I can see why the Moonlight crew didn’t want to take the consolation prize of speaking about their victory a full year later, instead of in the first thrill of victory, like every other acceptance speech. I can see why Barry Jenkins would still want people to hear these words, and why Hannah would mention the…

I share your concern about still having to hear from this turd, especially given that mel gibson is even a little bit of a thing again these days. BUT I disagree that he should get to die on his pile of money. It should be donated to orgs that advocate for survivors, house women and children, fight human trafficking,…

Good, die mad about the gigantic “If” you posit despite an ironic lack of even a shred of evidence.

Thank you for saying this. Jesus, this comment section is crawling with rape apologists AT BEST.

Girls, BYE

This is a police problem, the Punisher fetish is just a symptom.

...How is the actions of a fictional character against fictional maybe-okay cops more worth commenting on than the reality that the people with guns and the legal authority to use them see themselves, and want to be seen, as someone who addresses wrongdoing with complete bloodbaths? Whether or not Frank Castle ever…

I don’t remember how these things coincided, but when my husband and I rewatched the Lost World, for some reason right at the climax (the boat with the T Rex approaching San Diego) we had it muted, and Poison’s “Nothin’ But a Good Time” was playing and it synced up beautifully. Really enhances the experience!

Yes, every Pixar release has a SHORT. 22 minutes of advertising for another Pixar title is some other mess altogether.

Just because it’s not easy doesn’t mean it’s not necessary. Jesus, the status quo never had better friends than the people in this comment section.

You did. And you will, as long as you continue to insist it’s too hard to stand up to sexual predators.

This is a factual matter: their situations were not only different but not comparable. A difference of opinion would be arguing about whether we’d rather be the woman in the AH video, the women being talked about in the video, the women harmed by weinstein, or Billy Bush.

Maybe after you put in the time and reading sufficient to see the difference between those women’s situation and Billy Bush’s.

You really just made that comparison feeling like the Protector of Reason and Discourse, huh? Anyone with the slightest character wouldn’t have needed to say one single word. Just looking at him with disgust or surprise would be an improvement. Stop acting like we are setting an impossibly high bar and just be honest…

“On a personal note, this last year has been an odyssey, the likes of which I hope to never face again: anger, anxiety, betrayal, humiliation, many selfish but, I hope, understandable emotions. But these have given way to light, both spiritual and intellectual. It’s been fortifying.”

People aren’t cars. Men who go into meetings don’t have to take these precautions. STOP.

When the answer to a scourge of sexual predators is that people have to go out of their way to avoid predators, that dodges the problem and ensures that a less handsy world is some unattainable utopia. That’s why we push back against this suggestion, not because of groupthink. Stop, please and thanks.

The more you say something, the more it becomes part of your vocabulary. There are no situations in my entire life when I want any version of that word to come out of my mouth, so I avoid it. Even when I’m alone. This isn’t so I can be proud of myself, it’s so my brain has no easy breezy relationship with that word.

If it’s really really really not possible to just take a breath on those 2 syllables, and you’re not in a situation where you could be misheard, say “Tigga”. Feels close enough, means nothing, hurts no one.

Damn! Hang in there! I hope it’s not unhelpful to say that I’m sure this administration has cost more than one person’s sobriety. :(