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Madeleine Davies
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Managing Editor, Jezebel

“you’re kind of part of this weird semi-alternate universe where the line between what you enjoy ironically and what you are actually emotionally invested in starts to blur”

This describes my relationship with RHoNY and VR so accurately it’s depressing. Read more

In my case, date someone who gets invited to the Met Gala. Read more

And when Andy Cohen kisses a third dementor, you get Thomas Ravenel.

My first instinct is to be skeptical, but it worked for Channing Tatum. Read more

Yes, the Eminem parallels are stark. In the clip she is pretty much reacting to Stan. I would love to see an early 2000's Eminem make this little speech. Read more

I had consensual sex with the guy who raped me. I didn’t want to admit to myself that the dude I thought was a great guy was a rapist. And I bought his weak excuse, because I wanted to believe he was a great guy. Women don’t want bad guys, we want good guys. We want good guys so much, we’ll try to convince ourselves Read more

I also felt really angry...It’s like a rage that has stayed with me. I don’t think you lose that. Nope, you sure don’t. I’ve been living with it for so many years. Read more

It’s not the future we want, but it is the future we deserve.
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I just finished the first episode and am glad to see this review calling out some of the extreme imagery. I was really put off by the first 15 minutes, and by about 40 minutes in it all seemed so over-the-top that it was like watching a feature-length Nine Inch Nails video. Read more

One of the reasons the book was so powerful is because every crime against women was something that had already happened in history. (That’s why I get super annoyed at people like my brother who say, “That would never happen,” because it has!) Read more