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The Lena Dunham Problem, Solved
If you’ve always felt uneasy about disliking Lena Dunham, today she has given you license to go ahead and find her repugnant. You don’t have to struggle with your looks-ism or whatever else was holding you back. She’s an annoying … Continue reading
Millennials Ruin Everything
On an excursion to downtown L.A., we came across this hipster outside a coffee house, reading Nausea. It was like seeing a panda in its own habitat, only better. I know it looks posed, but I swear to god he … Continue reading
Apologies To Leslie Jones, Even Though I’m White
I want to apologize to Leslie Jones for the awfulness of people on the Internet. When she was abused on Twitter by a bunch of brain-damaged racist trolls led by some cunt from Breitbart, I was truly aghast at the … Continue reading
If It Walks Like A Slut And It Quacks Like A Slut, It’s Melania!
Melania Trump is mad at The Daily Mail, Politico, and eight other news outlets for reporting that she once worked for an ‘escort agency.’ Her lawyer – the same one who represented Hulk Hogan in his lawsuit against Gawker media … Continue reading
Weekend Hatefest
I’ll start with the word ‘pant’ in the picture above. Why can’t they use ‘pants’? The singular ‘pant’ is so grating, like ‘a red lip,’ which we all hate so robustly. I’m really struggling with existence. I’m looking for relief … Continue reading
‘There Is Still A Role For Shame In Society.’
I am quoting Stuart Stevens, a former top strategist for Mitt Romney who has been expressing alarm about Donald Trump for months. Stevens was reacting to Trump’s attack on the Muslim American parents who spoke at the DNC about their … Continue reading
Thinking and Writing About Your Stuff
The other day, I dutifully checked in on the Ex Wife’s literary efforts, not just because I’m nuts but because they are so breathtakingly stupid. I always come away feeling both gratified and enraged. I can’t help it! She … Continue reading
Learning to Shut Up
The other night, I was upset by something someone had dropped into a phone conversation, and for hours afterward I struggled with the impulse to demand an explanation or retraction. By struggle, I mean I actually had to stop myself … Continue reading
The Good Kind Of Mansplaining
You know how when you’re watching TV and you can’t quite recognize that actor who looks familiar, or you don’t understand what just happened, or a character mumbles something and you didn’t catch it? So you ask you husband, “Who’s … Continue reading
Cunts!
I was just recoiling from the word “lady”when used in neologisms like ladyboss or lady-parts, when I came across this horrifying tidbit about the Vagina Monologues: Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologue “Reclaiming Cunt” spells out every letter and encourages the audience … Continue reading