At dinner parties, Whedon serves a plateful of shit that everyone pretends is creme brule. They then discuss the plate of shit's importance to modern feminism.

So … are there going to be any news wires about Salon racism or Jon Hamm lawsuit?

It was an interesting movie without being a good movie, is the best way I can describe it.

Yeah, but Hulk pounding Loki was awesome.

Is there a long discussion here yet about how you have to be blind, deaf, and really, really dumb to see Wolf of Wall Street as anything but critical of Belfort? Because if not, let it start here.

People whose behavior and thinking are shaped by pop culture don't matter, and people who matter don't let their behavior and thinking be shaped by pop culture. Is that elitist and condescending? Probably, but I don't care.

Be angry at anyone who thinks that consuming pop culture in any way, shape, or form either promotes or denigrates feminism. Doing nothing loudly isn't the same thing as doing something.

Thank goodness Joss Whedon is here to protect the rights of imaginary women. He should make a show about sexy lesbian witches to further empower them.

I'm apparently elderly, because I love those shows. They are perfect, fun time wasters.

It will turn out he really isn't dead in the end. You're welcome.

Stallion83: Oohh, I've wasted my life… [mushroom cloud]

"As it quickly becomes clear, the similarity to Bad Santa is more than titular, but Bateman’s movie doesn’t have the bite of Terry Zwigoff’s. Beneath its rude exterior beats a soft, gooey heart."

Just in the same way Vonnegut, the beauty of the book is the language. The way the dialogue plays off the narration. The plot is rambling, the themes are muddled, and the characters grotesque. What makes it brilliant is the way in which its written.

If that's an assertion of masculinity, exactly how much weaker can you make male characters? Sassy banter doesn't exactly fit the archtype of maleness.

"We also need more weak male characters—or, at the very least, guys who aren’t constantly asserting their masculinity."
Have you never seen a sitcom or Judd Apatow movie? Men are rarely portrayed as masculine. They're portrayed as slobs and sex-addicts, but rarely masculine.

Jezebel is a corporate entity, and part of the Gawker empire. They sell the ideal of feminism in the exact way they sell ideals of sports, video games, and sex/Playboy. It's the platonic ideal of "the commodification of dissent."

Katie Holmes's character will turn out to be the bad guy behind the whole thing the entire time. I just saved everyone 13 hours. You're welcome.

Jesse never met Saul. Remember, he didn't want to go in Saul's and Saul didn't know who he was or what he looked like?

I think the question was more, why do people become obsessive, geeky loners? Is it because they sense the artificiality and mediocrity of the popular and withdraw, or is it because they can't become popular and create the persona as a shield?

It's a dumb theory. People should be ashamed of it.