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11 hours ago, DudeLeaveMeAlone said:
Briana's sister Britney had an abortion the same time Briana was pregnant with Nova.
Okay, so follow her life as she goes on without a baby. Sadly, I'm not sure she'd be the best example of someone whose future will be saved by making that choice. Unless I'm missing something, she doesn't appear to have much going on. But wtf, one household and both daughters aren't using protection and getting pregnant? Nice work, mom.
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So I have a theory about MTV, and I am wondering who owns the company (I am currently too lazy to check) but they seem to be pushing a Religious Right agenda in their programming.
The other night I was watching Floribama Shore. (I know, I know....) If you haven't seen it the show consists of an almost Real World style set up with a bunch of young people living together in a house. Their activities are partying, clubbing, getting shitfaced wasted, hooking up with randos from the bars and then some real life drama thrown in - a pregnancy scare, past miscarriages, controlling boyfriends, dying family members. In the most recent episode Candace decides to open up to her housemates about her confusion over her "boo thang" "GatorJay231SouthsideGod", some doughy, lazy mess of a manbaby that seems to have all the charisma and intelligence of a sack of rocks. In her time of need, her housemates pray over her in a circle. In the next scene, the are headed to the bar to get wasted again, or peeing in the center console of a taxi, or having unprotected sex with someone. It's mind boggling to watch this hypocrisy in action. They are godly people, yet their every activity outside a few scenes of grace before a meal, or praying over someone, is absolutely contrary to the bible. And I'm not religious at all, and even I know that. I guess as long as you say you're a believer and pray every now and again, there's no problem.
In another scene, Kortni admits to having had a miscarriage and makes a big deal about finding a fetus in her underwear. And yet here she was again this season, thinking she might be pregnant. There is never any talk of abstinence or birth control, but while she is waiting for the results of her pregnancy test, she and the whole house are saying what a great mom she will be. There are no options for her, like abortion or even adoption, the only path that exists is motherhood.
The Teen Mom series follows a similar arc, with characters having drug and alcohol problems, unprotected sex, multiple partners/baby daddies etc. Every teen on the show decided to have their baby instead of aborting, and only one gave hers up for adoption. So we started out watching the struggles of some girls as they grappled with the realities of raising a child on their own, at least half of the dads being deadbeats. And they followed Caitlyn and Tyler even though they had given up their baby and were technically no longer teen parents. Why did they not include a girl who chose to abort? I mean, if the evangelicals believe personhood starts at conception, then even a woman who aborted would technically qualify as a mother, or in this case, a teen mom. Why not show the gamut of women's choices over their reproduction? If you can show Cait and Tyler without a baby, you certainly can show the life of the girl who chose to forgo the whole thing.
I have also been fascinated and repelled by the money and celebrity status placed on these women. First of all, while this might be considered "reality" TV, this is in no way a documentary series. It is unethical to pay for stories. I don't know about you but I have rarely seen a teen mom driving a Range Rover and going on vacations and buying new homes or starting their own businesses, unless she came from a wealthy family. They certainly don't walk red carpets at awards ceremonies. The reality is most teen moms struggle to get by. The most realistic teen mom story right now is Brittni, who lives at home with her mom and sister. But eventually as the money rolls in, that will change too. I have read the Bristol Palin will be paid 300K for her season of Teen Mom. Which leads me to this: MTV does not want girls to see the ugly reality of teen parenting. Teen Mom is not so much a cautionary tale as it is an advertisement for the anti abortion movement. They want a pregnant girl to believe that she can buy a nice house, drive a nice car and never have to put her kid in a crappy daycare and go to work. Because if she thought for a minute that it was going to be sleepless nights in a cheap apartment somewhere with hand me down furniture and a job at Walmart, they might not keep the pregnancy. And they fired the only cast member who stepped outside the lines and decided to exercise autonomy over her body by doing porn - Farrah. Yes, she was an awful bitch and must have been a nightmare to work with, but so are Kail and Jenelle and they're still employed. I actually believe that the religious right would approve of all of their behavior as long as they say they believe and don't abort their babies or do porn. That's what brings in the viewers. We come for the train wreck - the nudity, drinking, guns, unprotected hook ups, dead beat dads, heroin addicts and we don't even realize that we're being fed a specific message: Don't.Get.An.Abortion.
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On 8/22/2018 at 8:40 PM, malaluna said:
This will be the first season I won't be watching.
Yeah I'm done too. I haven't even been keeping up with the last season. I'm not interested in supporting anything with a Palin in it.
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I'm done. And it's making me want to skip watching the Challenge, too.
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On 7/15/2018 at 8:05 PM, dosodog said:
Truth be told, I don't think I like any of them anymore. Except for Cameron.
