The most harmful thing about it is that it’s a conversation stopper. When you’re drawing on large demographic trends that absolutely need to be addressed, the last thing you should want to do is shut down conversation.

Haven’t you heard? It’s identity politics in 2017. The entire scope of your life and experiences can be whittled down to a single demographic. That way, if you say something that someone disagrees with, you and your opinion can be summarily dismissed. Keeps things tidy.

Cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller?

Thank GOD I missed out on that. I was pretty heavy into Stern at that time so it wouldn’t have even crossed my mind to turn to 93.3 before 11 in the morning.

Swift has built a career out of co-opting some bland version of feminism, so she’s already using politics to enhance and increase the scope of her “brand,” which, whatever. The thing is, that carries with it certain expectations — you don’t get to just dip your toe in the political muck when it benefits you, and then…

I mean, lulz, but you have no idea. He’s the original troll. He’s managed to wrangle a 40-year career in broadcasting by being the most hateable person in any given room.

While I agree with the premise that re-litigating the 2016 campaign is counter-productive... it seems rather difficult to learn from our mistakes when we can’t even agree on what those mistakes were.

The impression I got from this move is that Ajayi will, for all intents and purposes, be replacing Smallwood. Which I’m totally fine with.

Or maybe.... it’s all in good fun?

Seriously, if I possessed even 1/10th of this woman’s strength, I’d be twice the person I am right now. This was profoundly moving.

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Yes, but that’s right wing propaganda because that information is terribly inconvenient.

Dowd clearly has some personal axe to grind with Clinton, but I mean... when you’re married to the Harvey Weinstein of politics and you actively work to silence the numerous women who’ve come forward, you’re bound to get some tar on you.

Come on. This narrative is nonsense. 90% of the Bernie democrats voted for Clinton in the general. It’s a higher percentage than Clinton dems who voted for Obama. It’s this kind of establishment propaganda that turns well-meaning liberals against progressives.

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait...... perhaps this will make you feel better — I am 36 years old, have lived in the Delaware valley for all 36 of them, and did not realize this until reading your comment 30 seconds ago.

It’s 2017. Everything is a partisan issue.

There is predominantly female behavior. Here’s an example — smiling and nodding politely while being mansplained to instead of telling the guy where he can stick his unsolicited opinion because you’ve spent your life being conditioned to not appear confrontational, especially in the presence of men.

Art does not and cannot exist independently of the reality it inhabits. In fact, I’d say that art gains its power and meaning through the ways it interacts with reality

Well the argument essentially boils down to this: An artist and their work are not the same thing. A work of art, regardless of whoever made it and with whatever intentions, deserves to be evaluated on its own merits. In other words, whatever went into a specific work is completely irrelevant to the quality and/or…