But it wouldn’t be. Because that’s not the definition. And you cannot change definitions to feed your argument. You understand that, right? Definitions matter.

Oh, I get that he’s most likely a troll.

Just to answer your first question quickly: If a woman responded the way that Cuomo did to a female reporter, I would say her answer was sexist, and condescending, and I would say that it’s quite possibly a classic example of a woman mansplaining. You can try all sorts of semantic tricks, but the idea of mansplaining…

When you say it’s state government, you do a disservice to women, with all due respect, even though you’re a woman. It’s not government; it’s society. It was Harvey Weinstein in the arts industry, it’s comedians, it’s politicians, it’s chefs, right? It’s systemic, it’s societal, it’s not one person in one area. It’s…

It really depends on Deke’s endgame. If Deke has some sort of, I dunno, side plan going on to help himself or some other group, then yeah it was a dick move to sell Daisy into slavery.

Yeah, I enjoy Odette Anable, and the build-up to Reign has been decent, but the show hasn’t sold her integration into the larger friend group. I don’t hate it or anything, but the moment where Lena, Kara and Sam all talk about how much they’ve relied on each other felt really thin. Sam’s presence on the group has felt…

I think the reference to Molly in the opening credits is the graffiti of the double-helix genome on the skate park half-pipe. I assumed the important part of the mural of the woman with the robotic hand was the robotic hand part, a reference to Chase’s glove. Plus, to sidestep the mutant issue they can just say…

I saw a bunch of evidence for that, too, but the more I thought about it the more it seemed like it could also, just as easily and convincingly, be explained as a not-so-subtle homage to all the homoeroticism in 80s films, particularly the kinds of films that Billy seems to have been ripped directly out of.

I was convinced (convinced!) early on that Max and her brother would somehow be revealed to be Paul Reiser’s wayward children, and that he dragged them here with him when he had to pick up the pieces from Matthew Modine. I suspected Reiser had a dark side, and that perhaps he was abusive to the brother or something. I…

Oh, and in response to the whole suicide thing:

“The 2nd amendment has never been about hunting.” Hah, but it was about assault rifles?

I dunno, dude, assault rifles seem a bit overmatched for woodland animals. I get that people enjoy guns but no one will die if there are fewer (and less deadly) guns in the country. In fact, FEWER people will die with fewer and less deadly guns in the country.

“could someone fill me in on why Justin Timberlake is personally at fault for Janet Jackson’s career going down the tubes, when it seems like it’s more the fault of society in general not tolerating the sight of a woman’s breast?”

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Came here to post this. 100% agree. She was one of the funniest people on Childrens Hospital, which had a fucking stacked cast, and it bums me out that she’s stuck on a show like Kevin Can’t Wait that clearly can’t see her value.

But...they’ve set up an implicit expectation for young women (all women, really) that they need to put themselves in an unsanitary (and clearly unsafe) situation because of a natural bodily function. This isn’t “some people think it’s not ok to eat pork, and some people are cool with it.” This is a tradition that is…

Underage audiences are exposed to sexuality, depictions of sex, attitudes toward sex, and all sorts of other things at a very early age. I would much, MUCH rather someone read a piece where a journalist engages openly and professionally with the topic, giving it the due examination and thoughtfulness it deserves…

You know what I have zero interest in? eSports. Literally none. As a gamer, I find them almost less interesting than regular sports (which is pretty much my baseline for “things I don’t find entertaining”). And for the past year or more, there’s been a eSports article (if not several) on the front page of Kotaku every…

I think that when sex is criminalized, especially sex between two consenting adults, then expressions of it will always tend to be unhealthy, though not in the sense that the sex act itself is unhappy. Moreso in the danger it places the participants in. In that sense, criminalized sex between consenting adults,…

Also just want to point out that questions like “will you guys be satisfied when there’s a gay everything” only muddy the waters. I think most sane people can see that there’s no gay agenda demanding that for every Straight Thing there must also be a corresponding Gay Thing. Reducing the argument to something that…