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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    03:59 PM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    Yeah, I don't know. You're right -- it's a joke article. But I don't think you understand how obnoxious these jokes are to women -- the humor is predicated on us getting offended (that is, being humorless feminists). It's meant in jest, whatever -- it's still mean-spirited.

    (I'm predicting responses telling me to lighten up. So just a heads up: I'm just writing a comment on a blog. I'm pretty sure that's not taking the story super-seriously. I just find it annoying. Thanks.)
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    04:25 PM

    @eatsshootsleaves: Eh, I don't know. I wouldn't round up all the female readers under the "offended" banner. Granted, I'm chuckling at this prank piece with greater ease because I know Spencer Morgan on a personal and professional level: Whatever his sins may be, he's by no means a misogynist. Also, he's a consistently wonderful writer--which, in and of itself, oughta excuse pretty much everything, no?
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    Image of skeletonhead skeletonhead
    02:46 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    Not the second round of layoffs at Newseum. At least the third- but don't ask me how I know. They'll come after me but they won't kill me. They'll just force me to watch their "4D" movie until my eyes are pinwheels and I'm sobbing on the floor like Nellie Bly's asylum-mates.
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    Image of formergr formergr
    04:35 PM

    @skeletonhead: Ha! I may or may not have seen this movie, and somehow lived to tell the tale.
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    Image of freedc freedc
    01:37 PM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    This guy isn't even current. Like a week after people started using 'cougar,' the term 'puma' was coined as a younger cougar type. I remember this because I totally am a puma! You can't insult what you're proud of! Suck it, NY Observer.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    02:54 PM

    @freedc: I thought the PUMAs* were the batshit-insane Hillary Clinton-groping posse.

    *("Party Unity My Ass")
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    01:36 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    Is it more than a little scary that NPR is just catching up to the world of pop culture and now finds Justin T'lake dreamy? It's like awakening a Kraken after 15 years hungry for Pizza Bagels and new episodes of Blossom.
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    01:33 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    Looks like NPR is lovestoned.
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    Image of econdave econdave
    01:33 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    Now Rupert can suck up to a Middle Eastern prince like he sucks up to the Chinese.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    01:29 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    Nina Totenberg favors a 98 Degrees hoodie.
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    01:34 PM

    @AzureTexan: Michele Norris prefers her O-Town tanktop.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    01:38 PM

    @contradicto: And Renee Montagne? She can't part with her NKOTB scoopneck.
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    01:55 PM

    @AzureTexan: Diane Rehm STILL has her Beach Boys camisole.
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    Image of ndhapple ndhapple
    03:11 PM

    @AzureTexan: Bob Edwards STILL has his "Morning Edition was my show" sweater.

    (I still miss Bob Edwards and I'm too poor to fork over money for XM)
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    03:17 PM

    @ndhapple: Ha!
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    05:19 PM

    @ndhapple: So, do you listen to him on the weekends? At least in Chicago, he has a Saturday afternoon show on NPR.
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    Image of ndhapple ndhapple
    05:30 PM

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: It took KUT until last year to carry 'Wait... Wait...' The chances of Bob Edwards returning to our local NPR affiliate during my lifetime are slim to none.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    01:24 PM

    In reply to Justin Timberlake Loves Diane Rehm, OMG
    I'm fairly certain that the entire auto industry museum is now being operated out of the back of a Toyota Tundra.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    12:28 PM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    Lemme see if I got this right:

    Sklar posts a blog about Spencer Morgan's piece in which she quotes the Gawker blog about Spencer Morgan's piece that quotes her own blog about Spencer Morgan's piece.

    Whoa.
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    Edited by snugbug at 12/02/09 12:30 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of Aatom Aatom
    12:46 PM

    @snugbug: There's a trend piece about the new circle jerk craze in there somewhere.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    02:55 PM

    @snugbug: Zero Degrees of Separation.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    12:03 PM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    As long as they don't leave my fingers orange.
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    01:20 PM

    @Mount_Prion: Pleased to see you're doing a lot of finger-banging. Women love that!

