John Durant compares Rotherham abuse coverage vs JLaw nudes

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http://twitter.com/#!/johndurant/status/507322841402834946 You would think that erudite progressive sites like Jezebel and Slate would eschew the “war on women” angle for tacky celebrity scandals about nude pictures—especially when there’s a story out there about sexual abuse run rampant. Rotherham child sex scandal case of ‘not wanting to rock the multicultural community boat’ Author and Paleo lifestyle guru John Durant took a […]

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The Trouble With “It Girls”

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We’ve used the term for nearly a century. But what does it tell us about the way we label women and their work? View this image › Matt Baron / BEImages / Getty Images / BuzzFeed News On the cover of the February issue of Vanity Fair, Rosamund Pike gives her best icy blue-eyed Grace […]

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Those Jennifer Lawrence Pictures Aren’t Scandalous

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Why Jennifer Lawrence’s “dirty” photos shouldn’t — and probably won’t — make you think differently about her. View this image › Lucy Nicholson / Reuters More than 60 years ago, an It girl not dissimilar to Jennifer Lawrence also had highly suggestive and topless photos emerge into the public sphere, just as her career was […]

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