What kind of music are you into? Happy to pass along recs.

Except I wasn’t shitting on Selena Gomez. I was just suggesting she’s not the one to carry us into a better future, and that there are other people who are artists vs Disney stars and are better equipped to do that. She seems nice enough.

Were we talking about money or influencing politics and hearts? I don’t really care how much Selena Gomez makes. “Acting weirdly” - is this your shorthand for anything non-mainstream? Your post is irrelevant and also strange.

Selena Gomez isn’t really a musician. She’s a Disney star packaged as a pop star to move merchandise. Not that she isn’t a real human being, but “musician” is a stretch.
There are so many musicians with so much to say, and you’re right - that is their (our) role...remind us of folly, inspire us, and move us…

damn, that did not occur to me *at all*. It’s not even obvious that it was in the writer’s minds. but all the characters are drawn to chaos...i’m not sure if it’s just that kassidi is carl’s monica or monica is just one manifestation of that tendency.

That laziness is insidious and strategic - men are always suddenly bumbling when they want to retain a certain amount of power. “Oh, I didn’t know [groping her wasn’t cool]/[how to load the dishes right]”

I think you spelled asshole wrong.

“insulated mediocrity and croynism” is a perfect way to put it. There are more deserving people out there. There are plenty of writers who are compelling AND not total assholes. We don’t have to put up with this from men OR women.

Immature beyond belief and unprofessional. If I did that at my job I would have been shitcanned. But my job doesn’t consist of a bunch of mean girls circling around me to shield me from meanies who take reasonable issue with my arguments. I can’t believe this is the media and political climate we’re in. It makes me…

Congrats, Kara Brown, your total assholery has been rewarded

She actually was an asshole to me on Twitter and demeaned me. Her assholery isn’t limited to these comment threads - which is also inappropriate and yet seemed tacitly condoned. Not everyone who disagreed with her was a troll, and there was 0 professionalism on her part. I honestly think she’s a fucking liability - to…

she’s not...the nicest person, to say the least. and she uses social justice ideas to shield her often rancid and bullying opinions. i hope she grows up herself.

I loved her articles, but honestly it’s kinda hard seeing someone who’s bullied you and others in the comment section/elsewhere have success. Oof. Remember how she used to jump in and call people “stupid”? (And no, they didn’t always deserve it.) This doesn’t sit well.

what are survivors supposed to do to make money when they’ve lost their careers to abusive people w/in an industry?
she’s not profiting off her assault, but she is profiting off standing up to sexual assault and speaking her story. given the millions she’s lost when weinstein compromised her career, i’m thinking the…

Yeah, it’s straight-up prohibitory for a lot of people, even travelers. Lots of backpacker types who can’t afford that museum price tag.

your chin and neck like ET-ugly tho. i’m sorry, that’s an insult to ET. #sorrynotsorry

letting my inner adolescent out yeeea

OMG DON’T JINX HER. She’ll be just fine.

I was 20 when Jezebel first came to town. It seems like I almost take for granted its place in my life. I’ve been a nearly daily reader for that long...it can’t be! But it is. The writers and editors have always hovered around my age, carrying me through my twenties into my thirties, and there’s nothing more *our…

oh, wow. thank you so much for educating me on this. i really didn’t know. is it possible, though, that some people really are just pedophiles and don’t have sexual abuse in their history, or do you believe it’s always the case? (hurt people hurt people really does ring true, doesn’t it : ( )

in any case, i’m so sorry…

that’s so fucking pathetic. like literally getting off to having power over the most helpless beings in the world. sad, fucking, twisted, disgusting.