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Conchie Birdie
10/29/09

In reply to People Said To Face Cuts
Ok, I can understand layoffs ANYWHERE else, but People?!?!?! What has America come to?! #peoplemagazine
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aurora*raby
05/26/09

In reply to Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead
Mmm, the phone just started ringing again: More print work is on the way.
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Mediahohoho
05/26/09

In reply to Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead
Larry Hackett is one of the good guys and I think the point of the People story is that the magazine is doing really well in a terrible environment. So maybe print isn't dead after all.
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HiredGoons
05/26/09

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I like baseball (players' pants!)
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unclevanya
05/26/09

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You will take baseball from me when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

This I vow to my future husband David Wright and my Mets.
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BxgrlJeri
05/26/09

@unclevanya: love baseball, like David Wright, hate the Mets

so we have some common ground, no?
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Cheap Shot
05/26/09

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Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead So That We Can Justify Our Existence.
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Kid Twist
05/26/09

In reply to Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead
The weather has been good this spring. Even we hardcore baseball fans would prefer doing something outdoors to enduring three hours of Joe Buck and Timmah McCarver. (And thanks for making me click five times to read like six sentences).
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TedSez
05/26/09

In reply to Let Us Count The Ways That Print Is Dead
The L.A. Times had already turned its Sunday magazine over to notorious local hack Annie Gilbar, who converted it into a shallower-than-ever mix of ad-friendly junk features and overpriced fashion. This new magazine seems to have been just an extension of the same product, so killing it won't really make a difference in the paper's vastly diminished quality one way or another.
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rajmahall
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
For all those whining about Rihanna's response to this mess: at one point does a 21-year-old pop starlet magically develop a sense of self-worth independent of the powerful men in her life? Because it's unclear to me how a woman's agency is supposed to develop normally if as an adolescent she's mired in the hopelessly deep BS of some ultra-strict conformist society, like, ya know, the music industry.

But, please go on about how Rihanna has exactly one chance to make the right decision, after which your sympathies will instantly dry up because she's clearly an idiot, etc.
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AwakenedDesires
02/28/09

@rajmahall: Agreed. And why are we focusing on Rihanna as if she bears total responsibility? Why aren't we directing our indignation at Chris? There is something wrong with the fact that we just accept that abusers can keep being violent. I cannot believe people are trying to blame the the victim for the violence used against her. What kind of messages are we sending to abusers if we believe that the victim does not deserve sympathy if she goes back? Basically we are saying that it is okay for the abuser to keep being violent if the victim returns. I imagine the world would be a much safer place if violent people didn't get to hide behind these sorry justifications.
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bess marvin, girl detective
02/28/09

@AwakenedDesires: i agree, but i'm concerned that chris' legal shift is now to blame rihanna for starting the fight first, so while privately he may be promising to never beat her again, publicly he is more than willing to throw her under the bus. at the point, what more evidence does she need? it's too sad.
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Novaload
02/28/09

@AwakenedDesires: The message is not sent to the abusers; it's to the victim, who has the freedom to go back or not go back--even if it means getting some--gasp!--therapy to help figure it out. Or get beaten up again. People who "support" the return as naive or inevitable or whatever--but "support" her--are enabling the future abuse.

A friend of mine said, if you are in a relationship and something happens that you would be embarrassed to tell your best friend or parents because they would think you are stupid to be with such a person--that's the red flag that tells you to go.
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Colonel Mustard
02/28/09

@rajmahall: Agreed, and thank you.

@bess marvin, girl detective: The most disgusting things I've read in response to this tragic affair have all included some version of, "It's really unfortunate; I know how it feels when a woman gets on your case, but you know, you just can't hit them."

Absolutely disgusting. As if it takes some kind of superhuman self-control not to beat senseless the woman you purport to love before throttling her into unconsciousness, all because she thinks you might be cheating on her. And the "she provoked him into it" implications? Those people suck.
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Cheap Shot
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
There will be no ass kicking. That's what poors do because they have nothing to lose. If you have millions, you won't risk getting sued for assault.

I believe her going back. I went back to my gf over and over in college, even when she knocked me out with her book bag. why? crazy little thing called love.
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el smrtmnky
02/28/09

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What's love got to do with it 2: Electro Boogaloo

Hollywood loves a sequel
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KristaJulieva
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
If she's dumb/deluded enough to get back with her abuser, do we still have sympathy for her? I mean, the next time this happens, it will be like, he's still a piece of shit, and I guess she's just oblivious.
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oopsidoo
02/28/09

@KristaJulieva: i think the politically incorrect answer is, even if you're dumb, or just naive and young, it doesn't mean you deserve abuse. So yes, you're still worthy of sympathy.
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Stream Of Consciousness
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
Really?? I would find it really hard to feel sympathetic to her if this is true and Chris Brown's punk ass beats her again.
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AwakenedDesires
02/28/09

@StreamOfConsciousness: Why? Think assimilation. Presumably up until this point she has known him as the sweet guy that she loves. No doubt she is upset, but he comes back to her begging forgiveness, telling her he is so sorry and it will never happen again. To reconcile the abuse he dealt her with the loving boyfriend that she knows him to be, she is able to rationalize it as an isolated incident-- he was going through a stressful time then, he's learned his lesson, etc. Basically, her prior history with him and his supplicating for forgiveness could outweigh the recent abuse and cause her to believe it won't happen again.

She is emotionally invested in the relationship. It is not black and white. The abuse does not define the entire relationship for her, and so she is able to believe it won't happen again. That is not a reason to suggest she would be asking for it.
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Colander
02/28/09

@Eclisped by Life: True. If I allowed my emotions to replace logic, I would be in so many fucked situations right now.
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bess marvin, girl detective
02/28/09

@AwakenedDesires: In case you haven't heard, Rihanna told police that this isn't the first time Chris has hit her, so yeah, this is hardly an isolated incident.
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BxgrlJeri
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
Well Diddy allowed them to hole up together in his private place so CB could totally brainwash her into coming back. Diddy is a tool too.
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VoxPopuli
02/28/09

In reply to Rihanna Allegedly Back With Swingin' Chris Brown
I just noticed the "redrum" T-shirt now. Nice touch.
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