Thank you! You seem like a smart person, too. I agree with you about shitty movies passing and that we should demand better films. When I first learned about the Bechdel test I thought it was kind of eye roll inducing, and it doesn't speak to whether a film is actually women-friendly or feminist. I think it is…

I feel like this is a scene ABC would magically scrub...

TSR is a great film, but the Bechdel test is not meaningless, nor does something have to be gendered to be meaningful. It's meaningful for the big picture, i.e., a handful of movies pass the test among hundreds of movies, because women are sidelined in film.

I don't think Nicholas Sparks even writes Nicholas Sparks books anymore. I think he just gives lackeys a formula, like "someone dies/is about to die + sappy romance + explosive secret/plot twist = cry fest for the masses" and they run with it. I do not understand the appeal.

All of this rubs me the wrong way, but what pisses me off the most is his assertion that she brings something new to the table because she'd be the first person in the Oval Office who survived cheating. I think it's really ballsy to assume none of our male presidents have ever been cheated on, particularly since…

1) Thank you for going to see this and giving us the rundown so that we won't have to. It will be much easier for me to say no to mom now that I have such good reasons not to see it (ie each plot point you wrote about).

You are not alone! I'd have thought the same, for the same reason, ha.

Sure thing. Let's start with Terry Richardson, though, because 1) his conduct is public knowledge; 2) there is a history of lawsuits and complaints against him that give us a good starting point; 3) he is more powerful than your average photog and therefore taking him down for his predatory conduct should, in theory,…

Just speculating, but it seems to be the consensus. :\ indeed; very sad.

Probably because Paul Walker was originally cast for Marsden's role and they didn't want to recast the other actor.

Everyone has said awesome, articulate things I agree with, so I feel kinda lame adding my one thought, which is this: if all things happen for a reason, perhaps one reason here (in a big, universal sense) is to have that public example of an authentic apology since so many people (public and private) are so shitty at…

I am indeed well-versed in the law. I think you're right about me seeing a different cut - I just watched a cut of the video that looks like what you described, and it didn't look like the cut I had previously seen. I saw a shot of him going towards her after she had been restrained and pulled away.

I totally agree that he wasn't the aggressor; I disagree that he stood there calmly and can see how someone would say that he participated in escalating it, though none of us will know for sure either way.

Not exactly looking to join the fray, but Marquise said up thread that she (he?) grew up in a home full of physical violence...so, perhaps not so lucky, and just a different perspective. I haven't watched all four minutes of the video, but to me it didn't look like he stood there calmly as others said; just a…

I DVR them all and catch up randomly through the week. Sometimes I'm bored by whoever the guest is, or just disinterested, but honestly Jimmy Fallon is funny and endearing, and he makes me happy when I feel depressed (which is a lot lately).

It's funny, I was just wondering the other day exactly how large this list has grown and whether they would share it with the public. However, aren't they missing Yale and Columbia from the list? Didn't they just open investigations into those schools?

Many victims choose to work with both. Going through the college process would in theory open the door to certain remedies - separate classes, separate residence halls, disciplinary sanctions against the offender, and sometimes a different type of closure for the survivor. The burden of proof is also totally…

SUNY's supersonic tram system. Wish it was real!

They really didn't need the kids for the end, though. They could have cut it off after they meet under the umbrella, finished with a voiceover, "and that, kids, is how I met your mother" and it would have still been very satisfying.

I love you for the way you wrote about this. I laughed, my blood pressure stayed normal, and I can still go about my morning, content with the knowledge that there are men like you out there writing about the idiocy of other men. Thank you.