesters is “empowering for women?” I hope we wouldn’t.

she has books! on a shelf! looks like a law library! who knew?