Plus, she's living on the road. It's fine to sleep in the back of a van and live off of cheetos when you're first starting your career as a musician, but she's worked hard, her success is providing for a lot of people, and this tour is going to be her home until it's over. It's got to be important to have some sort of regularity and comfort when you aren't in the same place for more than a day. She's already working hard and *being a pop star* the rest of the time, she shouldn't have to be "on" when she's just trying to get from one place to another, especially considering the fact that transport time is when a lot of musicians get to catch up on sleep.
I love Dodai, but I feel like Jezebel is becoming what would happen if Carrie Bradshaw had a Livejournal.
Being a pop star means selling "yourself" whether you're a girl or a boy. Women just happen to be more successful at it lately.
Being a pop star means selling "yourself" whether you're a girl or a boy. Women just happen to be more successful at it lately.
Scheisse from Born This Way is a feminist anthem. It would be cool if someone on Jez could talk about that instead of how much they think female pop stars suck.
It was amazing, he hasn't aged at all and he's back to his old self without all the JW fanaticism he had for a while there (except he still won't play Darling Nikki). Don't tell anyone, but I cried through the first 5 songs (now we're even).
That's at least for a worthy cause though, I'd do it. :P And to be fair I'm pretty sure he sleeps in full makeup and costume every night too.
*than
& it costs at least a hundred dollars to see Gaga. It cost $25 to see Prince.
& it costs at least a hundred dollars to see Gaga. It cost $25 to see Prince.
One claims to sleep in latex and wigs and full makeup every night. The other rides his bike through his audience. One is authentically weird and talented in spite/because of it. The other is not fake in her weirdness, but "surrealist", and possibly more talented as one of the other's girlfriends.
I haven't posted anything here in 507 years but I had to say that. Also I was there, I saw him ride his bike, it was awesome.
I haven't posted anything here in 507 years but I had to say that. Also I was there, I saw him ride his bike, it was awesome.
Fuck Jezebel.
This isn't about the new format. That's annoying and ugly and stupid, but I could put up with it if the content was good. But this site has gotten so nasty. It comes across as a pretentious, self righteous Perez Hilton pre-epiphany, minus the drawn on semen. There's a lot of snarky, unnecessary negativity toward kids, and toward women who are, while not radical feminists by any means, still much closer than their male counterparts who never get the same treatment here. And the negativity is almost never about anything having to do with anything they did actually being offensive, it's just a personal dislike of who they are as people (which is determined by knowing very little about them and being extremely cynical). There's an overall focus on pointing out how stupid everyone *else* is, in a sarcastic, condescending tone. And the posts that I guess are supposed to be anti-body snark, pro-acceptance, or whatever, really just come across as body snark in a passive aggressive backhanded compliment kind of way. Many of the posts feel like they're baiting the commenters to be negative. People are just looking for things to get pissed off or upset about. It's gross. And what isn't gross is just boring.
I do love most of the commenters, but I have to say, that same attitude has been spreading to the comments lately. I've noticed it showing up in my own attitude and behavior. So I'm done. #Groupthink
This isn't about the new format. That's annoying and ugly and stupid, but I could put up with it if the content was good. But this site has gotten so nasty. It comes across as a pretentious, self righteous Perez Hilton pre-epiphany, minus the drawn on semen. There's a lot of snarky, unnecessary negativity toward kids, and toward women who are, while not radical feminists by any means, still much closer than their male counterparts who never get the same treatment here. And the negativity is almost never about anything having to do with anything they did actually being offensive, it's just a personal dislike of who they are as people (which is determined by knowing very little about them and being extremely cynical). There's an overall focus on pointing out how stupid everyone *else* is, in a sarcastic, condescending tone. And the posts that I guess are supposed to be anti-body snark, pro-acceptance, or whatever, really just come across as body snark in a passive aggressive backhanded compliment kind of way. Many of the posts feel like they're baiting the commenters to be negative. People are just looking for things to get pissed off or upset about. It's gross. And what isn't gross is just boring.
I do love most of the commenters, but I have to say, that same attitude has been spreading to the comments lately. I've noticed it showing up in my own attitude and behavior. So I'm done. #Groupthink
@BinxTheCat: :( aw, he looks like that little guy in The Dark Crystal who had his essence drained.
@hotrocketship: That sounds to me like it could lead to blaming someone who has not had such a positive, accepting experience for bringing it on themselves by not "claiming" their "privilege". You can claim respect, and you can claim rights, but you cannot claim privilege. The nature of privilege is that you don't have to claim it. It is something that is given to you without your asking for it, or having to acknowledge it.
What you're talking about sounds to me like colorblindness. Which is just denial. To not have to face the harsher realities of your ethnicity that others might have to is in itself a kind of privilege.
What you're talking about sounds to me like colorblindness. Which is just denial. To not have to face the harsher realities of your ethnicity that others might have to is in itself a kind of privilege.
Me frickin too! I love her. I wish she'd arrived in an egg so everyone would be talking about her.
Well, when you see her, she'll probably seem pretty stoned. Her eyes are all cloooosed.
Is Miley stoned?
She seems pretty stoned.
She seems pretty stoned.
So there's people out there thinking, "I could have been the biggest pop star in the world, but my damn head is too small!" :P
@FlowbeeBryant: Aww Sara is so cute though.
I'm watching the live stream of people showing up to the Grammys, no commentary, just people walking and posing and some guy yelling "To the left! To the left! (Everything you own in a box) To the left!"
It's really fucking weird. The photographers are yelling weird shit at them, and they're standing there looking serene and happy and smug and oblivious to their words. Like all they're thinking is "look happy but not too happy, stand up straight, shoulder to the right, casual, cheeky, cool shoes, etc etc etc".
It's really weird to see people standing in front of a lot of people, pretending that none of those people aren't there, but also obviously acknowledging that they are because otherwise why would they be posing?... I don't know if that makes sense.
What kind of psychological state do you have to be in to be able to do that? I can't imagine.
Also, do famous people tend to have really big heads and exaggerated features? I feel like next to all of the "normal people", they all look kind of weird and cartoonish.
It's really fucking weird. The photographers are yelling weird shit at them, and they're standing there looking serene and happy and smug and oblivious to their words. Like all they're thinking is "look happy but not too happy, stand up straight, shoulder to the right, casual, cheeky, cool shoes, etc etc etc".
It's really weird to see people standing in front of a lot of people, pretending that none of those people aren't there, but also obviously acknowledging that they are because otherwise why would they be posing?... I don't know if that makes sense.
What kind of psychological state do you have to be in to be able to do that? I can't imagine.
Also, do famous people tend to have really big heads and exaggerated features? I feel like next to all of the "normal people", they all look kind of weird and cartoonish.
oops, we have an open thread
#groupthink
#groupthink
Spinal Tap.
What??
He's a Muppet who lives on Sesame Street and is not on The Muppet Show. Some Muppets live in Fraggle Rock. There's a whole Muppet universe.
