Why shouldn't a stripper wear reading glasses?
I get that John Mayer is annoyed by an unconfirmed, shoddily-reported story suggesting he and Jennifer Aniston may be back together, but why does he need to slide into sexism to make his point?
The reason I’m calling you out instead of all the other magazines that make stories up out of thin air is that In Touch and Star Magazine aren’t concurrently writing pieces about Pat Tillman or WikiLeaks. Those other rags know who they are, and even if they’re obnoxious, I’d rather have to live with them because they (and the rest of the world) know where they stand, which doesn’t make them one tenth as dangerous as you are. You’re a stripper wearing reading glasses. Or maybe you’re an insolvent law student willing to dance for a few extra dollars. Either way, it’s uncomfortable to watch you try to wrap yourself around a pole when you have that C-Span scar.
Wait, what? How does that casual misogyny help make your case? How does it help explain why HuffPo is “dangerous?” I assume his point is that, in reporting on “serious” news, HuffPo projects an imputed credibility. But his sneering derision for women hardly helps make that point, or gives him any credibility himself. And the C-SPAN/C-section joke does not scan. And is also sexist (sorry pregnancy is complicated and some women have to have giant incisions cut in their stomachs to remove the baby! Hope it’s not too much of an eyesore for you there, John!).
The gist: Just as John Mayer would like HuffPo to pick between being a “serious” news site and writing about celebrities, just as a stripper should pick between twirling around on a pole and having complications from pregnancy. He’d also like to make “edgy” jokes that are closer to offensive than funny. Doesn’t he realize that hunky musicians look terrible in reading glasses? Either way, it’s uncomfortable to watch him try to wrap himself around a joke when he has that A-hole scar. Wait, that doesn’t make sense. Maybe C-sucker?
Well said. It’s funny, in a way, to watch John Mayer be all serious. Like, he knows what the Huffington Post reports on when it’s not posting stories about celebrities and shit.
John Mayer is a prick. We knew of his tooliness when that racist playboy interview came out, and he seems to enjoy proving his douchery again and again. What pisses me off about John Mayer and our culture is that our short attention spans have completely exonerated him for that without even a mea culpa publicity stunt, and these sexist comments will also go overlooked. I suppose when you’re a celebrity, accountability only applies halfway, and only when you try to swim against the centralized current that is CISgender, white, Christian, able, and male. -Chris
It’s fairly remarkable how little he seems to learn from his mistakes. Agreed.
I posted mainly because I thought changetheratio’s response to his sexist yammering was hilarious and spot on … but I can’t say I do anything except try to ignore John Mayer. Yech.
Even his one remotely socially redeeming song—that one about fathers treating their daughters well—has a subtext that’s entirely about him getting some. The entire song is basically a complaint that the girl he’s trying to date was fucked up by her father, thereby making things hard for him, with her. He’s a classic narcissist—and, of course, laughably sexist to boot.
