With all the coverage of both the last few days, I've realized that I have an urgent need to see an Amy Adams Tonya Harding biopic. Bullock for Kerrigan? I dunno..

Deloris O'Riordion over James Franco ANYDAY! Elton does blow though.

The short and long answer is: hollywood racism. Films about Black issues all have to be about slavery, donchya kno?

Fruitvale Station was an excellent movie, and more deserving of the attention that the above films receive from these masturbatory awards shows.

I think Lorde's sound is catchy in a new and interesting way. I think Lorde's subject matter is straight up privileged white girl shit.

Either way it unnecessarily criticizes hip-hop/urban/minority symbols of wealth and prosperity. Yah, gold teeth may be declasse to Lorde, but maybe write a catchy tune about banking regulations to earn some real cred honey.

I was lucky enough to go see the Saturday events in person and was riveted. I imagine the live feeds would be boring, but it was so much more enthralling watching the teams and the crowds cheer whenever the robots preformed well. The expo was also really interesting. I know nothing about any of this stuff but very…

There's so much grade inflation at the high school and university level because the bachelor's degree has unnecessarily become a requirement for the workforce. Even educators with the best intentions to keep their standards up succumb to pressure to just pass students who've invested time and money already. Making…

I just wonder how much of that self-enforcement would change if we didn't need to be so visible for political purposes. When there's such an emphasis on visibility coming from the dominant group, it makes sense that the marginalized group would adapt first just to survive. I don't like it either. It's too trendy and,…

hmmm... I don't disagree with that. It just seems to me that mainstream culture is doing the enforcing. Lesbians have their own culture, and that culture is still pretty diverse. You wouldn't know it by how we're represented, though. Or rather, how we have to represent ourselves in order to make people actually listen…

thanks!

I believe it's possible to create policy that protects people without having to name them.

It seems to me that it's less about defining ourselves and more about creating a culture that would otherwise be pretty dispersed and invisible. I agree that trends get taken up pretty quickly and are used to exclude too though.

1) I am a lesbian. 2) Queer visibility relies on superficial signifiers to communicate queerness. That these signifiers (read=fashion/hair/jewelry) are identifiable in the mainstream is interesting but not new. Maybe we can instead, just once, have a conversation about why mainstream culture relies on our visibility…

That's a fair comparison actually, except that it was made way before shrek-like movies became marketing tools to make pools of money. Maybe watch it for it's proto-shrek charm, but it maybe won't hold up these days.

Satirical, but not cynical, fairy tale for adults?

I hope I never get stuck at a party with you.

You put the problem right there in your condemnation of these people. If there isn't easy access to financial literacy, people rely on the information that's readily available—usually family habits and/or media that has an interest in their financial illiteracy. What does shaming do for people who are doing the best…

I've watched the trailer and I've read it played already at sundance. Anyone know where to watch this film or when it'll be distributed on Netflix? Bi or not, at least its a movie for some queer women! And... Maggie Siff!