This is so vulgar on so many levels. Salinger famously fought bitterly to protect his privacy and legacy from this type of exploitative claptrap. He turned down shitloads of money because he didn’t want his books made into movies. Hell, he even refused to allow anything but plain covers on his books because he didn’t…

WATCH SKINS.

YOU MEAN TONY FROM SKINS. OR THE LITTLE KID FROM ABOUT A BOY.

Or you could just call him Nux!

“The Salinger who emerges from this book is a close psychological relative of his most famous creation, the teenager Holden Caulfield.”

Caitlyn Jenner too?

He sampled the song Children for his ode to sex with an underage girl?!

Everything you need to know about Kris Jenner is that she apparently has no problem with her teenage daughter dating this low-life.

You get tinselitis.

I love the Flaming Lips but Wayne needs to go back to the nursing home he escaped from.

I’ve always held the Flaming Lips to a special place in my heart if for nothing else, their guest spot on ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ that allowed Steve Sanders to utter the fucking dorkiest line ever: “I don’t know much about Alternative music, but the Flaming Lips really rock!”

Like, on the one hand, I really like that Miley is embracing the genderqueer label and seems to truly embrace the queer culture and will hopefully allow other people struggling with fitting into gender labels feel more able to come out and speak openly about it.

Just wanted to plug Erin Merryn’s books for those interested/affected by this issue: Stolen Innocence and Living for Today. I’ve known her for years, and she’s an amazing crusader for child abuse victims and legislative change including championing Erin’s Law in Illinois which has spread to 25 other states.

Did anyone else pick up on the fact that during their brief few minutes on the screen they were still overly focused on those “safeguards”? Especially considering we all now know what those safe guards are: don’t allow male children and female children alone, don’t let brothers change sisters’ diapers, don’t allow…

Hearing this, I begin to believe that they appeared on the program as part of some longer term “crisis management” strategy. I think Jill and Jessa were on the cover of People last week, which would tie into a pitch for a spin-off show.

Here’s a timeline Gawker put together of the molestation in relation to TLC’s decision to pull the show. Based on how long the allegations have been out there and the research that networks do before they put shows on the air, it’s not unreasonable to assume (and I think I may be too generous here) that they knew…

Honestly, and this is just my individual opinion as one survivor of CSA, but I’m glad that they were not heavily featured. Nothing about that family or that situation is or should be used as anything but a 100% THIS IS NOT HOW YOU SHOULD DEAL WITH IT cautionary tale. I really worried when I heard they’d be featured in…

If you watch the segment, that’s exactly what it feels like. Michelle Duggar, especially, seemed to distance herself away from the entire thing with the “bonding experience” talk. It was like they were just three socially-conscious celebs who were out there horrified that this occurs and praying for the families of…

This is par for the course. Naming the agent of violence is often seen as cruel or mean, or to be “ignoring the victims.” Then, victimhood itself is made shameful—”stop being such a victim,” or “don’t treat them like victims, that ignores their agency.”

End result: rapists get to keep on raping, women end up with no…