I just don't think she's as self conscious about her choice to Instagram everything as you think she is. If she's all about creating an image, cool. But I don't think it's that. I think she needs the attention, and I think it's often for *certain people* to see. Like when you wrote not so thinly veiled entries about…

I agree, that's sort of my point. It's supposed to be funny because it *supposedly* doesn't happen. A man getting beat up by a woman? Never! Hilarious

The foot-to-balls act is perpetrated by male and female characters. I still think that this ad, in particular, is playing with gendered norms: the scantily clad women at car shows/rallies, fembots as male-desire made (almost) real, women as demure and on display to please men, especially in this sort of setting.…

Yeah, they're on the outs. They will continue to sell clothes to mean tweens, but once those kids turn 14-15, they'll want to be in Urban Outfitters or H&M or even Target. The A&F brand just isn't cool anymore, mostly because they've made it their ideal not to evolve. The preppy, douche look was trendy in 2000, but…

While I agree that the violence is unnecessary, the ad only works because it's playing off the idea that this situation (women kicking men's asses) is anomalous. It's also messing with the trope of the fembot (as was Austin Powers).

Pregnancy is beautiful, which is exactly why that dress is awful for a pregnant woman. She looked like a floral blob. The pattern does not lend itself to showing the intense curvature on her body. A solid or minimal pattern would have flattered Kardashian much more.

How was the mother impregnated?

Has anyone else listened to that audio? The way Cox weaves in and out of arguments makes it clear that she's evading the issue. She starts by referring the fact that eyewitness testimony isn't credible and that in hazing its hard to identify who's done what. Then a faculty member (Crapanzano, I think), points out that…

"why religion exist in the first place."

I felt like MacIntyre was a little verbose in this book, but I really value his argument here. He does a fantastic job of positioning modern traditions.

i don't think her eyebrows exist to be attractive or as a reason to compliment yourself. i don't think she's very interested in being pretty.

That second quoted paragraph is the most succinct explanation of casual misogyny I've seen. I'm thankful for our male allies.

I've read The Book of the Hopi a few times and am just so in awe of this absolutely beautiful, peaceful, mystical heritage.

Just so you know, romanticizing indigenous cultures is also imperializing.

But people expect that from Stern, and they go into interviews with him prepared (as much as they can be) for prodding questions. Letterman is being a shit here; the whole purpose of his show is promotional. He knows that, and that's what his guests go there to do.

Sad, but the clothes: still awful.

"... the hip hop...". Is Gwyneth satirizing herself? Otherwise, I just can't understand.

I've never heard this. That would explain some of why Jezebel is so wrapped around her finger.

YES. A great book about specifically the working-mother paradigm is "Unbending Gender," by Joan Williams. It's a sophisticated text that shows the delicate relationships among working men and women, domestic caregivers, and the corporate devaluation of human capital.

Tracie,