@avclub-3b82b1d883a5bf2defbc7567e9815d96:disqus : Which makes it a fairly perfect symbol for the fact that queerness is coded while straightness of the exact same sort is presented explicitly?

Huge downside, though.  Honestly, I would rather queerness not be touched on at all than be shunted off to some "must not speak its name" ghetto of subtext.
The problem is, you're teaching kids about gayness while also simultaneously teaching them that gayness is unimportant or secret.  It's especially a problem with…

Well dude, it's almost as if there's this huge history of LGBT characters having their sexuality coded and hinted without ever it being stated explicitly.  And also, it's totally embarrassing that in 2013, a hip young show would still be doing that shit.
I… kind of don't know how you can know that someone stepped in…

Here's the silly thing about that: If the show just made it clear they were straight and people still wanted them to be dating, that image would make sense.

You're welcome?  It was also kind of a joke, because holy shit no one ever thought she was gonna do that. But at least you gave me "BUT QUEER ACTIVISM YOU GUYS!!!!!!!", so thanks for that.

Hey, here's an idea: Hows about you either make it clear that your LGBT characters are queer, or just not have any at all?  Because this, "We'll suck in the adults with the subtext but the kids won't be able to tell!" just makes you seem like a creep who's trying to be all coy about your lesbians.  Jodie Foster came…

The reviewer wants to think of herself as a good person.  The reviewer likes Honey Boo Boo.  People who like Honey Boo Boo are getting enjoyment from other people's exploitation, mocking, and humiliation without a single moment of intellectual benefit.  People who enjoy that shit are not good people.

"Look: Nobody wins on reality television—it’s a medium designed to make everyone look as bad as possible, a theatre of state-sanctioned casual exploitation. Practically every reality show has some element of horror buried under the sound effects and smash cuts. Even the most enjoyable ones trade on manipulation. So…

Yeah, okay, you know what?  She's totally right.  People often just don't see famous people as being actual people, and so they don't feel bad saying horrible things about them.  It's not a social problem on the level of racism or anything, but it's fucked up, and you're an asshole if you defend it.

It was my feminism (and my LGBT advocacy, which is also pretty relevant to this show) that first caused me to be interested.  I assumed all of the fans were in the same boat.  It turns out that I was wrong.

Wait, wait.  I haven't watched this show in a while, but the description here seems like it goes against all the reasons this show was ever worthwhile.

I just looked at that link, and those stories are for the Fox cartoon, not the game show.   I assume most of them are romances between the blonde kid and the giant, manic head.

My favorite was the song where the John Cougar Mellencamp guy does a percentage breakdown of everyone and everything he loves to explain why he can't offer his girlfriend more than 8 percent of his affection.  
But the dude is also clearly fucked up.  He loves both his science teacher and the New York Giants more than…

Square one is one of those experiences that I look back and I'm like, "Oh yeah, that's part of why I grew up this way, okay."

As a kid, I got really weirdly involved with the cartoon criminals.  I had favorites and everything, and I actually preferred episodes with certain criminals, even though they had very little to do with the show.

I am 90% certain I've read a Roger Ebert review where he was disgusted by a movie, walked out on it, and gave it zero stars (which doubled as "I couldn't rate this" and "it's terrible").  I…. kind of don't see what's so egregious about this sort of thing.  If a critic finds a movie reprehensible, walks out, and admits…

Jay-Z's guest spots are always good, because he has an amazingly versatile flow, and he can get across surprisingly varied and complex sentences effortlessly.  It makes him amazing when someone else is writing the rhymes.

My question is, how did Kanye West record that song and then make Watch The Throne without his head exploding?

Y'know, it's certainly not some great social ill like racism or something, but jesus christ some of you people are creepy about scientology.

I would absolutely kill bin Laden I MEAN ZOD