One is okay because it fits their victim narrative, the other is not because it does not fit their empowerment narrative.

No, the problem is the sheltered idiots on the internet that have to immediately decry anything that makes them even the least bit uncomfortable. This show can be a train wreck or it can be a masterpiece. Hell, it could honestly be a cultural event that opens people’s eyes to the inequity that currently exists in our…

Or maybe they thought that, since people were fine with The Handmaid’s Tale despite a current political climate that is not favorable to women- which includes a Congress hellbent on destroying women’s health (either by defunding Planned Parenthood or excluding pregnancy care from the list of condition an insurer must…

I now hope this show becomes the best show ever made and we can look back on all this premature stressing and outrage and laugh at how ridiculous people were being. I don’t even like watching TV, dammit, but I’ll do it!

Yes, he is very wrong for not delivering a dissertation covering the breadth of the topic during this interview.

My god, the “famous person says something fundamentally supportive in an imperfect* way so let’s shit on him” genre has to die.

I actually think this is silly and super performative on the mom’s part. Acknowledging your baby’s apparent biological sex doesn’t mean gender norms or even a gender has to be forced on them. If everything looks standard down below, as the vast majority of genitals do, you can tell what sex the kid is with great…

I don’t suppose it matters on the birth certificate, but it does seem a little foolish to just pretend sex has no relationship to health. You don’t need to force anything on a child, but that is medically necessary information regardless of what gender, if any, the child identifies with.

If more sequels took this approach, we might not be so sick of them.

As as a WOC...I don’t really have an issue with what she said. She’s realizing there’s racism and sexism around her which is great. Yes, she said a little clumsily, but at least she said it. Nor did she discount racism or slander WOC. So I have no issues with her, unless I’m missing something?

Aaannnnn? i don’t know if you realized but Ms. Clarke is not black, nor American.

And everyone of these commenters defending her should read The Root’s version of this article.

It’s not weird. Many of the core cadre of jezebel writers are, and always have been, bullies, who view all events through the lens of “how can I feel morally superior by putting someone else down”. The form has changed since kindergarten, but the motivations haven’t.

Intersectional Feminist Writer: Ugh, I can’t even with these people who won’t wake up and see the sexism all around them!

yes jesus fucking christ, OH LOOK YOUNG ACTRESS IS TRYING BUT DIDNT SAY SHIT THE EXACT WAY WE WANT HER TO SAY IT BURN HERRRRRRRRRRRR

Wow this article sounds more like a litany of petty personal opinions and unfair comparisons than anything.

It’s weird when a feminist blog tells a well-intentioned woman to shut up.

While the effort is appreciated, the process itself should perhaps remain behind closed doors.

I think the larger issue is not so much the crosshair bit, which almost boils down to a question of semantics. Instead, I think it’s that in combination with the fact that the Times erroneously suggested that there was a direct (as opposed to circumstantial) link between the mailer and the shoot. They effectively said…

okay agreed on that, although i’d file that under “not Han Solo enough” not “not Star Wars enough”