I realize that the Daily Fail's Liz Jones is nothing more than their brittle, humorless version of the Weekly World News' bright star, Ed Anger, but even knowing this, I still get riled reading her foul output. Which, I suppose, is why the Mail keeps printing her.
If you're not familiar with her oeuvre (love that word, though I always misspell it), Ms. Jones hates everyone and everything. Her neighbors, "friends," tattoos, fat, (proudly proclaiming herself "anorexic"), and this week she hates the fact that 43-year-old artist/filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood got knocked up by her 19-year-old boyfriend. (She's also pissed about this hateful old Irish broad who lost her mind over a different teen, but I'm not going to get into that one—read her column if you care.)
Never mind that Taylor-Wood's ex-husband spent most of last summer cavorting with 22-year-old Lilly Allen. What's good for the goose, is apparently not good for the gander. This is because:
. . . to be honest I don’t think the majority of women, once they are past the teenage crush period, even think about sex that much.
Apparently Liz and I don't run in the same circles, because my friends seem rather preoccupied by it. But no, according to Liz and her withered clitoral nub:
They put up with it, with the repetitiveness, the ridiculousness, the inconvenience and the inevitable disappointment, because it gets them to where they want to be: married, with children and someone to help shoulder the bills and dig the garden.
Sure we do, Liz. Or then again, maybe we just like the orgasms, cameraderie and occasional compliment.
Started to read it but couldn't finish. Who the fuck says "short trousers" anymore?
Posted by: SeanK | January 12, 2010 at 09:31 AM
Thanks for the link, Judy. Stay tuned for the takedown on HBI. Smooches, Morrigan
Posted by: Morrigan | January 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM
God, this is even better than I'd hoped: you've given me so much to work with! "..with no thought to what I was putting in my mouth..." "I do remember the first time I refused butter..." Hot damn! A veritable embarrassment of riches and I haven't even got past the first paragraph.
Posted by: Morrigan | January 16, 2010 at 10:59 AM