Forget age – he wants to change the date on his birth certificate. It’s one thing to say you feel young, and quite another to say you didn’t exist for the first 24 years of your life. The DOB listed on your birth certificate isn’t a social marker like your name or gender; it’s a historical reference point to be used…

This is my shocked face.

There’s just a whole lot of standing around and waiting in airports, and people are incredibly anxious to sit down and settle in already. Also, the process of boarding is incredibly uncomfortable due to all the bumbling around with large, unwieldy items in a crowded space, and it’s easier to get the worst of that…

Heh, I only meant that we can’t go easy on those around us or avoid uncomfortable topics when they arise – seeking out arguments for their own sake probably isn’t the best use of your time and effort. If you’re in a liberal bubble, you probably know a lot of people who think of themselves as allies in the abstract but…

Oh, no, I wasn’t arguing against that; I only meant that I think the reason she was being so physically aggressive was because she was expected to do so. I’m sure she’s a terrible, horrible, awful person. 😊

FWIW, the photo I’ve seen used to show her skin at its palest (see below) is actually from when she was in 13 on Broadway, prior to her Nickelodeon years. Even if you don’t realize that it’s taken at a press event with the cast where she’s even wearing a 13 t-shirt, you can always tell it’s pre-Nick because her hair…

Nice filing work, Frida.

“When we did the first big test and presented it to [the director] Bryan Singer...”

One thing that irritates me is that casting directors tend to look for someone whose features are an approximate “match,” but they almost always end up with someone who looks more polished than the real deal, and just generally less distinctive. I don’t need an actor to approximate the subject’s image so much as I…

Heh, yeah, I watched that show, too. It always frustrated me that the show had such a great premise and the cast seemed so full of talent and potential, but they were stuck within the format of formulaic sitcom scripts. Liz Gillies was my favorite, but she and Ariana (who were BFFs thanks to their work together on…

Thank you! It’s surprisingly easy to convert a YouTube video to a gif on many gif-hosting sites, and ezgif.com has lots of convenient and customizable tools for cropping, color grading, speed adjustment, and just about anything else you can imagine. In this case, I used gifs.com to pull a gif from the video and…

Usually when someone accuses a man of “placing his hands on a young woman,” they’re being euphemistic.

Yes, it’s important for progressives as a whole to let go of our fixation on lost-cause pseudo-allies and focus on empowering the base. But on a personal basis, for those of us who are in positions of privilege, that doesn’t mean we should stop confronting our peers with hard truths – especially those who are close to…

“Homebirth is taking unnecessary risks at the expense of your child for your own ‘birth experience’. In my opinion, you have failed the very first test of parenting by doing that.”

Uhhh, I think you’re getting her mixed up with Victoria Justice?

I’m afraid you’re mistaken; his “very British tantrum” was merely a pedantic rant. Emphasis mine:

Counterpoint: Tisanes are most commonly known as “herbal teas.” They may not come from tea leaves, but they are the same type of product, and that’s just how language naturally develops.

I feel like we must be reading two entirely different posts. For one thing, I don’t know how it would change any of this context if I did know anything about the life of Madonna’s child, but alas, I do not. It appears to me that the only people being crapped on are the people who wrote the piece in Vogue. I don’t…

Indeed, that seems to have always been Kanye’s problem – until, like, 2015. Then he suddenly started being super-wrong all the time, and we all cringed harder than previously thought to be humanly possible.

I would normally agree you, but I didn’t click on the link either, and I found this post to be pretty self-explanatory. Maybe you just read it too fast the first time? 🤷‍♀️