when I know somebody there’s nothing you can tell me about them

Weird ass hill to die on, girl. 

Not often you get to say good job MTV.

Oh, and by the way Madonna, maybe the skepticism of these French producers wasn’t really about a “skinny-ass white girl” doing ‘Natural Woman,’ seeing as it was originally written and performed by renowned, preeminent skinny-ass white girl Carole King.

And she was played by Melanie Lynskey, which would make anyone more sympathetic to the audience. 

Our quarterback actually said these words:

she’s got damn good hair, but Donaghy has her beat.

Man, I thought this was gonna be a sarcastic post, but you’re right—that would have been better.

I particularly liked that only one of the step sisters was awful. It takes her a while, but over the course of the movie the brunette one does eventually learn to stand up for Danielle (and herself).

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Madonna make something all about herself. At the time I was doing something I like to do, interesting only to me as it relates to my life and the things that I do for my gratification, and in no way applies to anyone else’s story or journey, when I suddenly wondered, “Hey, what…

That’s not Illuminati, looks she wants to be Berber now.

Yaaaassss Loan, yaaaaassss.

Surviving sexual abuse and assault is a very personal journey. People deal with it very differently. For a long time, I wanted no one to know that I had been sexually molested by my grandfather,among others, or raped by a camp counselor. As a young man, it made me feel weak and pathetic. The few people I did tell who…

“It makes it doubly sweet to know that we have been remembered in the erection of this beautiful memorial. The present generation, I am persuaded, scarcely takes note of what the Confederate soldier meant to the welfare of the Anglo Saxon race during the four years immediately succeeding the war, when the facts…

Well, to be fair, that level of misogyny proves he really understood John Updike’s vision. 

Truth! And here is a link for anyone who doesn’t believe it.

Yeah, but “civility” and “heritage” or some shit.

From Julian Carr’s 1913 Silent Sam dedication speech:

Really interesting story, and definitely shows the ways in which the “Great Man” narrative (i.e., the idea that social change occurs through one or two individuals alone) can so easily erase the impact of women.