notmariasherman
Maria Sherman
notmariasherman
URL: Senior Writer, Jezebel. IRL: Author of the very good book 'LARGER THAN LIFE: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS,' out now.

THANK YOU. I am so SICK of hearing about the size of Kim Kardashian’s waist and how happy she is to be x pounds. It’s iNSANE. I cannot believe that in 2018 that is allowed to be on air and she doesn’t think before she says shit. The last interview I scrolled past with her, the HEADLINE listed her weight, and it made Read more

Great stuff, Maria. I am a huge Nirvana fan—they kind of rescued me when I was 15—but I’ve been slowly but surely turned off to In Utero as I get older seeing a young person just absolutely venting his spleen with self-hate. The tone of the album, the lyrics, the context, it could not be more clear that you’re Read more

Accurate. I think I convinced myself in high school that In Utero was better than Nevermind because it felt too basic to think Nevermind was Nirvana’s best album. But...it is. From start to finish. And it’s not just because Nevermind is more accessible, it’s because...it’s not as good as it thinks it is??? In Utero Read more

I was CONVINCED I’d be eaten by the escalator bc I once saw a movie where the woman get sucked into it. I was under under the assumption that I’d fall through the crack of the elevator. Read more

I’m annoyed by how many of you didn’t understand the clear reference to “Sk8r Boi” in the hed... Read more

Chill dude, it's a play on her song "Sk8er Boi", it's not seeious. Read more

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No offense, your writing is wonderful, but just reading about this deluge of horribleness, well, I couldn’t. Read more

This film seems like K-Drama levels of ridiculous.  If my partner wants to watch it, I will gleefully order whatever she wants from Grubhub and settle in. Read more

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Can we have a Bachelor series where Air Bud is the Bachelor? I’d rather watch doggos date than the same pasty white folk. Read more

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