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This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer of the Ask A Fuck Up advice column (subscribe here!), has curated a selection of posts around the theme of Irrational Attachments. Enjoy! Fans of country music will be relieved to learn that Beyoncé has “revived [the] dying genre” with her “instantly timeless” new album, according to the New York Post. Her cover of the Dolly Parton hit “Jolene,” the Post writes, “pours gasoline on its already fiery lyrics, with menacing changes including, ‘I can easily understand why you’re attracted to my man / But you don’t want this smoke, so shoot your shot for someone else.’” This praise may confuse listeners who have heard the song. “I can easily understand why you’re attracted to my man” sounds more like an email from HR than the heart’s cry of country music, and the line about not wanting the smoke and shooting her shot is two clichés stuck together. While

Culture Needs More Jerks | Defector Skip to Content Mods Asleep Culture Needs More Jerks DB By Dan Brooks 9:30 AM EDT on May 28, 2024 Share on Bluesky Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp Share on Email Kevin Mazur/TAS18/Getty Images for TAS 410 Comments This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer of the Ask A Fuck Up advice column ( subscribe here !), has curated a selection of posts around the theme of Irrational Attachments. Enjoy! Fans of country music will be relieved to learn that Beyoncé has “r

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