Headache

Wanted to lie down because of a headache, but instead...

How To Make A Rape Joke

"Part of progress is constantly reevaluating yourself and owning up to your shit. Here, I'll start. I made a rape joke once and I genuinely regret it. Two years ago, in my review of Sex and the City 2, I wrote:

SATC2 takes everything that I hold dear as a woman and as a human—working hard, contributing to society, not being an entitled cunt like it's my job—and rapes it to death with a stiletto that costs more than my car.

I chose "rape" on purpose at the time—because it's gendered and jarring and I wanted to convey the severity of my disgust, as a woman, with that fucking garbage movie. But if I wrote that review today, would I write it the same way? Nope. I would probably write "bludgeoned." Because right now, as I see it, there is no systematic cultural influence that leads to the mass bludgeoning of people. I would not be contributing to a culture of bludgeoning. I, Lindy West, am sorry."

And then...

The Mrs. Brigstocke World Rape Tour

Followed by....

Googling Helen of Troy

and

Helen by H.D.