I remember when they got married a bunch of people said “Oh, great. She’s going to ruin his music.” Simply because he was “broody and deep” and she made cheerful, pop music. They never thought the “broody and deep” dude was just an asshole that would ruin her music career.

When I saw her in July she said ‘This is a song about a man child’.

This has prompted me to listen to Phoebe Bridgers's new project with Conor Over at, and guys, it's gooooood.

I’ve hated Ryan Adams since he remade Taylor Swift’s album and so many music critics were like, “Wow it’s so good and deep now that a SENSITIVE MAN is performing it.”.

I feel awful for these women and I am relieved I am not crazy. When he came out with the 1989 covers and everyone was flipping out over them, I could have sworn we’d already decided that he was awful?? I was so confused. Ok, yes, he is awful!

Starting a thread of all the female musicians and songwriters this dude tried to fuck with so we can give them all some spins, I’ll start:

At least Phoebe Bridgers destroyed him on “Emotional Motionsickness” (my username namesake and one of my favorite songs). Here’s hoping he fades into the night as a fucking asshole who can’t even manage to make a girl cum.

I saw Phoebe Bridgers just last night and before playing Motion Sickness she said “this song is about the worst person in the world.”I knew he was a total scumbag to her but I didn’t realise he was such an abusive shithead. 

By the time I was 16, I’d endured years of: misogynistic tirades from my father who called me a prostitute when I was in second grade (learned a new word that day!); ongoing paranoia from both my parents that I’d have sex despite not knowing what sex was at the time (lower elementary school); bullying at school from…

So to summarize, one person is upset that she used similar “bought it” language when singing about a weave, which is the only way to acquire a weave, right? (Is it no longer “a” weave? Why is the phrasing so weird in this article?) Another person is upset that she paused between her words in the song in a similar way…

woman famous for ridiculously obvious hair extensions acknowledges her ridiculously obvious hair extensions

I think that is legit, but isn’t necessarily the story living in the quote she reacted to. Rather than starting at the “Gillibrand is a corporate shill” base level and nitpicking statements from that place, I think Splinter would serve its readers better by analyzing what she actually said (and then maybe against her…

I don’t know if it’s a deliberate ploy to generate clicks or what. It’s a bad look. The unfortunate thing is that I’m very interested to see some conversations about destigmatizing body hair that de-center white women’s experiences, and also meta-conversations about who we tend to center and who we tend to exclude in…

Yeah, this discussion could have been provoked from a better place. I feel like the author was trying to get people butthurt by focusing on one aspect of problem and then acting like a good portion of the readers didn’t have any opinion that would matter.

a) Is it OK to say you sound sort of pre-Raphaelite and therefore lovely?

I dunno. When we talk about sexual harassment that women have to put up with, for example, I feel like it’s pretty shitty to do it in a way that denigrates male victims of sexual harassment. Likewise, I feel like we should be able to have a conversation about how we unfairly exclude and erase WOC when it comes to…

I’m sorry, what? Like, yes, white women not shaving their pits in January is not the most courageous thing in the world. Of course, women who are not white/cis/straight/able-bodied/educated/wealthy have it easier than those who are not.

As a Western European blend, I laughed hard at the notion that white ladies don’t have body hair. Over my life, I’ve battled hairy zones on my arms, toes, chest, nipples, legs, etc. My grandma had her little “pouf” of a mustache as well. It’s noticeable, itchy, and can make it difficult to put wooly socks on in the…

I’m whiter than white. I’m always the palest person in the room. I don’t tan, I just burn and peel. My skin has the same colour as creatures who’ve evolved in caves without sunlight for thousands of generations. My body hair is pitch black and plentiful. Since I’m the ideal candidate for laser hair removal, I had some…

This is ignorant. You honestly think everyone who is white only has small wisps of hair? Or that there is no negative social repercussions for having said hair? The fuck?