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I know, I know. Kanye ran as an Independent. But everyone knows Jared Kushner recruited him in 2020 to do so as a useful idiot to help Republicans. Their misguided, racist thinking was that, blacks are so stupid, a significant percentage of them would waste their vote on Kanye just because he’s a black rapper.… Read more.
No doubt you saw images of Kim Kardashian channeling Marilyn Monroe at the annual Met Gala last month. The reason she was such a sight to behold is that Kim completely transformed herself to fit into the dress Marilyn wore when she famously serenaded Happy Birthday to JFK. Perhaps in unwitting homage to the Lee… Read more.
‘How come that dude gets all of these, like, hot women?’ the senator asked. ‘Pete Davidson was dating Kate Beckinsale — I mean, you’re talking Underworld. You’re talking, like, super hot vampire in black leather trench coat, and you’re like, ‘Really? The SNL dude? Like, wow.’’ (Rolling Stone May 21, 2022) And now he’s dating… Read more.
I am loath to comment on the antics and rantings of a mentally disturbed man. But when that man commands as much media attention as Kanye West does, it would be malpractice for any social critic to fail to comment. Well, that was my justification for previous commentaries like “President Obama Is Right, Kanye Is… Read more.
This blog is replete with commentaries exposing the fashion industry’s Marie-Antoinette sense and sensibility, antebellum notion of beauty, and nakedly prurient appeal. Indeed, regarding this last point, cognitive dissonance is such that the best-dressed women these days are often the least dressed. But I have decried everything from mannequins strutting their skinny bones on catwalks… Read more.
When Donald Trump first began commanding media attention with talk about running for president, I wrote the prescient commentary “Trump for President? Don’t Be a Sucker!” April 8, 2011, hence today’s title. One name explains why Trump ran, and why Kanye might run: Barack Obama. With respect to Trump, the die was cast when Obama… Read more.
Kim Kardashian West met with President Donald Trump and other officials, including senior adviser Jared Kushner, at the White House on Wednesday to discuss prison reform. ‘It is our hope that the President will grant clemency to Ms. Alice Marie Johnson who is serving a life sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense,’ Kardashian West… Read more.
Social media platforms are replete with people venting outrage. And nothing commands coverage in mainstream media these days quite like an outrage going viral on social media. Except that such outrage often stems from little more than human herds banging out ignorant snark on their smart phones. Only this explains the viral outrage among black… Read more.
I’ve been ranting for years about the way postings on social media offend all notions of decency, talent, intimacy, and intelligence. Such commentaries as “Why I Hate Twitter,” February 1, 2013, “Keep Your Selfies to Yourself … Puhleeease!” April 7, 2014, and “Facebook Friends? Try Facebook’s Guinea Pigs,” July 8, 2014, attest to this. I didn’t… Read more.
A Whitney Houston sex tape is the last thing the public needs. Frankly, this smacks of peddling necrophilia. After all, Houston was little more than a walking corpse when her cad of a lover recorded the tapes in question. Now she’s dead, and unable to defend her honor. Whitney Houston sex tapes Ray J was… Read more.