Except now Cameron is flogging crap on her social media like she said she would never do and took a bunch of people to task for in the past. Unfollowed.
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What is this show even about? I know doorknobs that are more compelling than these people. And what with the dude and his meth scabs all over his face?
I lived in savannah briefly and while it was a pretty little town it is not terribly safe or sophisticated.
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Cara Maria, how embarrassing.
Kailah is gross. She's got a shit personality and a fugly tattoo on her oversized shoulders.
Also, I noticed a shift in Cara during the last season. She was really struggling to be a big dog in the house. She lost a lot of power, and it shows this season.
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1 hour ago, Caseysgirl said:
How do we let MTV know that these Teen Mom shows are no longer doing what they set out to do 9 years ago; discourage teenager girls from getting pregnant?What they've done is give white trash people more money and exposure than they should ever have been given. They have all gone on to have MORE babies out of wedlock; they've had drug problems; trouble with the law; parenting issues and they've all ( and their associates) become spoiled divas. I blame the producers for giving these girls way too much power and no one intervening to tell them what would NOT be accepted. The addition of Briana and her family of low life toughies and Jenelle adding all her crazed boyfriends past and present has devolved this particular franchise into just what someone said," the Jerry Springer show".
I think we have to stop watching. We could also write mtv too. This show is a train wreck. Watching Kaiser in the middle of that shit show broke my heart. MTV and these women ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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6 hours ago, SuzyLee said:
For the first time since I started watching this craptastic show, I felt bad tonight for watching. When the drama only involves the girls, I don’t care. They’re grown women. They can be as trashy and pathetic as they like and it only hurts them. But when I see tiny, bald heads bobbing around helplessly between two screaming, cursing, grown-ass women lunging at each other, we have a serious problem. That’s just plain abusive, in my opinion. Their poor babies deserve better.
Every one of these women who threatened to leave the show should have been shown the fucking door. As if they would leave. Someone needs to pump the brakes on these bitches and remind them who paid for their huge houses and fancy cars. I see at least three girls who would be working minimum wage jobs right now if not for MTV. If you want to air your dirty laundry for public consumption, you’d better be ready to show all of it or head back home.
This. So much this.
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Anyone else think Craig might be gay and closeted? He said something about how he and his roommate were discussing getting a dog. First of all, why does he need a roommate? He's a grown man, with money, and housing isn't *that* expensive there, and why would you co-own a dog with someone unless you were together with them? I never saw any great chemistry between he and Naomi and he seems generally uninterested in pursuing women.
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Whenever I see Patricia in her flowing caftans and cocktails, I think of Madame.
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MTV has created a bunch of monsters. The exception is Chelsea and Cole. Kail is a hideous bitch. You’re done with Javi, you don’t have a say anymore about who he hangs out with. She’s taken over Farrah’s place as the most insufferable, demanding mom. I so wish that MTV would cancel this show.
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2 hours ago, Lantern7 said:
Here's the eBay site for Challenge items. The signed Grenade has the highest bid so far. Sadly, it's not an actual grenade. Probably.
About a month ago I found some Champs vs Stars items in a local thrift store here in Los Angeles. ?
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4 minutes ago, SPLAIN said:
I recall an episode where those two were talking about house hunting in California.
It is too expensive to live here in So. Cal. They could never afford a Crunch Wrap house here and the property taxes, something they don't bother paying back in Michigan.
They could afford something in Arizona though, don't you think?
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Here's a thought, maybe Catelynn and Tyler need to get the hell out of Michigan and move to Arizona. I used to have SAD when I lived in the Pacific NW and my mood got way better when I moved to California. I have a friend who moved from Cali to Michigan a few years ago and every winter she is miserable. They could both get away from their pasts a little and try something new. I'm always so shocked at the lack of creativity any of these people have about their lives. As much as I hate Farrah, she's the only one who gets off the couch and takes some chances.
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2 hours ago, Brooklynista said:
I hope Mackenzie's ultrasound showed she was having a dog. That's the only way this kid is gonna get any attention from Ryan.
I think I just wet my pants. hahahaha!
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What's the deal with Maci's little kids? They are always so unkempt. Messy hair, wet faces, grubby hands. Bentley is a clean handsome kid. And other moms have nice looking kids. But Jayde and Maverick look like little disease carriers. So gross.
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On 4/2/2018 at 8:05 PM, albarino said:
Guess I'm going to repeat post--who does not like fresh flowers? Seriously? Sheena doesn't because they die? Shenna doesn't like gifts? OKAY THEN!
