I would hazard a guess that it's because the Catholic Church is a single institution in which this abuse was widespread and well-known within its infrastructure across many different countries. This provides a narrative of a single body that from the top-down knowingly covered up sexual abuse, unlike the public school…

Thanks for the info. That makes me want to watch it more.

No, I agree with Stevesy. That's a really weird usage. When you use "maw" you normally attribute it to someone/thing. What she meant here was void/abyss/hole, etc. Maw is not a synonym for void.

For someone who has watched this: do they fall into the classic trap of portraying the Lizzie/Darcy relationship as filled with sexual tension? If so, I'll know to avoid. I know that most adaptations of P&P tend to paint it with that brush, but it seems so incorrect to me that it keeps me from enjoying the adaptation…

I don't think so. It's a fairly ambiguous voice, and I could definitely hear a dude singing it well.

Agreed. That girl can sing.

You just blew my mind.

I like that! I also think a gender-neutral pronoun would be great.

Well, I both agree with you about Wise Blood, but also think that the length makes it exponentially harder to engage with (I'm not really sure if that makes sense but I'll try to explain). With her stories, I felt like I could sit down and read one in a single go, meaning that I would reread them at least three or…

When you separate the subjects by an 'or' and both your subjects are singular, you treat the subject as singular. I take it that Lucifer's Peaches is generally against the use of "they" as a third person singular pronoun. This is a fair objection, since it's considered to be a rule in grammar, but we're seeing a…

I'll give another example: Flannery O'Connor. Her style seems tailor-made for the story format, and I don't really think her two novels benefit from the length (to me, they're both written in her beyond-concise style, and I find them both much harder to digest than anything less than 40 pages).

@avclub-793e947eae91188030ba41cff6a5c55c:disqus Actually, I'm fairly sure Essence was directly inspired by the Aviary. Aziz Ansari came in and went crazy over the place, especially the drink that comes in a bag inflated with scented air (which is the obvious inspiration for what Tom was drinking/sniffing).

@avclub-793e947eae91188030ba41cff6a5c55c:disqus Actually, I'm fairly sure Essence was directly inspired by the Aviary. Aziz Ansari came in and went crazy over the place, especially the drink that comes in a bag inflated with scented air (which is the obvious inspiration for what Tom was drinking/sniffing).

Season one's pretty good, the rest are golden. It's really good for people who love feeling conflicting emotions simultaneously—happy/sad, but cute/gross as well.

If you agree with that, why the fuck did you write your comment in the first place? It wasn't anything like nerds whining about their depiction in pop culture. By dismissing a thoughtful, well written article about autism as nerd-whining, you're the asshole here. Try to read more thoughtfully and empathetically.

Reading comprehension score: 0.

Let me pretend for a moment, that this general internet backlash/conversation is entirely about celebrities and media figures appropriating nerd culture for money and fame. Maybe there are a handful of female celebrities who say "I love Star Wars!" or "I'm such a huge BSG fan" or "I read Batman comics all the time!"…

Where did Toph go?

I'm sorry for your loss. I know what you mean though; both sets of my grandparents have outlived at least one of their children, and I've seen the way that it has dramatically changed them as people. I feel like you're completely right—the death of a spouse is horrible but endurable, unlike the death of one's child.

@avclub-c9be0674ead9b2448c14d31c64f2b01b:disqus Yes, it's the internet. So when you say "god dammit" and type in all caps, it comes off as extremely aggressive and disproportionately angry. Tone is conveyed mostly by word choice and punctuation.