Permanent Retrograde

Permanent Retrograde

Why My Vagina Hates Michael Douglas

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Kelly Oxford
Nov 04, 2025
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We know Michael Douglas for Gordon Gekko, the corporate raider who made “greed is good” sound like wisdom.

For William Foster, the unemployed defense worker who shot up Los Angeles because immigrants and Korean store owners offended him. Critics called Foster “one of Hollywood’s most overt depictions of the modern white-victimization narrative, one both adored and reviled by the extreme right.”

For Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction, the cheating husband who blamed his mistress for being crazy.

For Nick Curran in Basic Instinct, the cop who couldn’t stop fucking murder suspects.

Men who refuse to take responsibility.

Men who blame everyone else.

Men who feel victimized when asked to share power.

Twenty years before MAGA hats, Douglas was the dress rehearsal.

But here’s why my vagina hates him the most!!

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