Don’t forget the time another journalist/blogger tried to investigate “Jackie”s claims and Jezebel and Gawker responded by perpetuating a meme that he shits on the floor in a manner so embarrassingly spiteful and immature that their new owners deleted the article as soon as they were able to.

Jada Pinkett and her husband donated money to Louis Farrakhan’s organization last year. You know how Farrakhan feels about Jews, right?

THIS!! THANK YOU!! Not to mention the origination and use of dreadlocks throughout history - Minoans, Greeks, Incas, the list goes on - they have never been associated with just one culture or race.

She’s better looking than anyone who writes here, which is all that really matters. You’re all ugly compared to her.

As someone who is 1/2 non white I personally don’t have a problem if someone wanted to wear items that are middle eastern as long as they are not making fun of it. I welcome other cultures.

No, you’re right. And you’re using common sense, something the writer who wrote this has shown herself incapable of, time and time again.

a) Criticizing someone for appropriating Harajuku is silly, because Harajuku itself borrows from non-Japanese cultures.

I honestly don’t get it, as someone who grew up in SF, every hippie, Dead Head had dreads no matter what they looked like, and they were not rich either. Back then they were the worst and people did overuse Patchouli but now not so much.

I think you’re missing the point. Their job IS entertainment. It’s not about what they want or don’t want, it’s about what they’re paid for. They’re paid to get people to watch.

Other journalists immediately jumped on the veracity of the story, so not really

I recall that there were plenty of people who said maybe we should pump the brakes on this story since parts of it aren’t adding up. Granted, those people were tarred and feathered on Jezebel and Gawker, but they certainly existed. One particular person was roundly ridiculed for daring to question the story and…

Agreed. I mean, “Jackie” is clearly a lying nutjob but precisely because she’s a lying nutjob and a college student, the entirety of the blame for this shit-show lies with Rolling Stone.

you shoulda heard merlan when she defended the article.

No way, rape culture is real and the second a female accuses a male of it he must be tarred and feathered at once. No time for the facts or truth!