lindywest
Lindy West
lindywest

When I say "hater," I mean all the thoughtless disdain and body hate that Lena Dunham gets. I, too, am consistently disappointed by the way the show treats race, which is why I went out of my way to mention "Arfin-gate" and "Detroit-gate" and the fact that Dunham routinely pisses me off. I still think the show is Read more

Yeah, my bad. Reading too fast. But I like my version of it better anyway. Read more

Oh my god, THAT is the reference I was trying to remember! It was driving me crazy. Thank you. Read more

Because I'm clearly bitching about the nature of the coverage? Read more

I didn't criticize her. I criticized the fact that we keep asking her about it and it's boring. Read more

Yeah, that jumped out at me too, but I interpreted it the way you did. That he's not equating the two—he's just calling for solidarity between different marginalized groups. Read more

Yep, thanks! My boyfriend is a touring musician, but I didn't have the energy to fit this into the post. Also, I'm not totally certain that Gaga doesn't just want a mannequin with pink pubic hair. Because it's Gaga. Read more

It's fiction. She's not real. She can be any age. I made her elderly in one of the stories I made up. I'm 30. I have weird skin tags. These are jokes. Read more

Hopefully! The second movie was a fucking disaster, though. Read more

Poison vs. No Diggity = total Sophie's Choice Read more

Be the change you want to see in the world! Read more

Yeah, I'm not backing off—I'm just trying to assert that we can have nuanced conversations about complicated topics. You know? I'm so bored of being accused of baseless outrage about every single thing when, in fact, I made a careful point. Read more