76. She Ate, She Prayed, She Pulled That Book

This week, we tackle:

• Elizabeth Gilbert’s para-social relationship with her fans

• Do we have a Goodreads problem?

• Victimhood as status, online campaigns as feel-good mirage

• The toughness of the Ukrainians

• Will Sarah defend Elizabeth Gilbert? Yes, she will.

• Stories of our fake sick days

• A grieving widow finds herself on the wrong side of Sharon Waxman

• Our Moderate MILF watched “The Idol,” and she has thoughts!

• Is HBO’s new show a critique of our hyper-sexualized world, or a victim of it?

• Remember when sex didn’t require fetish, kink, and props?

• The wild backstage drama on “The Idol” according to Rolling Stone

• Which Britney Spears was the hottest Britney Spears? (Oh baby baby …)

• Tom Wolfe gives a wedgie to the world

• The greatness that is Rick Rubin