Never ceases to amaze me that he is the human incarnate of Butthead.

“an even creepier Mr. Eraserhead”

Ew.  I just looked up those Gary Puckett lyrics and now I want to throw up.

Even as a small child I knew that song was creepy.  I listened to a lot of oldies growing up, they’re all so problematic.

Yep, it was very much the norm, and something made worse by the fact that a lot of these bands were/are actively marketed to teenagers—and the “I love you, girl” lyric is very much about putting the fan imaginatively in the place of the singer’s object of desire. So you’ve got musicians who may have started out as…

Don’t forget The Stray Cats’ “sexy and 17". 

I’m a huge Neil Diamond fan, but every time I hear “girl, you’ll be a woman soon”... oy vey. So much cringe. 

That’s the biggest issue unfortunatly. You had predators running rampant, and some (SOME) that probably didn’t even realize it because it was just the norm, and for a VERY long time too..... I mean FFS, in 1988, when I was in high school, Winger had that song “17". Girls lost their shit over Kip Winger and this video…

Yeah that song has always been creepy.

Please be clear, I’m excusing NONE of this behavior. But I think if there was no statute of limitations and video recordings in the 60's, probably 70%+ of all the classic rocks stars could be found guilty of sexual assault and/or statutory rape. There is really no dissenting voices when it comes to the testimony of…

My friend is an Afghan activist and has put together a linktree with places you can donate to help Afghans (GoFundMes, etc.) and ways to reach out to your representatives, if you’re interested. https://linktr.ee/act4afg

Basically, the captain of the SFODA we worked with said in a presentation that I sat in on that the Afghans will switch side if you can show that you have more power and can beat them. I figure part of the Afghan Army capitulated pretty easy once we said we were out and the Taliban were taking territory.

Yeah, the Taliban was always playing the long game and telling people what they wanted to hear.    It was always going to end like this.  Quite sad.  

Sad to say that this was always the endgame. Afghanistan’s fate was sealed when we failed to nail Bin Laden there before he fled to Pakistan, and also when we decided to use Iraq as the dead cat to distract from having allowed him to flee. After that it was just who was going to be left sitting in the chair when this…

Figures the Jezebel crowd would blame Biden.

Biden was behind Obama’s decision to (try to) pull out in 2013, which Obama wisely reversed action after listening to his advisors.

I don’t understand the fascination with denigrating Harry and Meghan. Obviously the British media gleefully tears down Meghan and holds her responsible for all the monarchy’s failures since ever. Why does the US have to join in? Yes, they are privileged but they’re also under a fucking microscope.

I have young kids (one boy and one girl), and this is something I talk about with them a lot. It’s such a tired trope - the obviously more competent female who’s 2nd in command. It pops up in all kinds of shows - insidiously reinforcing the idea that as a girl or woman the expectation is that you be the best, the…

Maybe she shouldn’t host either. Let someone else host and make sure they aren’t awful. 

Just let Blossom host.