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This week, we tackle:

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

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

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

* 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?

* Which Britney Spears was the hottest Britney Spears?

* Tom Wolfe gives a wedgie to the world

* The greatness that is Rick Rubin