Deconstructing Disney

[via Jezebel]

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What’s in a Name

For whatever reason, Jezebel has dedicated a post entirely to the name Emily.

Here’s their description:

On the surface, Emily is a cute name, a little name. Like Molly, it has that -ly ending that makes it sound sweet, childlike, pixieish. And when I picture an Emily, she is cute. She wears the aforementioned pigtails — she may even be able to pull them off past the age of 18. She’s got freckles, and she probably owns a pair of Mary Janes. But beneath her adorable exterior lurks evil. It’s not a bitchy, mean-girl type of evil, though. It’s an evil that can be kind of awesome — as long as you’re not on the wrong side of it.

I think I kind of like this description. Sweet with a hint of evil.

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More on Tucker Max

Great post on Jezebel about Tucker Max. A few of my favorite quotes:

It really is refreshing that someone has the courage to call a girl a “slut” for once in this repressive climate where women’s sexual behavior goes un-judged and un-commented upon. And that someone’s finally speaking up for all the silenced frat boys of the world.

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Frankly, if Max is able to make money by putting misogyny on film as well on his blog, it’ll be about as surprising as dudes drinking beer out of both bottles and cans.

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