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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 07:24 AM

Who are these people?

The men who run screaming from the room at the mention of Vaginas? The people who think Cunts are so foul, so dirty, so down there?

Sure, A.G. Ashcroft and a third of that third of Americans that reliably vote for lose. People who scream and shriek, but no one anyone listens to.

Ridiculous assertions are all this story lies on. "making a comeback"? breaking news: hems are UP! I'm a feminist! I'll yell at you for being unacquainted with this week's fashions, because at heart I'm a woman and fashion is all I know to care about! Also, I'm eighteen and I think the world is very simple and all the adults are just dumb.

The whole choiceless offendedness thing has ALWAYS just been a big red button someone wears so that people can control their behavior. It has always been the opposite of empowerment. It's fake power donned by those raised to fear power itself.

You should own your behavior, get your stuff done, and move past—ignoring them—those who annoy you. Kill them if you can't leave them at your back.

p.s. all the adults really are just dumb

Friday, August 28, 2009 12:31 PM

lactation is no more related to pregnancy than childbirth is

so now we can fire people for not voluntarily terminating their pregnancies?

Friday, August 28, 2009 07:09 AM

In a word: NO

What an amazingly ignorant idea. Didn't you know Dems control the White House, Congress, the Judiciary, and the media? This is really the same thing as censorship. In fact it IS censorship. That's right! Dems are trying to complete their Stalinist lockdown on American society!! We won't have it!!! It's time to fight!!!!

Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:01 PM

Wow, live on the radio and acknowledging he's clutching his foreskin?

Are his hand cold and dead already, or is that just metaphor?

Thursday, August 20, 2009 08:53 AM

Daisy Dukes?

What freaks me out is that the first articles I saw on the outrage claimed she was wearing "Daisy Dukes". Which is a bit of a bold move for a middle aged woman, I'd allow, but only an outrage if she can't carry it off.

Sunday, August 16, 2009 04:43 PM
Original article: "Ponyo"

pointless review

While it's immensely funny to have an culturally insecure beer critic review wine, or a snobby wine critic review beer, it's never going to tell you much about the beverage.

C'mon Salon, trash this review and assign the movie to someone who has a place in their heart for..., well really, just a place in their heart.

There's often plenty to complain about in the the Disnefications of Miyazaki movies, but this isn't the way to find them.

The cold is not in the movie, Zacherek.

Friday, August 14, 2009 11:21 AM

@Coker Best Line by Far is better

"As she matures, she’ll likely be able to hang on to her younger “Hannah Montana” fans while she vies for the attention of a new audience of masturbation enthusiasts."

Note that her younger "Hannah Montana" fans form the old audience of masturbation enthusiasts. Who doesn't like masturbation?

Only jailers hate escapism...

Friday, August 14, 2009 11:16 AM
Original article: "The Time Traveler's Wife"

Diet Drink?

Huh, never heard of it. And "Alba" just means "Scotland".

hmm, wikipedia claims no knowledge of diet drinks, though they admit to a "a milk products company". Ah, and the milk products company makes a milk product diet shake mix. Well, obviously the diet drink shake mix milk product is both the intended reference and what most people think of first.

In any case, that's a bizarre ad hominem that makes your whole piece seem more bilious than insightful. Obviously something got way up your nose.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 06:33 PM

Pandering to the base

Man, I would love it of the people who elected Obama were ever pandered to. Why is it only the right-wingers who get service?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 06:32 PM

So you can betray your base?

Is Obama angling for any other legacy?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:32 AM

the sad part

I always thought the sad part was that so many women end up imagining it's typical or possible (for most women) to have the fat-softened face and the ta-tas (evident in the cover photo) without also having a belly.

99% of women, photographed from the side, their bellies project just a hair more than their nipples. Maybe that's a posture issue (i.e. core strength), but it's a reality most people have trouble accepting.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 09:12 PM

Can't say I've followed the story too closely

But my first thought—based in part on the impression from family phone calls that she felt bad and she didn't seem to know why—was that the kids in the back seat thought it was funny to refill her water bottle from the vodka bottle. I guess I was seventeen the last time I thought that was funny.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 04:29 PM

of course women are getting more beautiful and more intelligent and taller

since they are getting better childhood nutrition.

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