Oh, plenty of "high end" women are disempowered and victimized as well. I don't have a problem accepting some people find sex work empowering—that's how it should be—it just irritates me how thoroughly their voices dominate mainstream sex-positive discourse.
I'm not going to get into this too much but let me say, I grew up with a parent that was a sexual predator. I was pretty confrontational around things I saw and knew and experienced but there is still something particularly disturbing about living with a sexual offender who offends on the scale as Sandusky that needs…
What most people don't know is he inspired Andre 3000's famous series of 14 alrights in the song Hey Ya.
I'm beyond sick of hearing about how Lindsay Lohan is a troubled yet talented starlet.
The talent this girl had has long since been squandered. Much like Tonya Harding - it's obvious that you can actively destroy your own gifts by being a complete piece of shit. The last couple of movies she starred in were laughably…
Officer: "Excuse me Ms., what's that in your skirt?"
I read this this morning and realized that you can add up all the existentialist writings of the twentieth century and it still won't amount to one tenth of this story's distillation of what it means to be a lonely soul in a meaningless universe.
This reminds me of a great quote from Maria Bamford:
Yes, every time I have to read how sex work is 'empowering' by supposed feminists and how it is a 'choice' I have a major wtf moment. A tragic necessity in a misogynist capitalist society? Yes. Empowering. You gotta be kidding me. If it were, where are the millions of well paid male sex workers for female customers.…
Actual GSA Troop Leader here to weigh in. I've been a troop leader for 7 years and I work with mostly Daisies and Brownies. To establish my own history, not in the weird spirit of one upsmanship, I actually went through all the levels of scouting- I was an only kid and we moved so much that it was a cool way to…
I'd argue that our relentless critiques of the tabloids are, and have always been, an attempt to discredit and dismantle them, as well as other products directly and aggressively marketed to women. That said, I/we/readers still enjoy celebrity news. The lines shift, and that is part of the story. I've worked here…
Can we stop pretending this is some sort of Meaningful Social Justice Cause that's worth anyone's time? I can't think of a single more selfish charitable endeavor for a celebrity to so aggressively use their star power to pursue.
I just hope the bedroom sriracha isn't part of a Cosmo sex tip.
Mr Bacon talks! He was a one year anniversary present from my husband. One year paper? No way, one year novelty plush!
"...her chiding you for illegally downloading music..."
"Leto doing his job. Since when do we hand out awards for people just doing their jobs?"
Awesome. Her eyebrows have always been the only thing that bugged me. Now they're awesome. I always love it when famous people take the advice I've been thinking at them for years.
Scientists had previously been quoted as saying "I don't think they exist."
"repeating over and over, 'This is why I don't want a boyfriend!' I stayed."
I think she looks beautiful. Just me, then?