The water bottle craze isn’t just American. In Australia the obsession is with “Frank Green” water bottles, they are stainless steel and designed/made in Australia. Everyone has one, and 8 year old girls all demanded them for Christmas (and they all got them, as far as I’ve seen in the last few weeks).

Except they’re currently being marketed in an unethical manner, and the business has made *massive* profits of this unethical behaviour.

Please never speak about economics ever again. Take a look at how much the net worth of the 20 richest Americans increased over the last couple years. It’s corporate profits driving inflation, not soccer moms buying extra water bottles for their kids.

I don’t know how to break this to you, but literally all words are made up. The entire conceit of language with the generally-accepted spelling rules and grammar/usage rules are made up. People began using words, and we as collective communities began ironing things out from there, but G-d did not descend from the…

It is if your penis is out when you do it...

Well, she’s got a long list of reasons to choose from. He’s clearly not supportive and was maybe/probably openly antagonizing her.

He supports trans, but his current choice for President 2024.... Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis.

It’s probably kind of you to refer to your colleague’s article saying that the coat hanger symbol with a red circle and a diagonal slash to mean no, which has been emblematic of the pro-choice movement for more than 50 years now was “controversial and confusing” (it is neither), but if you read the comments to that…

Articles like this are the reason why I check out Jezebel less and less.

Sure, if they’re not directly solving the problem, they shouldn’t be protesting. Is that the take-away here? They’re not changing the minds of the Supreme Court, so their protesting is worthless?

But you don’t think the Green Wave would approve of the use of their symbols for this cause? Did you contact them to ask? This point is extremely pedantic. 

A liberal would say “we approve of the message of these activists and look forward to joining with them to create a politically powerful movement to demand change through the electoral process,” not finding ways to critique a group that is, fundamentally, on their side.

I like your comments. I think we’re doomed. Easier to eat our own than find real solidarity to make incremental improvements. The right has no problem playing the long game. We have no strategy.

“Then, while forcing people to give birth is an affront to human rights, the repeated usage of gendered terms in this repeated warcry excludes trans and nonbinary pregnant people who need abortion access and care.”

“You literally chose to focus on one aspect of her character (that she is a cheerleader) so you can get mad about something.”

That’s kind of Emily Leibert’s whole deal. Did you know that she used to be a cheerleader? She may have mentioned it once or seven times. 

I am glad you sad something because I really disagreed with this article but couldn’t really articulate why. And I am always down for taking down tropes, like I am having a hard time with Leia and the precocious child trope on Obi Wan Kenobi, but on Stranger Things it didn’t really feel like the typical trope. I mean…

One of my favorite things about Stranger Things is how they turned the ‘alpha bully’ trope on its head with Steve. He started out as a shitty, abusive jock, then learned and evolved and became one of the series’ most lovable characters.

Is the dead cheerleader a stereotypical trope? Absolutely. But to point out Chrissy’s character is notably different than the cheerleaders who died before her, only to ignore how that defense essentially contradicts your general argument that her death is “carrying out the natural ending for a whoring villain” is...…

Isn’t the whole point of Stranger Things the repetition of tropes from 1980s adventure/sci-fi/teen movies? It’s all deliberate homage.

I don’t give a shit if she’s innocent. I don’t care if she tortured that child. The death penalty is wrong.