I honestly feel kind of bad for you.

"I think they're using it seriously, as in Maslow's "self actualization" theory; how we get to be the person we are ultimately meant to be and what that person looks like."

Oh god, there is nothing, nothing, nothing "guilty" about Coppola. She's one of the few individuals in the industry that has consistently show integrity and commitment to film as an enduring art form.

I'll contend that amongst modern American Directors, Sophia Coppola has more artistic integrity than one-hundred Michael Bays spiced with about three-dozen JJs.

That's part of the brilliant turn. Why do we care aside from the fact that they exemplify immense privilege? It's the absolutely batshit insane reality that while we decry "privilege", we also can't stop psychologically, groupthink-y heaping it on individuals who don't deserve it.

It's a common term in Religious Studies and some individualist pomo philosophies.

To be honest, good camera work and ensemble production quality should be the LAST thing to surprise you about a Sophia Coppola film.

This is what Coppola does best. There is no better filmmaker in all of the world.

You're projecting, and if you want to believe that involving God or religion suddenly makes an individual into a monster or incapable of removing consent, you're simply off the mark. If you want to make these arguments, you need to apply them to the entire spectrum of 27/7 power exchange and not just to the ones whose…

Wow, way to pile on the rape apologia. If a woman says she was assaulted, then she was assaulted. Full stop.

But, it isn't a single practice. It's a conceptual framework that is just as individual as how families all have different conventions around the dinner table. These people are just like you and me in that they're individuals who choose for themselves. It can certainly be abusive, and even as a kinky person I've…

And aside from sensationalist articles like this which cherry pick the worst offenders (and there are far, far worse examples in many secular D/s relationships), most CDD practitioners are just like you and me and retain a sense of personality and individualism. You're infantalizing these women as non-actors and…

It kills me that we consider shallow metrics of "diversity" to be more important and meaningful than human experience. Coppola often writes the life she, herself, understands and that is what creates such meaningful, wonderful stories. Coppola is the daughter of a very wealthy and successful producer/director…

Because it really ruined the film, didn't it. I think you missed the whole point of Lost in Translation.

Way to make huge value judgments against Christians.

No difference expect Christian/non-Christian.

And there's no evidence that the sort of fantasy extends past that. We're quick to call abuse, but slow in understanding individuals.

Tell that to the generations who found respect much easier before we fucked it all up with political family units. You can be respected for your works, not your concepts.

Thank you for the not knee-jerk reaction. I, honestly, think that CDD is no worse than most D/s, despite the bias against religion that always comes out in these discussions.

You know, for some people (not all) that's exactly what they want. It's about consent and happiness.