Thirded. A lot of feminist/social justice writing refuses to acknowledge the grey, when most things are grey.

Thirded. A lot of feminist/social justice writing refuses to acknowledge the grey, when most things are grey.

Yeah, to me that detail is important. It shows she was confident enough in the situation to say no, and he was respectful enough to accept it. That’s not something that can be said about every groupie/rock star encounter, you know?

I appreciate your willingness to write a story that reflects deep ambivalence.

“I also can’t ignore that Lori had already said no to David once, and had every reason to think it’d be safe to do so again.” <— Bingo.

I cringed when I saw the headline. I was prepared for this to be a “Your Fave is Problematic”-style takedown of Bowie, and I honestly wasn’t sure I wanted to read it. I clicked anyhow and was pleasantly surprised.

I was 13-14 in the mid-70s, and I got a lot of attention from grown men. I was thrilled by it. Boys my age either ignored me, barked at me, or called me names. Adult men talked to me like I was a person, admired me, complemented me. At the time, it was bliss, and I felt it made me special. And thanks mainly to a lack…

I appreciate your willingness to write a story that reflects deep ambivalence. I think there isn’t enough of that anymore (everything is always strident and polarized) but you did a great job sitting with the murkiness of what this all means about Bowie’s legacy.

“...you can understand how Lori Maddox could have possibly developed not just a sincere desire to fuck adult men but the channels to do it basically in public; why an entire scene encouraged her, photographed her, gave her drugs that made all of it feel better, loved her for it, celebrated her for it, for years. You…

You know that shit came in deep to him.

We are so fucked if this is the shit coming from a supposed feminist blog.

Why is T.Swizzle a dick? I legit feel like I missed something, or haven’t been paying attention

That is probably one of the least obnoxious things Taylor’s ever said, actually. #TeamTaylor

Maybe. But I’m on Swift’s side. I know she’s a vanilla white girl we all roll our eyes over, but she’s one of many women who have to put up with this shit from men looking for cheap plugs.

Exactly what I was thinking. Personal feelings about TSwift aside, how is a woman asserting herself and taking (deserved) credit for her own accomplishments something to mock or deem “insufferable”?

I love this scene so fucking much. Madeleine Kahn do no wrong.

But why can’t Taylor stand up for herself? I’m sure if it was one of us we would’ve done the same thing up on that stage and maybe not as nicely either.

I’m super not getting what insufferable thing Taylor Swift did here.

Wait, why is she insufferable? At least in this situation...

YES. It doesn’t look at all to me like he’s had work done; I think you’re right on the money w/ steroids. Maybe he had a bad allergic reaction to something.