I can definitely believe the daily mail crucified him. Very much their MO. Still, I feel like mainstream American media is letting him off easy. Matt Lauer just throws Lochte softball questions in the original interview.

I only discovered the existence of the app with your post so I’m really feeling the regret right now. Well, there’s always the winter olympics I guess...

Oh, that would be Rowdy. His name is quite fitting.

Oh yeah. They’d be labeled as thugs and trouble-makers immediately. The paternalistic and entitled talk about how “they need to remember they are role models” and “they should be disappointed in themselves” would set in immediately. Hell, one can see the double standard in how the media gave Lochte a virtual pass but…

That would be Dan Hicks and/or Rowdy Gaines. Both can be a bit...over-enthusiastic. At least Rowdy never attributed a swimmer’s victory to her husband anyway, unlike Dan.

I’m a Grey so I don’t know how successful this will be, but let this be the Complaint Thread for the Olympics. Anything you thought was particularly egregious about the event (IOC practices, conduct of certain competitors, biased media coverage, etc.), feel free to discuss here!

Christ, NBC has been, hands-down, the worst part of the Olympics for me. Their commentators are all entertainment reporters so they don’t have the slightest clue on how to talk about the events or individual competitors with the knowledge the audience deserves. Always trying to turn each athlete into a human interest…

I’m still shocked the Velodrome didn’t collapse mid-competition and that not a single competitor in a water-related sport has contracted some serious illness already. I mean, incubation period like you say but still. The Olympics weren’t nearly the shit-show I thought they would be, except that privileged fuckboy…

Yeah I can get behind that. As I express elsewhere, I do believe Bette’s misgendering of Caitlyn was in poor taste and inappropriate. Caitlyn might not be a good advocate of trans folk, but I do believe her transition was a real thing for her. I feel Bette’s joke was an attempt at highlighting Caitlyn’s hypocrisy and…

Yeah, I feel like this is one of those situations where Bette had a salient point (Caitlyn’s hypocrisy and privilege) and just went about making it in a questionable way. The joke is clearly aimed at Caitlyn’s lack of integrity, but the misgendering part of it was in poor taste I think.

For me, the phony attitude part has less to do whether Caitlyn’s transition was “genuine” in any sense, because that’s honestly not any of my business, and more to do with Caitlyn’s conservative politics, which run counter to her identity as a trans-woman. Like she engages in queer baiting to gain support from the…

Ahh, The Killing. Man, I’m gonna be honest, I dropped that show like a hot potato after the second season. I feel like it took advantage of audience goodwill just to stretch out the Larson case for two whole damn seasons. So many red herrings and unlikable characters, yeesh. Top of the Lake is what The Killing should…

It’s funny, I have one friend who swears by this show and a movie blog I follow elsewhere is a big fan but the Damon Lindelof pedigree has always kept me away...I’ve heard it’s entering its final season though so maybe I’ll catch up on it before the season airs? Hmm, decisions decisions. Thanks for the rec though!

Well first off, good job on being the first person to recommend something I have never heard of! Moreover, I’m a sucker for 1920's era crime stories (Boardwalk Empire and Peaky Blinders are my go-to’s for that category) so you’ve definitely piqued my interest. I’ll look into it, thanks!

My mother is trying to get me into it. I’m a 90s kid through-and-through and I’ve never been all that keen on 80's culture or nostalgia so I haven’t been too keen on it, but it’s been getting so much buzz that I might as well do more research on it. Thanks for the rec!

Well, let me clarify. I obviously don’t think that creating alternative models of pornography will in and of itself change people’s porn-viewing habits. Of course, one needs to be pushed towards one source of pleasure over the other, and I think that’s where education will be integral. The current state of sex-ed in…

“...honestly I thought it was better and more true to character than The Borgias...” That is very high praise indeed! I have heard of it, but I put it on the back-burner to tackle other currently airing shows. I’ll be sure to bump it up my watch list though, thanks!

Of The Night Of? It definitely seems like one of those shows where you need to be ready for a heavy hour full of dour characters and dark twists. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to binge it as a result personally; I find it easier to binge comedies or otherwise soapier dramas (think Peaky Blinders or Billions), but I…

Thanks! I definitely recommend giving it a try; it’s fun and you might be pleasantly surprised with the results :)