As an avid non-sports fan, I applaud everything you are saying and would stand behind even stronger claims. Fuck the NFL, and the NBA and NHL and NCAA while we are at it. Sports culture is a scourge, and deeply entwined with the worst elements of society, including rape culture/misogyny, racism, corrupt capitalism,…

I think that part of it was that there was a male narrating the Sofia bit, which, given the fact that she was also largely silent in comparison, made it feel particularly snide and condescending. Additionally, the way she played it as unsure and awkward, yet also innocently sorta into it, really took the teeth out of…

I don't think s/he is necessarily hating, just making a fairly salient observation about a possible motivation behind the unusual aesthetic choice here.

I think it is often the exception thing.

This is what the virgin/whore dichotomy looks like.

That's awful. I wonder if leaving his body exposed to the elements like that, and mishandling it, could compromise the autopsy.

I know! The silence is deafening.

Oh boy.

I think that some of it can be symptomatic of going down the rabbit hole of natural/organic lifestyle stuff. I have relatives who are anti-vaxx as a result of this: first organic food and supplements, then detox and naturopathy, finally anti-vaxx and general suspicion of Western medicine altogether. Not necessarily…

Oooooh that could be fun.

Agree. Sometimes toddlers will do this specifically to act out, but not because they don't know any better.

I agree. It's a power play. I had a colleague who would ramble on endlessly with mundane stories about her kids. It wasn't even a kids/no kids issue: I would try to interject stories about my own kid, and she would interrupt with more lame anecdotes. Regardless of the subject, this is behavior that self-centered…

It is a toughy. Jennifer Lawrence?

I know. I like Scarlett, but this is absolutely incomprehensible. There is no way that Dolly is within her acting range.

The one instance where it is a police issue and not directly a race issue pertains to the NYPD, who are militarized to protect Wall Street from protesters. In the vast majority of other cases, militarized police exist to suppress poor Black communities.

Good points. Specificity is important. Militarized police certainly also exist to protect the Wall Street financial sector from unrest, which is a problem. However, suppressing poor, Black communities is a huge part of the equation. It is similar to how cops in Brazil treat residents of the favelas.

And since his hands were up and he was unarmed, it seems like it would be impossible to argue that he posed any such threat.

I was wondering this, too. It should be completely on the table that the cop was in the wrong, regardless of whatever other details are "unsettled."

Such a weird line. That's a good way to put it. So many variables come into play: tone, delivery, context/space, body language, etc. etc. etc.

I think that context matters here, as well as approach. Opening with "you're beautiful" strikes me as overly forward, awkward and not particularly inviting the type of conversation that would lead to asking someone out. It is also an inappropriate opener for, say, the grocery store, where some sort of small talk would…