From now on, you can't use the term "bromance" about two people unless they are actually bros in a romance. Those are the new rules.
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Pretty much anytime someone I know lands a new book deal, after my initial feelings of being incredibly happy for them have abated, I think, “LESLEY WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU LESLEY WHY HAVEN’T YOU SOLD A SECOND BOOK YET LESLEY.” This is Erfolgtraurigkeit.
issues
Yeah, so I spent a lot of money to eat by myself in an unfamiliar restaurant in a city where I don't live. And it was great.
sexual attention
I DO find sexual attention immensely validating, and that plays into everything from the way I dress to my choice of career.
celebrities
Is it a crime to be wealthy and talk about juice too much?
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Apr 23, 2013 at 10:00am | 146 comments
issues
This is a story about when music is survival.
pop culture
A question I get asked a lot as someone who talks about pop culture from the perspective of a critic who roots my work in social issues, namely: does pop culture (and television in particular) have a responsibility to educate the audience?
dating
I am not some census-taking dick measurer, OK?
selfies
Most of the time, I post a selfie because I think I look pretty -- today/in this light/in this lipstick/in this outfit.
music
Yesterday would have been Nina Simone's 80th birthday, so I'm telling you about one of my favorite artists ever.
racism
Where she gets off acting like stereotypes and falsehoods are the god given truth is beyond me. She herself is part of a minority group that gets persecuted on the daily on shows like "Fox and Friends."
botox
I know it's not youth-culture-worshipping-approved, but I will be the first to tell you that I will be 40 in three years. I am not "perpetually 30," and I'm just fine with getting a little help from Botox along the way.
issues
"Zero Dark Thirty" is a movie about violence and torture and obsession, but I kind of wanted to get up and cheer. Being a first-generation Middle Eastern American is weird and complex and conflicting like that.
race
The movie's insidious message inspires people to write things like: "Red Dawn makes me so racist to Asians now!! #imracist."
jobs
It’s hard not to drop the laundry basket and ask, “What the hell am I doing here?”
issues
Before submitting this story, I did a search for "cab" on xoJane. To my surprise and horror, Emily had a very similar experience with someone who must have been the exact same cab driver six or seven years ago, which means he is probably still out there.
rape
Making the point that people with jobs in journalism have no business speculating about the truthfulness of rape allegations is well worth losing some steady work over.
issues
When a girl who runs a thinspo blog uses your fat body's experience as a reason to starve herself, things just become a little bit clearer.
interracial relationships
I’d been with this man for nearly two-and-a-half years. How was I just now discovering that he’s one of those white people who have no clue about racism yet have the audacity to try to debate about it?
issues
Next thing you know, women will be demanding equal pay. I know, I know. INSANITY.
issues
“Girlfriend Mode?” You ask. “That can’t possibly be as offensive as it sounds?” Oh, but it can. Oh, but it is.
conflict resolution
A guy at the bar yelled "FAG" and I yelled... nothing.