    In a related story, I recall innocently sitting in homeroom at my (all-girls) high school when I overheard someone ask her friend if one can contract a yeast infection from being "fingered" if the gentleman doing the fingering had Cheeto dust on his paws. LIKE IT WAS A PERFECTLY NORMAL THING TO TALK ABOUT.
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    01:30 PM

    @sanyucat: Oy vey! Cheetos breath might be worse than Cheetos dust finger-banging. Although I once had a French boyfriend who consumed a plate of charcuterie with his bare hands before.. you know. The maneuver yielded no yeast infections. When in doubt, gents, go with French cured meats!
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    01:37 PM

    @snugbug: That makes me upset. Maybe because I'm a vegetarian.
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    01:42 PM

    @snugbug: Cheetos dust finger-banging

    Totally my new band name...
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    01:46 PM

    @sanyucat: Oh dearie, sorry to upset you. Just replace the suggested meat platter with vegetarian-safe pickled cornichons. Said Frenchman was a major gourmand and an utter delightful beast when it came to food/sex, so I'm pretty sure this erotic scenario played itself out in veggie-friendly instances, too.
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    Image of sanyucat sanyucat
    01:51 PM

    @snugbug: The thought of pickled cornichons being near my area also makes my skin crawl. Perhaps I am hopelessly repressed.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11:50 AM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    Goddamnit, Hamilton. Now I don't need to write anything more on this. THANKS.

    Also, anyone who gets mad about this is clearly projecting. The reason JC Penny's shoppers don't give a shit about Cintra Wilson walking into JC Penny's and trying to feed the mannequins lipitor is because (A) who the fuck is Cintra Wilson to them? (B) That's what they expect from the New York Times! and (C) they just know it isn't "true," or they don't care if it "is."

    #ScaredToLookAtJezebelRightNow
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12:05 PM

    @Foster Kamer: The Jezebel post JUST went up. Somebody hold me.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    02:58 PM

    @Matt Cherette: Can't.Go.Over.There...Danger.
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    11:40 AM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    Er, enough people have asked me if the article was about me for me to clarify: No. It wasn't. I never thought it was. I meant I'm tired of reading about how women in New York are portrayed in the Observer, and reeled off examples. In case anyone was concerned. Though how I look without makeup is a matter of taste, I guess.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11:57 AM

    @RachelSklar:
    Nice one, Vanity Smurf.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    12:14 PM

    @RachelSklar: Gorgeous is how you look, honey.
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    01:57 PM

    @RachelSklar: What about that Carly Simon song?

    You know, "Anticipation"?
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    11:38 AM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
     
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    11:37 AM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    Is a panther an African American cheetah or a cougar? Is Sarah Palin a lynx or puma? And what, by definition is an ocelot or a serval?

    Just want to get my woman/big cat metaphors straight.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11:33 AM

    In reply to Hisss! Grrrrowl! Article Goads Lady Cheetahs from Their Lairs, On Purpose
    The Observer headline starts with an onomatopoeia. That's how you know the article is gonna be good!
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11:34 AM

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: I get almost as much pleasure from saying "onomatopoeia" out loud as I do saying "whilst."
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11:58 AM

    @Matt Cherette: I had to look it up. And even then...
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    Image of SisterCarrie SisterCarrie
    12:02 PM

    @Matt Cherette: Different strokes, I guess. I find Americans who use the word "whilst" utterly effete and precious. It annoys the shit out of me.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    12:04 PM

    @SisterCarrie: I don't actually use the word in everyday conversation. All I meant is that it's fun/pleasurable to say, in a physical, my-tongue-is-rolling-all-cool-like-and-stuff sense.
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    12:31 PM

    @SisterCarrie: I feel the same way about "twixt".
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    01:20 PM

    @SisterCarrie: While we're on the subject, I hate when people use the word "utterly".

    And so it goes....
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    Image of blix blix
    01:49 PM

    @johnny_carsick: Literally?
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    02:22 PM

    @blix: Shut up, you fucking baby. :)
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    Image of SisterCarrie SisterCarrie
    03:48 PM

    @johnny_carsick: Haha. Fair enough. (What subject were we on again?)
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    Image of SisterCarrie SisterCarrie
    03:49 PM

    @A Message To Rudy: Methinks likewise.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    03:57 PM

    @SisterCarrie: It never ends up mattering much. We cannot be contained by mere topics!
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    Image of A Message To Rudy A Message To Rudy
    04:02 PM

    @SisterCarrie: This vexes me.
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