yeah that’s the crux of it. If you really wanted to destigmatize sex work, you wouldn’t do a “gotcha” on everyone. She honestly just heard Beyonce say it in a song and was like “I want a piece of that because no one pays attention to me talking about being bisexual anymore!”

lolll yeah that got buried... he owns it and he’s there to promote his wine.

I think it’s a generational thing - you’d likely know her if you’re under the age of 25. It’s like not knowing who Hilary Duff is if you’re in your late 20s/early 30s. Most people do. Not that Bella holds a candle to Hilary, but.

Same! I was wondering if it was a legal thing?? But that seems like something you could source somehow. Or should source, if you’re going to write an entire article about the artwork itself.

what’s up with the royal We here

is anyone else inordinately bothered that the wide illustration (I guess it’s an older-looking Sailor Pluto?) has bendy body illustration syndrome? Her belly and her hips are moving in two completely different directions. Please help her

the legacy of colonization, slavery, etc is ongoing, not past.

the onus can seem like it’s in a weird place here - fat women are told they look too “sexy” for work if they wear the same thing a skinny woman is complimented for, but we don’t put the onus on the skinny woman to change what she wears - we encourage people to not engage in size discrimination.

yeah, you hit the nail on the head here. When you look at the actual facts of the situation, it seems like the letter writer is still fantasizing about having had more control than they actually did.

apparently AS you submitted this, the news broke that she will be playing. https://nypost.com/2020/08/27/naomi-osaka-will-play-rescheduled-semifinal-after-initial-withdrawal/

also to add to this, when I started reading the books/stories in fourth grade I read that there were Sherlock Holmes Societies around the world and I was SO EXCITED to grow up and join one of them, lmao. I thought that was what adulthood was all about.

yep, on Baker Street! that’s the only museum I know of. 

yeah... Joan always takes the snark 5 steps too far (to the point where I’m confused - why opt to be the celebrity writer if you think you’re too good for celebrity news and think celebrities straight up suck no matter what?)

“ because now there are kids who are in school who weren’t alive when it happened.”

I’ve always been a big Holmes fan - I’ve read the entire collection 3 times, and many individual stories far more often - and I’ve been to the “museum” (which is kinda weird because it pretends he was a real person lol) - I even read other Doyle works like the weird turn of the century version of Jurassic Park - but…

I don’t honestly think they’re 100% wrong, just 99%. I do get some of the pushback behind “cancel culture” and it can’t be neatly equated to “the new version of political politeness” because of social media. So I understand 1% of the pushback, which is that people overreact and want to ruin people’s lives over a tweet…

I knew someone was going to say this, should’ve just put it in the first comment but -

Gigi and Bella are both reported by everyone who meets them to be insanely down to earth considering who they are, and the Jezebel gossip column is always a bit mad they aren’t being entitled rich brats 

is this partially sarcastic or do you genuinely not know she’s one of the world’s top models?

I get that, I do; but that’s really more about individuals best interest than it is about the parties.