I don’t like floral arrangements sent to me. I’ll occasionally buy some peonies or hydrangeas but things like cut roses do nothing for me. If my husband picked me some wildflowers on a walk i’d love that. But I do see them as a little wasteful and I’d rather just enjoy them living out in nature. And I don’t even want things for Valentines Day. I’m weird I guess.
And Schwartz is an alcoholic. He needs help.
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Ariana has become such a disappointment. She's gone from a seemingly confident outsider to an always slightly irritated snob. Is there anything that doesn't rub her the wrong way? And sorry Ariana, it's possible for you to love your brother *and* for him to be a creeper with women too. Don't be so quick to dismiss when many women are saying the same thing and there's actual footage of him being a little creepy. (Although I do agree that he was probably drunk at the wedding and had boundary issues.)
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1 hour ago, Lantern7 said:
Tonight, Devin got himself two things: a Grenade and a wheelbarrow for his mammoth erection.
haha, this.
And TJ should have sent the mean girls home. I'm surprised that Jemmye was part of that.-
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1 minute ago, rho said:
I'd hope they aren't charging you a cleaning fee on top of that!!
Some things are common sense like turning off lights and running the dishwasher before you go. But I'd be pretty skeptical about relying on guests to do laundry. If I saw that, the first thing I'd do is wash everything from the slobs that were here before me. And I sure as fuck am not gonna do it again when I leave.
Of course they did! The threat was if we didn't do all the other things they would add on a larger cleaning fee. Of course they didn't disclose this until after we had signed the contract and were in the rental. I hate Airbnb and VRBO with a passion. We have gotten screwed every single time. I have horror stories. Ant infestations, filthy mattresses with possible bed bug debris, dirty dishes in the cupboard. That last one we didn't even unpack, we called them and said we were checking out and we went to a hotel. And I'm like you, I wash everything before I use it. People are gross.
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1 minute ago, CaughtOnTape said:
I think this is a huge problem with how mental health is viewed in this country.
"Most people" would do what now? How does anyone know how "most people" handle anything? This reminds me of cops who come to people's houses and decide someone's family member slaughtered them because he didn't cry hard enough or show the proper amount of emotion. Cate had a miscarriage and from what I could tell it was for a kid she and Tyler desperately wanted. I don't think "most people" would handle that by just popping into their therapist twice a week and then getting on with their lives. Depression isn't something you handle when you get a minute. It takes over every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Which is where the disconnect comes in for those of us who don't suffer from it. The going attitude "Everyone has shit to deal with, what is so bad that you can't get your shit together?" is annoying and unhelpful to people who know very well they are annoying the hell out of everyone around them but they just can't pick themselves up. There is an underlying feeling of Cate having done this for attention and from what I saw, this was hardly a cry for attention. She wasn't living life, she wasn't getting back up, she was failing to cope. And she was talking about suicide. And putting her in a hospital for two or three days may have made her feel better for those two or three days....and then what?
What is more disruptive to their daughter? That her mother is gone for a month or that Nova walks into a room to see her mother crumpled on the floor in tears without warning every other day?
Every single friend I have ever known who has suffered a miscarriage suffers in silence because of this type of attitude and these types of judgmental questioning. And I, for one, don't think someone has to show an appropriate amount of - whatever - in order to check out of their life for a minute and figure it out. If you (I mean you in the general sense, not you as in YOU) don't get it, then don't get it...but stop making people feel like they are weak because of doing this. It takes an INCREDIBLE amount of strength to admit you can't handle things.
I feel for Cate and for Tyler, because watching it happen to someone you love isn't any better than living it. I wish them both healing. It was hard to watch.
I've had a miscarriage. I've also suffered from depression and anxiety. I had cancer. Life comes at you fast, as they say. Probably one of the best things I ever did for myself was to go to daily group therapy for a few months (not related to the miscarriage) and dealt with my issues in a way that I was actually given tools to go home everyday and start using them. Catelynn may be depressed but she's also immature and spoiled and doesn't take care of herself until she suddenly has to be flown off to "treatment."
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15 hours ago, rho said:
I've stayed in many rentals but none of them ever had a chore list. Are ALL the renters expected to complete the binder before they leave?
We stayed in a vacation rental in Oregon last spring and they had a binder and checklist and expected us to wash the bedding and towels and do the dishes and take out the garbage and recycling. And here I thought we were on vacation!
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Jenelle: Birther Of 3, Mother To None
in Teen Mom 2
Agreed. The only family I care about seeing is Chelsea and Cole because they appear to have stayed true to who they are. But I can follow them on Insta if I need my fix. And even though Leah appears to have gotten her shit together, I can't watch her. I have pretty much stopped watching the show...I have the last 7 episodes recorded but man are they an effort to try to slog through.