Jessica Hopper on Taylor Swift, Grimes, and Lana Del Rey

I missed this last month but am so happy I didn't miss it forever. You should all go read Jessica Hopper's @jesshopp touching and groovy story from Pazz and Jop linked herein.

So it is only natural that young female artists engage us and communicate with their image(s) as much as they do with their music. Image is perhaps an even more effective vehicle for their expression than songs. No girl escapes teenhood without a keen awareness of exactly how the world sees her, what it expects of her; she knows the weight of the world's desire down to the ounce.

I long for a day when feminist writing is no longer necessary, and am sad that it is, but if lessons still need to be learned, Jessica's a very good teacher.

Also, I really enjoyed the Lana Del Rey album and found the whole thing pretty ridiculous. The music's not groundbreaking, and neither is the music, but I don't need my head rearranged by every pop album I purchase. I thought Kristen Wiig was brilliant in her parody, poking fun of Lana but really slapping the overreacting snobs.

Full list of SNL's "Fox & Friends" Corrections Scroll

These scrolled by really quickly at the end of the goofy "Fox and Friends" skit. Thanks for inventing the DVR whoever did that, and mostly thanks to Popwatch at EW for saving me the typing on this, cuz I was gonna...

Transitions lenses do not reverse the gender of your eyes.
Sandy Duncan did not “sponsor” the hurricane.
There are many black people, not just one who is a master of disguise.
Brian Kilmeade did not invent the term “smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.”
Not all pigs are born with human feet.
Angela Merkel is not the female version of Steve Urkel.
It is permissible to say the word “Mexican” on television.
There is no celebrity named Rape Romano.
Condoms work every day of the week. Not just Tuesdays.
Trees do not have bones.
There are a finite number of people in China.
Burritos are not “male tacos.”
The Constitution is a living document, but it cannot walk around.
Chef Boyardee is not the Prime Minister of Italy. He is the Vice President.
Paul Ryan is not faster than a cheetah.
FEMA is not slang for female.
Many Hispanics own their own cars.
The Statue of Liberty was not a gift from Santa.
At no point has Dorf been the number one golfer in the world.
Lance Armstrong did not trade a testicle for steroids.
Michael J. Fox does not have “multiple sandwiches.”
Apple Maps is not a map showing where the apples are.
8 is a multiple of 4.
Women’s vaginas are below their waists.
“Kris Krostie” is not Chris Christie with his pants on backwards.
Afi Komen was never the U.N. Secretary General.
Haitian does not mean “half-Asian.”
Last Wednesday was Halloween. Not a “ghost invasion.”
Mr. Met has never announced a preference for any religion over the other.
Chef Boyardee is not the Vice President of Italy.

The 'Mats on SNL

I hadn't seen these before. Live on SNL 1986.

Thanks to Red Red Wine On A Sunday for keeping these up.


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