I wasn’t suggesting there was another way to interpret this, just asking for clarification on exactly what the images depicted. 

No need for the salty reply. I know the connection between Mecca/Islam and Vatican/Catholicism. I simply did not recognize those images as specifically being Muslim or from Islam and was asking for clarification, again, on the IMAGERY, not asking to be provocative.

Thanks! I hope you don’t think I was trying to be provocative in asking the question. I genuinely do not recognize the other symbols/images. I appreciate your informative reply.

A correction: they were being sold as “fringe trim carpets” not specifically Greek. The reason one was called Greek is because it featured the Greek key pattern on it (like in the photo). Still cultural appropriation, but of a different sort.

I totally agree. Using Howard Stern as an example (and I understand that there are many who don’t forgive him or outright dislike/hate him), Howard consistently has talked about going through his divorce and therapy that helped him finally truly reckon with what a shitty person he was. I suspect Jimmy Kimmel has had a…

This was really hard to watch. I’m still processing. The only thing repeating in my head is men are trash. I will continue processing until I have other words. 

Me too. I love Butterfly so much as an entire album, and that song still kicks.

Seriously. Making a TV show is a lot of work and expensive, and he pulled off some amazing stunts (Hamilton cast! The Office cast!) basically for free. Plus, the current format has no future in its current format, especially once film and TV production kick back in. It makes sense that he would sell and make it into a…

Don’t be butthurt I mentioned an age group you are part of! :-) But in all seriousness, after posting that I realized that I was the same age as those writers during that time, so you are right, it has nothing to do with age. As Chief Queef mentioned in their reply, there was definitely a quality drop as the site…

Totally. And that’s why I despise all organized religion in every form. They’re all cults, it’s all lunacy to me. Believe what you want in the privacy of your own home and brain, but to actively lobby to hurt people because they don’t pray to the same sky god as you is sheer insanity. I’d be more supportive and…

Thanks for clarifying that. I didn’t know she didn’t actually get the abortion, but upon reflection, it makes a lot more sense that they were suing because she didn’t have access.

It is certainly not the same since ye olde Anna Holmes days. I really really miss the OG Jezebel and damn Gawker, brings a tear to my eye. I think the majority of the writers now are very young millennials (mid-to-late 20s/early 30s tops) and the tone has clearly adapted to that generation. Long live the days of Erin…

Me too, but unfortunately the evangelical right used her as a prop to “show” people how abortion is harmful and the only emotion after is regret. I’m sure she influenced those on the fence about it during that time, and that in turn probably helped drum up a lot of support on the ground to chip away at Roe v. Wade on…

Mentos, maybe 😆

100%. I won’t believe he’s actually taking it unless he swallows it on camera with people there to check his mouth afterwards. He is just a fucking liar, to the detriment of his idiot cult followers. 

Maybe, but thinking this is the best time to tell her story is beyond delusional. It’s a calculated political move that serves absolutely no one, least of all her. I would have LOVED to see anyone else running but Biden. I do not like him, I never liked him, and now he’s our one chance of removing the madman circus…

Biden is an easy target because he has a rep of being “handsy” unfortunately but her timing immediately made me think this was very calculated (in addition to the points you made). He announced he was running a long time ago when we had a very diverse pool of candidates to choose from. She didn’t think she should say…

If we had a competent leader in the White House (and by “competent” I mean the vocabulary of a high school sophomore), no one would want to fuck Andrew Cuomo. We are in dire straits and very sad times when bare minimum is someone who sucks but happens to be able to string a sentence together. Le sigh.

On another note, it sounds like this photographer will have a hard time recouping any money from JLO if he published her photo on Instagram, per this recent NY ruling:

Is it even possible to have a ventilator in one’s home?? Ventilators require different medical professionals (to intubate, to sedate, etc.), tubes, monitors, medications, the works—I know they’re very wealthy but that sounds a bit far-fetched. He’s probably calling something else (incorrectly) a ventilator when it’s…