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Jezebel

as I’ve been saying: YES, the cultural context and content of a film MATTERS

Thu, Jun 25, 2020
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But now a man is saying it, so maybe someone will listen?

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heirs of Infocom; Vice suicide model speaks; how Tony Soprano changed TV forever (stuff I found online today)

Sun, Jun 23, 2013
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Models don’t get paid for editorial work? WTF?

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interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)

Thu, Jun 20, 2013
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20th Century Fox is embarrassed by the stars of its film The Heat; Vice thinks women writers are most beautiful when they shut up and die; the madness of George (Lucas); and more.

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what is the cutest baby animal ever? (QOTW)

Sat, Apr 20, 2013
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A cleansing for our spiritual palates after this awful week…

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need a good piece of journalmalism? just make it up!

Fri, Mar 29, 2013
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Your mainstream media at work: Decide what the story is, then make the facts fit it. If you can…

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question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?

Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…

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what she said: Jezebel’s Anna Holmes at ‘The New York Times’…

Sat, Mar 05, 2011
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…on how the cultural embrace of violent misogynist celebrity Charlie Sheen and his ongoing meltdown is little different from other reality television…

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what he said: Rupert Everett…

Wed, Dec 29, 2010
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…on the unending career of Jennifer Aniston (and all the other movie stars who endure as stars despite their presence in terrible movies that continually bomb)…

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question of the day: What is the longstanding appeal of British costume dramas, like the new ‘Downton Abbey’?

Wed, Oct 06, 2010
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For me, it’s the bottling up of emotion required by the (stereotypical) British stiff upper lip, until it just won’t stay bottled up anymore, which results in exquisitely drawn out encounters full of subtext and seething with feeling, and eventually explosive outbursts. You?

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question of the weekend: Can moving solve all your problems?

Sat, Aug 28, 2010
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Jezebel asked the question this week in reference to poor Lindsay Lohan and her planned move from Los Angeles to New York… but the question is worth asking of anyone.

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