Reward the good behavior, ignore the bad. Sounds crazy, but it works.

Yeah, some of these comments are actually kind of upsetting me. Calling this little kid names, I mean, she's 8 fucking years old and she's been in the spotlight for a few years already now. What did anyone expect?

"the profile of Nyong'o was written by Hamish Bowles, who calls the actress "cucumber-cool, as beautiful and hieratic as an ancient Egyptian statue of a cat goddess.""

I don't think those commenters are regulars on the site.

I've said it before and I will say it again....the descriptions of his photo shoots sound like 90% of the photo shoots I've been on minus the mountains of cocaine and the mother of some 15 year old girl standing on the sidelines counting the cash.

"The question was asked, 'What could make a woman become so dark? To lose all sense of her maternity, her womanhood, and her softness?'"

I was there! (I work at the symphony). It was a sold out show. Def not the normal symphony crowd- about 1/3 were Tweens which was mystifying until I found out a school from Oregon took them to the show as part of a field trip. Sir M still sounds the same and put on a great show. Everyone definitely enjoyed themselves,…

#whitegirls

I live in Seattle, which is a pretty small big city. The Cafe Racer shooting was a big shock, and I think people here are incredibly grateful to him for having the cohones to stop the shooter, who would surely have wounded or killed more people. I think it's shitty that you guys are going after the people who are…

I remember the 1980s as being a bit of a backlash to the 1970s, and the 1970s having had practically everyone showing a lot of skin (partly because lycra science was in its infancy).

I agree with your overall point that "going naked, in and of itself, does not make you a strong, confident woman." I just don't think that the provocation of the 80s was all that different. Grace Jones is a bad example, but there were plenty of female pop performers who seemed not to have all that much agency in their…

As someone who is not a fan of her music, or the media gossip that has followed her since fame, me: Shrug. That dress did what it was intended to do; keep everyone talking about her. Whether she picked it out or an agent told her to wear it, whatever, they got what they wanted.

"Peyser seems to think that because Rihanna presented herself sexually,"

I'm not into Rihanna's whole style & persona including the naked dress she wore not because of any prude "she shouldn't be wearing that" inclinations, but more along the lines of exactly what TLC said: "Why every time I see you do you have to be naked?" Like, just why? When Rihanna hit the scene she wasn't…

As an 18-year-old girl, I do find seeing outfits like these it a bit discomforting. I personally cannot quite grasp how wearing minimal/very revealing clothing is empowering for any woman. I mean, it's great that these women (e.g. Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, etc) are proud enough of their bodies to show it off by…

I'm with you. (Also: Pat Benetar RULED the first few years of MTV!!) I don't particularly care for all the envelope-pushing of female pop star nudity and antics, but I was a kid in the 80s when we had all those strong ladies you mention, and a young person when we had badass artists like PJ Harvey, Lauryn Hill, Mary…

I met them both years ago at Space Camp when they brought their kids to camp. They both came themselves to check them in which kind of surprised me. They were the only celebrity parents (in my years there at least) who personally dropped off their kids and came to pick them up and attended the graduation as well. …

I'm a big fan of Free the Nipple, but not to flaunt sexuality. I think we should de-sensationalize the breast, and more exposure will help with that. Breasts are gorgeous, legs are gorgeous, eyes are gorgeous. But only one of them gets everyone worked up into a tizzy of objectification — to the point wherewe need …

Re: TLC and Rihanna, just another example of the generational divide when it comes to women and open displays of sexuality.