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Laura Bassett
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I came in ready to talk some shit, but you did a pretty solid list. Bravo sir, bravo. Read more

Yeah, at least they admit their own culpability with that quote from Hathaway.  How would you like to go to a website for some social commentary and see in the sidebar a snarky article about being an annoying try-hard?  Fuck that. Read more

It wasn’t this batch of writers that was shitting on her.  Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think any of the staff from 2013 is still around. Read more

I was there last night and can echo every word of this review. The show was nothing sort of transcendent. I am decidedly not a casual fan. This was the 17th time I’ve seen her live in the past twelve years after first seeing her at Radio City in 2010. Since then I’ve seen her in venues all over the country as small Read more

I remember this game. I remember playing it on the back of a bus, being weirded out but still participating. I remember spin the bottle in the woods. I remember some neighborhood kid antagonizing me on the school bus, sitting too close to me and making me feel his muscles. I was too shy to say no. I remember a guy Read more

Yeah, don’t get me wrong. I’m only following this story because it’s unbelievably messy. (I hate musicals.) I just feel like a lot of the criticism written about Beanie went way, way beyond what could be considered fair, so this post was refreshing, particularly given its title.
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You know you can click the Politics tab up top and just see the political stories. I did it for a while, until I realized I was missing free pictures of Denzel. Those upthread are right; we need SOME joy in the midst of all this horror. Read more

Honestly, that’s why I come to Jezebel and sites like it - I need a break after reading something so horrific. Give me the Bennifer popcorn, PLEASE. Read more

My friend the tagline for the site is literally “Sex. Celebrity. Politics.” If you’re looking for only serious coverage of serious issues you have come to the wrong place.
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Possibly I am getting soft as I get older but I am coming around on Taylor Swift. She is fine. She’s okay. “All too Well” is a pretty good song, even Read more

It’s not just privacy—those who are outraged by the protests at Kavanaugh’s home also seem to fundamentally misunderstand what constitutes violence. Violence is children going to bed hungry in a country that refuses to tax billionaires. Violence is a higher education system so wildly unaffordable that predominantly Read more

This is a great funny article, more like this.
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I see your cheesy sitcoms and raise you romance novels. I know this site has championed them in the past (those authors have both left), but unapologetically prioritizing women’s pleasure is what we need right now. Read more