If you've never heard of these sorts of behaviours being considered domestic violence in a court of law then you are obviously not a family lawyer. In my jurisdiction, "intentional damage to property" is part of the legal definition of family violence under the broader head of psychological or emotional abuse,…

I love Hunter as a writer, I respect his politics and philosophy, and I suspect that in many ways he was an admirable human being… but I've always thought it might be a bit of a red flag to have considered oneself a close personal friend of his. The demons in him were by all accounts very real.

Good catch.

That statement means plenty, and is in fact in plain English?

Breaking objects, self harm, and making lurid accusations of infidelity (true or not) while doing so are textbook examples of domestic violence, actually.

Sounds like I'm about your age and Steven Universe is probably my favourite media thing :) Part of that is definitely for the various ways I see myself in it that aren't exactly common in media. I love the idea of kids like me growing up with these messages, though (or even kids not at all like me but who nevertheless…

Yeah, fusion is a useful metaphor for all kinds of relationships and interpersonal interactions, but the show isn't shy about portraying romantic relationships (Greg/Rose, Pearl->Rose, Ruby/Sapphire, in an adolescent way Connie/Steven) as such either. I rather doubt Lapis and Peridot will be written down that route…

All of this. Whatever else one thinks about it (and I certainly don't think there's anything wrong with liking it for its politics or its approach to the issues), it's also a supremely well-crafted show.

Or to see yourself in stories. I think it's easy for people who have no shortage of that to underestimate how important it can be.

Samesies.

I didn't know that tidbit, and it made sense to me! I read it as her not wanting to spoil the surprise by using her future vision.

I think this is really key - even more so, it's pieces of shit who most often end up wrongfully convicted. It doesn't (usually) happen out of the blue to some random innocent person, it happens to someone for whom there's a plausible case that they might have done it. But our system doesn't and shouldn't punish people…

I'm not super familiar with the facts of OJ, embarrassingly enough. But yeah, usually the fabrication of evidence is a choice that doesn't really hold up well under scrutiny, even if the only goal is to get a conviction. In my observation it stems most commonly from misplaced righteousness, sometimes laziness or just…

It's really the worst. Makes it almost impossible to know for sure what actually happened (because you can't trust what the evidence seems to say), and means that there are probably people who get exonerated and maybe even get substantial payouts even though they actually committed the crime at issue, just because…

Counterpoint: that Bear book we gave a major award to.

Right? I'm not someone who gets bummed out by celebrity deaths for the most part but it's going to be tough to lose Cohen. Hopefully he's got a good 20-30 years in him still.

I think that's common. If nothing else almost everyone covers Cohen at some point so no matter who you like you're going to get exposed.

He's apparently doing okay for money these days. He was reluctant to start in on the 2008 tour (he didn't think anyone would want to see him), but it was wildly successful and he extended it by two years even though his financial needs had definitely been met. Plus the three live albums and two studio albums that I…

Nope, his 2008-2010 tour was apparently hugely successful. He just seems to have gotten his taste back for show business.

Well, it's still Leonard Cohen, so it was his accountant/ex-lover, and she mostly got away with it (at least insofar as the money wasn't recoverable) because he was living in a monastery on Mt Baldy for several years (where he was known as Jikan, the silent one) and not keeping close track of his affairs.