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honestly, no matter how much people deny is, the quality of the artists art matters in whether or not they're "cancelled." lena is not a conventionally attractive woman and (imo) was never that funny so implicitly we, as a society, didn't see her as a loss. i also can't think of anything she's done outside of girls, so she hasn't really stayed in the public eye.
i also think that... what she did and how she admitted to it was... really gross? and should've been kept between her and her sister and not confessed in an autobiography/memoir. make of all this what you will, if it's maybe something said about how we can cancel a woman for something she did a long time ago but we still welcome chris brown with open arms even though he's a known abuser. i don't care for lena so not having her in the public eye making new media isn't such a loss to me.
Apr 7, 2025
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I'm rewatching Teen Mom 2 from the beginning because I miss the days of reality TV when the reality TV stars didn't understand what a social image was or how to act/not act, in front of the camera. There are few scenes as great in reality TV as Janelle Evans's lawyer telling her that she needed to go to jail on August 8th for 14 days. Janelle had concert tickets for a Ke$ha concert on August 9th and explained to her lawyer that she couldn't miss it because Ke$ha was her idol, and she had gotten feathers in her hair for it. She expected the judge to make an exception for her which is wild to me. What's more, Janelle does end up going to jail on August 8th and bails herself out with enough time to make it to her concert. So there was no lesson learned here anyway.
I have never found Ke$ha's music particularly moving, and at the time of filming, we didn't know about all of the Dr. Luke stuff that had been going on. I've never felt this strongly about anything except for, perhaps, my disdain for Angel Soft toilet paper. I suppose, if Angel Soft were the only toilet paper offered in jail, I too, would ask the judge to make an exception. I imagine that jail toilet paper is probably 1-ply and the judge would think I should be grateful for Angel Soft vs 1-ply toilet paper but I have a vendetta against Angel Soft so I would prefer to stick with the 1-ply.
I digress.
Janelle Evans felt more passionately about going to a Ke$ha concert than taking care of her 1-year-old child and getting her life straight and it is TV gold.
Feb 24, 2025
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I don’t know how I feel about the series because I haven’t finished watching it, but I do agree with how they low-key fumbled the martyred-Princess Diana-redemption-arc bag.
After their docu-series they abruptly fell out of the spotlight when they easily could’ve….just…..not?
I know they’re royals and shit so they can’t be on like SNL or something lmao but still. They signed a HUGE deal with Netflix and they kind of, dare I say, flopped.
Aside from the frozen penis line or whatever in Harry’s book, when was the last time you actually heard from them besides now? Right?
Maybe I’m hating; I can’t tell. I feel like this line in the article, although harsh, kind of sums it up: “It’s almost impossible to tell what is her being inept, what is her being malicious, and what is the result of eight years of misogyny and racism poisoning the well for her.”
Mar 7, 2025
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Recently, I’ve been listening to or watching Joan Rivers standup and red carpet demolitions. She is so damn funny. I love her shockingly harsh comedic approach and roasting. My brain seems to be wired similarly to hers; mostly in her blatant honesty. She used to really speak her mind on red carpet critiques…Today everyone treads around on eggshells, it’s all so celebratory, confirming, and inclusive when it comes to fashion critiques. She was so real and hysterical as a commentator and told it like it is. I don’t think it will ever be the same again and hasn’t been since she died. I recently found a reality show she did with her daughter Melissa, called ‘Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best’ from 2005 on the E network, and it's just phenomenal.
Mar 13, 2024
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idk why. i didnt even see it until i was an adult watching the movie with summer camp kids. it’s so good and they all hate it so when i have a rough day and they’re being bad i make the after school kids watch it. he’s just so majestic idk guys
Apr 8, 2025
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reels are like... the mcdonalds of media except worse because mcdonalds is tasty. rarely do i ever get a reel that i'm like ohoho!!! thank god i came across this!!! i've largely split from using ig at all because of how easy it is to lose yourself in reels + how shitty i feel after. fuck short form portrait doomscrolling all my homies hate short form portrait doomscrolling
Apr 7, 2025
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i guess you don't HAVE to use a rec as a rec, but maybe have a third option other than rec and ask. maybe just call it thoughts? for when you have a thought or a feeling that you want to share but it isn't a recommendation.
maybe having an anti-rec option under recs, too! like a drop down when you do choose to make a rec, you can choose to anti-rec. make sense??
lastly, having changing your email/password built into the settings. i ran into this the other day when i put my email in wrong and had to get ahold of you guys!!
Apr 7, 2025