yea this whole attitude of “she got what was coming” is making me super uncomfortable because she really didnt. She got put in a shit situation but 2 people who are arguably even shittier people than her. This wasn’t karma this was a set up.

I agree, and I missed my own point. What I should have said is that we often discuss on Jez how hard it is to report sexual abuse and insist on being heard. Now a high-profile woman with hundreds of thousands of young women and girls following her is taking this stand; it’s an important, significant message. I wish we…

Maybe give teh progressive menz a chance to get naked for the cause. Something seems off about saying “We want to communicate the wisdom of women by having them strip naked and stand silently while a man photographs them for his artwork.” But yes, getting a bunch of naked men to block the convention center would be…

Meh. I don’t know; implying that a person owes you sex for allegedly making them famous seems to me as shitty as it gets, and mysoginistic too. IMO, after implying that, “bitch” seems...tame? Especially in a rap song, where any woman seems to be called a bitch? But that’s just me.

Except as far as the recording shows he didnt get her agreement to call her a b*tch. He got her agreement to say “I think Taylor Swift and I might still have sex” or whatever. According to her (and the video backs this up) she never heard the line after saying “I made that b*tch famous”

Did TS have a transcript of these tapes in front of her when she hears “I made the bitch famous” on the radio? That lyric really is degrading, and he is literally taking credit for her success. I would have a hard time parsing a prior conversation that I thought was friendly and positive when I learned that instead of…

I think that’s a more meta point, but I can’t figure out why. Some folks think this is somehow a “win” for West, but I don’t see that either.

Lets hope Swift is canny enough to know when to cut her losses. If she has a flaw, it’s that she’s not one to give up or give in easily. Or at all, for that matter.

Her determination is a double edged sword. It got her where she’s at, but if she’s not careful, she could wind up with a pyrrhic victory.

Considering how petty Tay is gonna look lawyering up on this, I’m gonna guess they think it worth the risk.

This is all a publicity stunt and everyone is in on it.

LMM is quickly climbing the ladder of my celeb baes. between his carpool karaoke, his tony speech, his twitter, and his appearance on john oliver, i’m smitten kitten. plus, man bun.

Right? Not to mention all the 4 year olds who put themselves on hunger strikes every other day for no apparent reason, even though they used to love all food but now for some reason refuse everything. But will eat peanut butter and jelly. Until tomorrow, when they will NOT.

OK, so I just pulled boy Levy into my office and pulled up his shirt to look at his back. It looks VERY similar to K.Cavs boys. I may not agree with her parenting choices (anti-vaxing), but in this instance...I feel for her. People are being very stupidly judgmental.

25k a month.

I’m about to head to the Governor’s mansion in a minute. My daughter sent me a text today, “Mom, I love you. I’m so scared.”

3. The victim has a police record!

And, of course, carrying a licensed gun is totally legal under THE ALMIGHTY SECOND AMENDMENT which it appears all the same racist idiots are so protective of.

Apparently we here in the US have the world's most skittish cops, who are frightened of every twitch and shadow that they see. Here's an idea: if you are constantly afraid for your life, maybe being a cop isn't for you. Maybe you should try something a little more low key, like being a meter minder; empty cars rarely…

What just floors me- and it shouldn’t, I should be used to it, but it does, is that there are two instant reactions I see from a certain group of people whenever these tragedies happen:

The most hilarious part of all this is that it’s like these Grey’s Anatomy fans don’t even know who Shonda Rhimes is. Like is Shonda really gonna fire Jesse Williams for speaking out about social justice?? That’s about as likely as Donald Trump saying something intelligent. Ain’t gonna happen.