If I'm on a date with a girl I don't know very well, I'll usually say pretty early "Do you mind if I pay? Or would you rather go dutch?" I know some women find this to be a turn-off and would rather a guy just take the initiative, but I'd rather seem like a dweeb than a chauvinist (and my ideal date is a feminist…

Did you miss the part where he named himself after James Deen? :P

But of course you raise an even more relevant question: is Robert De Niro better than a prostitute? James Deen brings happiness to men and women everywhere. Robert De Niro made Meet the Parents, which is practically a war crime. I'll take Deen any…

Well, they are very different professions (I haven't seen any of this woman's films, so I couldn't say whether she's an actress or just has sex in front of a camera), but I hardly think one is better than another. Being a porn star is probably a difficult job, being an actress probably is too. It'd be one thing if we…

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't second-stage feminists pretty anti-pornography? There are different philosophies of feminism, and they aren't all pro-sex work. Some would see any kind of exploitation of sexuality for the purpose of male gratification to be contributing to patriarchy and... I think they…

While I certainly agree that a lot of the discussions can get, well, silly, isn't it possible to have both? I guess what we'd call macro-problems (widespread cultural gender oppression) and micro-problems (personal choices of empowerment). I too often hear (and I'm not accusing any of you of this, because I…

That was the point where I yelled "NOPE!" and haven't returned to Buffy since. The world is in danger, will our heroine step up to the plate?! Nope, she's going to pork her ex boyfriend, who by the way has been murdering people throughout this whole storyline.

That's totally fine. It's just how movies are. Most people fully understand any problems that might exist with a movie, but if you like it you like it. I watched a twenty minute video about how much the critic hated End of Evangelion, and it was a good piece of criticism and everything he complained about was 100%…

Okay, you and your sister both get internet high fives because I absolutely agree. My favorite episode may be the one where Fuyutsuki tells his life story. The year that's just a black screen and he says something to the effect of "It was hard for all of us. No one wants to talk about it." And even though Kaji is…

I find it annoying at best, boring at worst. She's no different than a million other anime characters, and characters like that are why I almost never watch anime.

I know! Eva contradicts itself a lot, and is flawed in almost every way (I love it, but I love it kind of because of that), but goddam that was just…

It was so long ago I don't really remember, and I didn't find it believable, I sort of sighed and maybe skimmed through the rest.

I agree that Smurfette syndrome needs to be dealt with throughout mainstream media (only one female Avenger and she doesn't have any powers, ugh; praying to Freya we get Ms. Marvel in the sequel), but the Smurf movies are the ur-example of everything evil in Hollywood, and if I were a woman I'd be proud for my gender…

I'm reading a lot of Sherlock pastiches at the moment so I really want London to still be all Victorian (in style, not so much with the murdering and disease and poverty and etc).

Oh, you're absolutely correct, that would be a pretty ridiculous complaint to make of an Eva film. My dislike of the film isn't that things are unexplained, that's in fact what I like about the original. My dislike of the film is the characters acting in a way that doesn't follow any internal or external logic…

Yeesh, that college article sounds gross. I've never understood why someone would want to be looking for "prey," even if they are in the mood for meaningless sex.

That said, I can't endorse judging anyone based on the way they dress, unless their clothes have political slogans or rape jokes on them or something. I…

Ugh, I found Re-Take disturbing and not in the good Evangelion way. The Rei stuff was just... gross.

I found nothing about it thrilling or insightful. I just found it to be a chore to watch. I wanted to like it, I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did, at least not enough to have been worth my time or excitement.

1. I didn't know that, but... mission accomplished, I guess. I don't know WHY you'd want…

You're both technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct.

Can it hurt?

Buy it and wear it! I implore you, hahaha. I maybe kinda really like girls in bowler hats. A close friend of mine is wearing one soon for a Rule-63 Riddler costume, I'm excited.

I liked 1.11 a lot. I liked 2.22 when I first saw it, but upon rewatching it realized just how fanfictiony it is. That doesn't bother me much, though, I can deal with a pretty, fun, big-budget fanfiction. But 3.33... has absolutely no logic to it, not even fan fiction logic, and it is a slog to get through. I was…