The rocket is metaphorical. The snot is real.

I was thinking of their thing in season 3, but you’re right, they were never a proper couple. 

Ugh also the line where she was like “it’s a good thing I’m gay now!” - I think in context of Xander dating Anya. Even if they weren’t allowed to make her openly bisexual, they could have *not* had those lines.

That was obnoxious. We had this lovely bi coming out story and instead nope, she’s a lesbian and always was a lesbian, ignore the sexual and romantic attraction she had for multiple guys, she was just kidding. It was by far not the only media or other influence out there showing this attitude. The treatment of…

“And, in 2020, Whedon revealed to Metro in that he was told he couldn’t make Willow bisexual because viewers might interpret bisexuality as a phase instead part of the character’s identity.”

The article’s talking about Whedon’s work. Acknowledging the man’s talent and contributions to pop culture isn’t the same as endorsing his flaws.

“raises questions about why the series was willing to put straight and lesbian sex scenes on TV, but not gay ones”

I do get tired of the whole _______, but with songs schtick, but I’ve got to admit that The Nanny (a super campy comedy/romance that includes a Broadway money man as a main character) seems like one of the best possible properties for the format.

The Wachowskis outright ask audiences to question everything they’re being told on screen. They want us to disengage with Reloaded as a narrative and look at it from an outside perspective—to unplug and see the code, to detect the manipulation in their filmmaking and apply it to their understanding of Neo’s journey.

If you don’t work in computer security research, you’re probably safe (from that guy, anyways)

On thing I’ve always questioned is why everyone thinks she had a “breakdown” versus this being more of a post-partum related episode? She’d just had two babies in rapid succession, gotten a divorce, and was being hounded by paps everyday. Maybe she’s better cause none of that is happening anymore?

Related: *do not* tell the young woman in your office that you noticed her engagement ring because you always check for a ring before fantasizing about coworkers, to make sure  you aren’t fantasizing about someone who’s “taken.”  She doesn’t need or want to know that (speaking from experience)

I wish I had a question that started with “my girlfriend.”

Yeah, the weird look could’ve been entirely “wtf, who kisses on the mouth?  there’s still a pandemic” and had nothing to do with dick breath.   

Some (very literal-minded) people really took those aphorisms about “honesty is the best policy” to heart, when the truth is really that most of the time honesty is best, but you shouldn’t be honest to the point of cruelty. Kindness is much more important. Telling the gf about every little mental transgression turns…

Concerning the response to DESIRE’s letter, I agree. What’s going to cause more angst for his girlfriend, his transgressions (which are pretty minor at this point) or him telling her every detail about them?

Yeah, I didn’t understand what that meant when I first read it, but *shudder*. Not only is it gross in and of itself, I bet it covers for a lot of discrimination.

And everyone can and should get the HPV vaccine

There was a song out around the same time that was literally called “Let’s Talk About Sex” by TLC which was almost completely about safe sex.  But yeah, they were rare.

who sold DC Comics to DJ Khaled?