What with Molly Ringwald, Mark-Paul, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson (sorry. Deborah.) updates, I feel like this is what having the internet in 1989 would be like!

What is this "free pass" bullshit? Free pass from what? And nobody's saying that Aziz Ansari has magically cured gender issues. He's just making an effort that could have a positive impact, and only an idiot would act like that's a bad thing. You're just arguing for argument's sake against someone who's trying to help.

Yeah, sure. Aziz Ansari is in the PRIVILEGED GROUP! Growing up a skinny little Indian kid in South Carolina must have been a breeze. I'm sure he coasted along on nothing but privilege as the white male patriarchy embraced him. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. You are the problem.

That is not a nuanced or insightful reading of my comment or of Aziz's recent material.

Whatever, man. He's a male public figure who's using his fame as a platform to talk about/promote gender equality, a thing he really believes in. His whole show conveyed the earnest and sincere sentiment of "Listen, (male) guys, feminism is a legitimate thing". Like this dude:

Gawd, I knew I would find this in the comments. The fact that it's feminists who are criticizing him the most proves that, once again, feminists are feminism's worst enemies. We say we want allies but I guess by "allies", we mean "silent masochistic punching bags". It's kinda sad when you're just as disgusted by the…

I mean, I'm trying to get my butthole licked in the St. Peter's Basilica so who am I to judge

And seriously, Osaka Castle? It and Himeji are some of the most beautiful buildings on the planet. Also, they have ninjas.

True story: I was at Osaka Castle (it's in Japan, in case you live in space), and there was this group of typical midwestern American tourists: large, badly dressed, and noisy as hell. They enter the gate to the grounds and start loudly proclaiming, "This ain't as impressive as the pyramids!"

From space, it's like the chick with three boobs rendered on an N64

Yes. Thank you. Good for him. I can't wait until we get to that point where people no longer feel the need to make some huge deal out of coming out of the closet and can just live their lives like normal.

But seriously, which one looks better?

While I agree that feminism, due to historical context, is more complicated than wanting equal rights for women, I think that Emma seems pretty intelligent and likely is aware that there is more to feminism than just believing in equality. The problem is that she has an audience where a large number of people cannot…

i got u boo~

I'm so sick of white people's shit and I'm white.

this is valid, but there's still a narrative that you seem interested in pretending isnt there.

The Rialto, CA experiment with them reduced use of excessive force by 90% and all use of force by over 50%. And that was in a department that already used cameras on their tasers, audio recorders, and cameras on their cars. In jurisdictions starting from zero for police monitoring the effect would be even greater.

I think he can absolutely be a total dick, but I think he's very smart and seems a little...damaged by his experiences with fame. I'm continually surprised at how much empathy I have for him.

Is it wrong I quite like Shia? I know he is a dick but I find him oddly endearing.

I'm taking Britain's side in an issue with India... my world has turned upside down.