This is a seriously great article. I grew up around Salem and I've always really found what you say here to be true - on the one hand, I feel like making the town so kitschy is doing a disservice to the actual, serious tragedy that took place there, but without all that I wonder if people would pay as much attention…
Call me a snob, but when I die, I demand cold brew at the very least.
Forgiven. You're not the one who poured a freakin' Coolatta on a grave!!!!! The person buried there is probably spinning in that grave now (cause they're so full of sugar and caffeine, amirite?)
Great article! Also, Madeleine, aren't you a little worried that you fucked around with the occult and now you're going to end up becoming soulmates with Katy Perry? I'd avoid cherry chapstick for the next 8-10 months if I were you.
2. I watched porn for the first time.
During my only trip to Salem for an overnight 7th grade class trip, two spooky things happened: 1. One of the rooms was vandalized with a swastika and the culprit was never found. 2. I watched porn for the first time.
I'm in the US, the midwest. I just shop at the mall. I mean, I was buying clothes that were pretty close to what the standard measurements for sizes are.
This is a great post. You know what I wish? I wish there were more posts on Jez that dealt with things of historical and scientific feminist-related interest, like this one. I recall a few, but not too many. Websites like Cracked are proof to me that the natural and social sciences can actually make for good…
I hope it is just dumbness or simple dog joy. Not a vet, but bull terriers tend to suffer from a neurologically-based disorder known as "compulsive spinning" and it looks a lot like that when it's not on a bed. So... yeah.
-Ruiner of fun
As far as I'm concerned, BBW stands for Banned Books Week.
It's a play on the stereotype of duality and constant internal warring of Gemini. I think you are trying to have a The Economist level discourse about an In Touch level comment here, friend.
What's interesting to me is that for what seems like an increasing number of gay men, "bears" are their types. It's not that they want to f*ck bears in private and trot out arm candy in public. They are proud to date bears. Straight men, on the other hand, often love to f*ck fat women, but will only date size twos.
Occasions when I am too English for Jezebel #434. 'Thick' means 'stupid' over here. So I went all judgemental assuming he was saying he wanted to be with unintelligent women. Sorry.
The moral of every story.
What does it look like when she takes off her corset and clothes? Does her waist stay that tiny? If she stopped wearing it for awhile, would her body go back to normal eventually? I have so many questions.
Who needs an effin' corset?
"Maturing is realizing how many things don't require your comment."