![]() I so very much hope it is exhausting, and worse. It must be exhausting, supporting a collapsing ideological industry put in place to protect your power and privilege on the basis of what other people do with their bodies. ![]() Maybe There’s Nothing Natural About Motherhood They had reputations, but they accrued those reputations in a world where women are systematically disadvantaged compared to men. We don’t contact the usual suspects because we’ve made some objective assessment of their worth, but because they were the easiest people to contact. My favorite phrase from Ed Yong’s detailed account of his two-year project to balance representation of men and women among the sources for his reporting? “Anyone can do this.” If you’re looking for a how-to, this is a great place to start - and excellent debunking of the standard-issue reasons not to. I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories Bewilderment and anger collide in their minds as they stare at you. All you do is ask a customer to reswipe their card and you’d think from their expression that you just told them their best friend has drained their bank account. They’re vulnerable, captive to our abilities, bound to expectations that don’t always play out as smoothly as expected. Gas stations are convenience stores, a title that’s taken literally by customers who need to be somewhere else five minutes ago. Kristen Peterson’s piece on working at a convenience store in Las Vegas is a rare example of the “I took a low-paid job” essay that’s thoughtful and respectful - the viewpoint of a resident of the job, not a tourist. Settle in for a while we saved you a seat. Per subsequent screenshots, Bieber may have responded to Gomez’s alleged comment, citing “people that used me for attention and still try to point the finger this way,” and Gomez may have responded to that comment (yes, we know, spreadsheets and flow charts are needed here), allegedly writing, “Funny how the ones that cheated multiple times, are pointing the finger at the ones that were forgiving and supportive.Each week, the Sunday Post highlights a few articles we enjoyed this week, good for consumption over a cup of coffee (or tea, if that’s your pleasure). They love you.” (She, per Buzzfeed, may have later edited the comment so that the last sentence read, “They love you and supported you before any one ever did.”) This is the comment which trigged the aforementioned “party,” and which galvanized the Gomez fan base. Per widespread screenshots (which, again, are difficult to verify), Gomez-who, as we know, once dated Bieber-commented on Bieber’s picture, “If you can’t handle the hate then stop posting pictures of your girlfriend lol –it should be special between you two only. Here is where things get a bit confusing. On the final picture of the six, Bieber wrote, as a caption, “I’m gonna make my Instagram private if you guys don’t stop the hate this is getting out of hand, if you guys are really fans you wouldn’t be so mean to people that I like,” referencing the negative comments that had been directed at Richie on the network. The pair have been popping up on each other’s Instagram accounts for a bit now, but, on Sunday, Bieber posted six straight photos of himself and Richie, pictured in the backseat of a car. Bieber has been traveling with 17-year-old Sofia Richie (daughter of Lionel sister of Nicole) for a few weeks now, and the two were in Tokyo this weekend. ![]() Let’s try and break down a bit what went on: This is all to say, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are making a whole lot of headlines this morning for “sparring” on the social-media platform, generating enough attention that the hashtag “#SelenaEndedJustinParty” was trending for most of Sunday evening on Twitter. But sometimes, in these cases, it doesn’t even seem to matter all that much which comments are real and which ones aren’t, as the saga plays out mostly for the fans, an outlet for them to express their fierce loyalties (with emoji and otherwise). It is always hard to pin down what exactly is real and what is fake or fan-made, additionally considering that so often the celebrities in question (allegedly) delete comments they make on other celebrities’ (or fans’) posts. Any celebrity-related drama that hinges on screenshots of Instagram comments-shared on Twitter (and then retweeted) (and retweeted some more) by fan accounts-is a bit hard to parse.
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