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New York Writer Would Really Like To Screw Around On His Wife

Philip Weiss really wants to fuck tattooed 20-something waitresses. The problem is, he's married. He decided to write a several-thousand word story for New York full of anecdotal evidence, pseudo-science, and cautionary tales meant to explore why marriage has never quelled his desire for firm, unknown flesh. When I first read it I was furious — mostly because Weiss expects sympathy for his "condition." He begins the essay by saying 'When the Eliot Spitzer scandal broke in March, I had only sympathy for him: another middle-aged married guy tormented by his sexual needs. I’m 52 and have always struggled with the desire for sexual variety." He goes on to plead for a more open society, one in which it is not seen as morally suspect to have sex outside of marriage. And yeah, he says a lot of misogynistic things, including comparing all wives to Yoko Ono (which in addition to being sexist is soooo trite), but I couldn't even get that angry about it, because I was too depressed about the way he talks about marriage in general, and his marriage in particular. More »

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In Which We Get Closure With Self-Promotional Whore David Seaman

"I thought this would be much more vitriolic than it actually is," wrote ousted Jezebel intern David Seaman, to my Facebook account. "I guess I'm not mad, just a little confused. And about to go out and get hammered." Wait a second, me too! I texted the ex-intern I once dubbed D-Splooge. We agreed to meet for a drink.
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