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“Great that Dax “speaks openly” about addiction, and Kristen “speaks openly” about her depression—if only “speaks openly” weren’t a euphemism for saying just enough to be relatable and of the moment without chewing on controversy.”

Also, I feel like their boringness is sort of the point. They are just sort of a boring married couple, and there’s something sort of comforting about that. So often celebrity marriages are marketed as this “We’re so much more interesting and beautiful than normal people and look at all the drama” thing. Theirs is

It’s dumb and incredibly bitter. They are pretty honest about their struggles, which I think most people appreciate. I’d rather read about that than be forcefed some fairytale bullshit about how perfect everything is for them all the time. They are public figures... so, yeah. Sometimes these moments are public. Did

Not that snark has ever really been lacking at Jez, or that it isn’t deserved or fun to engage in sometimes, but this piece leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. It’s mean-spirited for no good reason, and sounds like jealousy, tbh. Also, it’s centered around one podcast episode that came out over a year ago. Just bad

Subject (and strange choice of target for scorn) aside, this isn’t even an article. There’s no through line, no theory, no point you ever get to. It’s just a collection of quotes from people with no underlying theme to hold it together. What was your conclusion after listening to all these interviews and podcasts?

While seconding what others have said about the completely unessecary nature of heaping scorn on two harmless people for... being happily married (?)... I’d also like to point out how bizarre it is that it took you more than a year to write what is essentially a summary of a single podcast interview.

I may be mistaken, but I believe these two do a decent amount of charity work. I also greatly appreciate his openness about his struggles/anxiety. This is dumb.

So, since this is only your second post ever, I'll just gently say that you've had a rough start. Try something more substantive than tearing down pretty nice people for clicks next time. 

Did these people kill your puppy or something? I cannot fathom getting so worked up about the relationship of two people you’ve never met.

Lets look at how articles like this happen:

...wow.

Should I point out that Pete has a serious mental illness, and that living with a parent is maybe not the worst/most pathetic idea for an employed, single adult who struggles with suicidal ideation and other self-harm issues? No? We’re going to continue making fun of everything this person does, even though he’s

I believe with all of my heart and soul that he is exactly like Lincoln in Broad City, and I’m thrilled that everything I hear about him points to that being true. 

You read it completely different than I. To me, it seemed more like he was presenting the realities of male prostitution in France and trying not to pass judgement or let his own personal views color that reality.

I worked at the Strand bookstore in New York in 2011-2012. One day, I showed up to work hungover and in a bad mood, and was waiting to talk to my manager about something when a guy tapped me on the shoulder to ask for help finding some books. In my surly state, I didn’t even look up at him, just rolled my eyes

This is funny and I did lol, but the actual scary part is that you know women who do have miscarriages, aka spontaneous abortions, would get swept up in this bullshit type of law. We’ve seen it in other countries. Watch out if you’re poor, in a bad situation/relationship, express any doubt or misgivings about the

This is a bad take. I was 16/17 when this album was released. This was was everything. It holds up as well as a lot of other 90s albums.

Same. And if rethinking and then weakly roasting a feminist icon because your husband might think she’s lame isn’t ironic, I don’t know what is. Or is  it? Isn’t it ironic? Lemme go ask my husband. 

I’m kind of a music snob. And in my music snob universe, I’ve always considered Alanis a new-age Leonard Cohen. She wrote her hit album at NINETEEN, for volcano gurl’s sake.

I have not listened to Jagged Little Pill in a very long time, but don’t ruin it for me. What’s next on your list? Pieces of You by Jewel?