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These artists need to hit you up to design their stuff for real (if they aren't already ;))

This is gorgeous! And your Lana Del Rey re-colours are great too.

I wish there was a love-heart reaction we could use to show empathy and support, because I don't have much to say here, but I hear you and want you to know that.

In the film, the two guys explain that they didn't realise it was abusive until their adulthood because as children it was presented as "love" and they enjoyed making Michael happy. It felt like a mutual thing that they were a part of as much as Michael. Wade shared in the film that it wasn't until he had a child of his own that he realised how vulnerable he himself was as a child. It's also very common for survivors to have a complicated relationship with their abuser, wanting to keep the secret and protect them, and it can take years to fully process that what happened was wrong because of all this. I'm curious to see if there'll be more allegations following this - a German fan already came out in January to say although he wasn't molested, Michael Jackson was inappropriate towards him in the way he behaved and gifted him a copy a book featuring photographs of naked children: https://mjandboys.wordpress.com/2019/01/27/another-boy-accuses-michael-jackson-of-molestation-2019-michael-jacobshagen/

I don't disagree, but I don't think Michael's behaviour is something to be championed either, lol - inviting other people's children into his bedroom, to share his bed, night after night is inappropriate no matter what his past might have been. I agree that adult/child relationships can be beneficial though, and from my own experience working with children in the past often times I feel a positive adult role model is what children need the most but these relationships can be formed in more appropriate ways.

I feel like there are many reasons why Michael would have chosen not to abuse certain people, and I'm happy to believe Macaulay when he says he wasn't abused by Michael (just as I would be happy to believe him if that was to change one day). Just because someone is a predator doesn't mean they'll abuse every child that comes into contact with them so because some people say he wasn't abusive towards them doesn't mean he wasn't abusive towards others. Also, I wonder if having a friendship with certain children was actually beneficial to Michael in the long run - after all Macaulay was a huge star at the time, there was nothing Michael could provide that he didn't already have access to in his position so the typical way Michael groomed children would be ineffective, but having a completely platonic and appropriate friendship with him was good for Michael's defence in the end (as appropriate as an adult man being 'friends' with a child can be, anyway).

I believe Michael Jackson was guilty myself. I've gone back and forth about this for many years, but hearing James Safechuck talk about his experiences in the documentary sealed the deal for me. He seems incredibly vulnerable and affected by his experiences that it's difficult for me to have any doubt. I believe Wade Robson, too, but it seemed to me that he's further along the healing process and was able to talk about it without as much emotional response as James showed. Generally, I think most people will agree that at best Michael was a wildly inappropriate man without any sense of regular boundaries, and at worst he was a child abuser who used his fame and wealth to prey on children and their families. Either way it doesn't look great.

Out of all the ones I've seen using this picture, this is my favourite

Very cute! I love that it's using photoshoot from that time, and the styling is on point in terms of font choices.

She tweeted about it

Good news... she's working on a second album!

I agree with you! I think the science is great, and it should be celebrated that we've come so far, but there needs to limitations around it's use if it ever goes further than research and lab work. For curing / preventing disease it's ok, I think, but to decide a baby's sex, hair colour, eye colour, or whatever else, seems unethical to me.

I don't dislike anyone here ❤️

You've heard Twisted? Can you describe it? Is it the same as Heidi Montag's song like some people were guessing earlier?

Well that's quite an exciting turn of events. Although I wonder if it's legit? That CD cover - all the text is clear and crisp, but there's defects around the Hollywood Records logo.

That's the best cover for the Let Go B-Side's I've ever seen!

I'd be interested in Dignity outtakes, and anything extra from Most Wanted - I love "Beat of my Heart" and "Wake Up" so much.

Can't wait to play this next week!

I had no idea there were other formats! I only watch the British one too, lol.

There was a run of Blackout CDs that came with the booklet flipped so that photo would be the cover, and the original cover was inside, instead. The title was written in the space where the spine is.

I'm excited. I wasn't a huge fan of Coven, but I loved Murder House so the crossover interests me. The promo graphics are creepy as hell with the bright red baby.

I love PopJustice and it's probably where I get most of my pop-music news. I imagine the comment about Girls On Fire being offensive to burn victims wasn't supposed to be completely serious. The humour there is over the top most of the time.

FOTP was great when it had it's download area, but I don't check it any more. I think they still have it, but it's hidden/restricted somehow, and I'm not sure what you have to do to access it, haha. I've checked ATRL and Church Of Pop before but never stayed. I used to like MSB/Only iPlus which I still check every now and then, and Spill It Now which I never check anymore, but both had a lot of problems some years ago I think and never quite recovered.

I was just looking for the two Hanni & Nanni soundtrack songs because I wasn't aware of them until today, and found this thread... they've had so many songs over the years!

You're in luck then! 28th July - 20th August, at the Spice Exhibition at the Business Design Centre in Islington (near Angel tube station). https://www.spicegirls-exhibition.com/ I believe it will be located outside, so you shouldn't need to buy tickets to see the bus, but if you're going to go you may as well go see the exhibition too.