Well, apart from the fundamental dumb fuckery of it, it seems like they're saying men can only do two things if women are in combat roles: treat them like damsels in distress, or rape them. It's actually pretty insulting to men, too.
I thought one of the 12 steps was to make amends. Kim Richards's bullshit grudge against Brandi, to whom she behaved like a world class bitch, suggests to me she's not really there.
Chris Brown was the only performer last night that seemed to be lip syncing, so it was really just a dance performance. And even if you could somehow justify having him on at all, why did it have to be twice? I'd have much preferred to see Bon Iver.
On a day when Prop 8 was deemed unconstitutional, you thought it was worth our time to read about...your hatred of cheese. I have been a long time reader and starred commenter on Gawker, and had high hopes that the new regime would reinject some vigor to this site. I also have been a follower of Brian's and watched as, under the apparent salutary watch of Richard Lawson, he blossomed from a sometimes shallow cat caller to a feeling and human observer of events and culture. From the dada-esque "if you comment on this we will ban you" post today to this, I think everyone has lost the plot. I was going to wait to say something, to register a protest, but driving home tonight I listened to Donald Hall at the end of an NPR Fresh Air segment say that he had no idea if his ideas would last -- that he had seen too many writers taken up as important in his time only to watch as they fell from fashion and favor. For whatever reason, I though of what Gawker has become, and it made me sad. Can't you strive for something more interesting, more of value, more lasting than "I [fucking] hate cheese"? Don't you want to offer up something to the digital universe that matters more than this?