How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend in 64 Easy Steps
How I found this video: 1. It’s late-ish Sunday night. 2. I am working on an interview for The Rumpus.
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So the English University of Bath did a study and found that Barbie abuse is common among girls between 7 and 11. My daughter (4) went through a period of…
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BitchCraft: Undone
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The Girlfriend Experience and Why We Are All in Grave Danger
Steven Soderbergh’s new movie combines porn’s storylessness with the brutality and bad improv of Reality tv, in an assault on complexity and honesty.