With the last group, it’s more complicated than simply being sociopathic assholes. They are women who have been socialized to achieve access to power status through marriage and motherhood. So, they’re own personal status and self-worth is tied to “winning” in the marriage and fertility game by marrying the “right”…

As an avid Foster’s fan, I’m perplexed by this sudden fan-girling. He’s a good actor, and it’s great he’s having success.... but why the hell are adult women (and I assume everyone writing for Jezebel is a grown-up) crushing on a kid who plays the love interest in high-school themed movies? At least he’s slightly…

I think the reason Drew came out okay in the end was because she went off the rails at such a young age that other adults recognized that there was a problem and she was able to do multiple stints in rehab as a young teen.

My sister and I didn’t like milk, and always had our cereal dry. I could only be persuaded to drink milk with strawberry quick, or warmed with sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.

YES! I thought that as well.

I loved her first album, and the never growing up song.... but damn, that was bad. What a clusterfuck of bad music and cultural appropriation mixed with tackiness.

Thanks to google, I’ve learned that she was listed as a co-writer on all the songs of her first album.

I thought she co-wrote at least some of her songs? I’m pretty sure “Pieces of me” was co-written by her.

You’re right on about her musical career being “born on third and thinks she hit a triple.”

Awww Dartmoor ponies!!!

Yes, the predominant ethnic group in Singapore is Chinese—but Singapore is located geographically in Malaysia. Singapore is an independent country solely because it’s very recent history of being a British colony, and it’s impossible to discuss the ethnic diversity of Singapore without considering that history of…

I also read a really fascinating twitter thread (months ago, otherwise I’d search and link it), providing some cultural context about the book/movie. There was so much great detail I can’t remember it all, but it emphasized how the “crazy rich” in Singapore are ethnically Chinese, whereas the native ethnic Malaysians…

Backwards clothes just make me think of Kris Kross.

I think the worst thing about them is that they are so baggy, they really look at first glance as though her pants had fallen down.

As others have mentioned, this is common practice at bars, not restaurants, and only if you want to start a tab (ie, order one drink and leave your credit card because you intend to order more), as opposed to just paying for one drink in cash.

Hmm, so a little bit more mature... but not by too much!

The demand for pine nuts is bad for the environment, and endangering Amur tigers and other species! I’ve been making pesto with cashews or pistachios lately.

This is exactly why the 90s version doesn’t work as well as the original.

Or, alternatively, I’ve also read somewhere (probably the Jez comments) that stars often end up emotionally stunted at basically at around the age in which they became famous.

Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking. I feel like this is really teetering on the edge between “normalizing” and “sexualizing.”