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more about #complicatedconversations more comments → kookla: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is what I've been trying to say since this whole incident occurred. We all know what Chris did was inexcusably ... more » effgeevee: I RIDICULE YOU, CHRIS BROWN. Do you hear? I ridicule your selfish self-satisfied face. Bloody heck. This was the first time I'd watched him, at all, ... more » Jenloveshercurves: What? A haunting reminder of lessons learned and love lost? It's a haunting reminder that this young man doesn't understand that because he beat the... more » LaComtesse: Here: you might find this useful. more » Hooplehead: Fuck this smug, clueless, self-involved, vicious, self-pitying, pathologically selfish, emotionally stunted whiny asshole. Go away, Chris Brown. No ... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: There's just nothing he can say that can take it away, and all this talk makes me think that he believes--or his handlers believe--that if they can ju... more » Tchotchke: All I could think as I watched this interview last night was how incredibly dumb Chris Brown sounds in interviews. I was impressed by Rhianna; I thoug... more » IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: Paid his dues? With a soft sentence of community service and anger management classes. It upsets me that celebs will sometimes get special treatment (... more » SydTheKyd: Chris Brown can kiss my ass for all I care. Beating a woman is unforgivable enough, but the fact that he tries to play victim is absolutely disgustin... more » Pantra: I'm one of those people who have no interest in even Googling someone, and I hate it when someone Googles me. I've had cashiers and baristas, total st... more » suck_it_monkeys: Excellent analysis, Jenna. I can definitely relate to the underlying tendency to obsess over people who meant a great deal to me in the past and are n... more » roslyn taber: one interesting thing i feel like no one's touched on is that Jenna is focusing on people who cheated on her -- i feel like in those kinds of cases, t... more » laureltreedaphne: I cannot stop checking my boyfriend's ex's Facebook page. It drives me crazy but I can't stop doing it. I also have a friend who I broke off contact... more » BytheSea: Why would you want to stalk your ex's new thing online? What does that do for you? How is obsession and brooding adding anything positive to your life... more » Bgirl_Hamster: Anyone remember that Keeping Up with the Kardashians episode where Kim hacked into Khloe's man's voicemail? I hope for them that the whole thing was f... more » -
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The Chris Brown Redemption Tour Just Keeps Getting Worse
Chris Brown is really sorry for "what went down" with Rihanna, you guys. He's so sorry that he spent the majority of his 20/20 undermining her statements on the incident while promoting himself for the swell guy he really is. More » -
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Common Ground: Understanding Ali Wise, Ex-Girlfriend From Hell
With a blonde protagonist in a hated profession in a despised industry, the Internet, and the motivation of jealousy, it's no wonder the Ali Wise scandal — for which the ex-publicist is now facing felony charges — has commanded attention.
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Gender, Pregnancy, Prison: Legal And Ethical Tangles
After being arrested in 2005 for forging checks, Amber Lovill failed multiple drug tests while on probation. After failed yet another drug test while pregnant, she was jailed for the good of the child. Activists say this constitutes gender discrimination. More » -
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What Does "America's Sweetheart" Really Mean?
Yesterday, we posted about Melanie Oudin, the 17-year-old tennis player who has been deemed the "savior of tennis" and "America's sweetheart," but several commenters brought up a valid point: why her, and why now? More » -
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Domestic Violence Is Hilarious, You Guys
I tuned in to the new show Tosh.0, which is essentially The Soup with internet clips instead of television clips, and was turned off when they insisted on replaying a clip wherein a man smacks his wife—hard. More » -
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A Woman Stabs Her Boyfriend And All The Media Can Focus On Is Pop-Tarts
18-year-old Catheline Marie Colon has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after stabbing her boyfriend, Shawn Andrews, 19, with a steak knife after he reportedly refused to let her have a Pop-Tart. More » -
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Why Are Teenage Girls The Only Ones Expected To Be Appalled By Dating Violence?
There are so many frustrating elements about this New York Times article on dating violence and teenage girls that one is not even sure where to begin. But let's give it a whirl, shall we? More » -
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Law & Order: SVU: Reproducing Rape Myths Or Working Against Them?
Shakesville's Melissa McEwan has a great piece about the television series Law & Order: SVU. She concludes that the negative aspects of the show greatly outweigh the positives. I'm not so sure. More » -
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How To Talk About Domestic Violence
Former sex-crimes prosecutor and novelist Linda Fairstein has written an essay for the Daily Beast called "Next Time, He'll Kill You, directed to Rihanna. The problem? She uses Nicole Brown Simpson as a cautionary tale. More » -
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Rihanna And Chris Brown: What Happens Now?
About a month ago, Dodai posed some big questions regarding Rihanna and Chris Brown's relationship. And now that reports are swirling that Rihanna has, indeed, gotten back together with Brown, more questions have come up. More » -
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Again, Let's Stop Pretending Aasiya Hassan's Murder Is About Islam
The news that Muzzammil Hassan decapitated his wife Aasiya Hassan left far too many people dropping the words "honor killing" and intimating that his crime was somehow prompted by his religion. More » -
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Teenagers Claim It's "Rihanna's Fault"
A reader tipped us to this Chicago Tribune article, wherein teenage girls claim that not only are they not surprised by the violent attack Rihanna has suffered, but they actually blame her for her injuries. More » -
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The Many Sad Truths About Domestic Violence
Leslie Morgan Steiner's memoir details how she was assaulted 20 times before leaving her abusive marriage. In a Q&A with Newsweek she says: "I thought it only happened to poor women with children and without options." More » -
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Murder Of Muslim-American Woman Sparks Media Frenzy
Sometime last week, Aasiya Hassan, 37, filed for divorce. Several days later, she was dead. On Thursday, her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, went to the police and told them where they could find the body. More »
