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I WILL EAT YOUR BABIES, BITCH.

Whose face are we shoving this in?

I am in Ed Sheeran's target demographic but he is maybe the celebrity whose fame I understand least. What is the appeal of imagining being romanced by Ed Sheeran? He is welcome to serenade me about leaving me alone forever.

In fairness to Caitlyn Jenner, she did bring up issues of violence against trans people (and trans women of color) in her ESPYs speech. Imperfect, maybe, but not completely absent.

I've got major issues with the Kardashians for many, many reasons, but I don't know what the alternative option is here. For better or for worse, they are people who live their every moment in the spotlight—would it have been better to pretend that Caitlyn's transition didn't happen at all? I don't know, but I'm

Noel's Buffy and Angel recaps are some of my favorite things on this site. I've seen all of those episodes a hundred thousand times but Noel always managed to pick up on stuff I hadn't ever thought about.

Forreal. Though certain aspects of these drawings bear zero resemblance to what any woman has ever looked like—I'm pretty sure whoever drew Tifa's boobs there has never seen real life boobs in a shirt.

You got me: I'm a horrible person because I dislike John Green.

Empathy is good and great. But no matter how empathetic you are, you don't share the experiences of people who aren't you. John Green DOESN'T know what it's like to be a teen girl, and it's sanctimonious for him to act like he does, which is what he tends to do with his online presence. Teen girls are welcome to feel

I think there's a difference between making art that is targeted at teenagers and turning yourself into a commodity that is marketed at teenagers based on the idea that you are just like them—it's the latter that I'm not a huge fan of. I think that John Green is a well-intentioned guy who makes a lot of teenagers

The word "creepy" doesn't have a sexual connotation to me, which is why I used it, but since it does to others, I really did mean something more along the lines of "pandering," "calculated," or honestly just "weird." I DO NOT THINK John Green is a pedophile, which is why I made a point of saying that multiple times in

What am I implying? How many times can I say that I don't believe there's anything remotely pedophilic about John Green that will stop you from putting words in my mouth?

I don't think it's squeamish to think it's weird and sad that an adult man has forged his entire professional identity around ingratiating himself to teen girls on the internet and positing himself as "just like them." To me, John Green is like Steve Buscemi in 30 Rock: "How do you do, fellow kids?" It doesn't have to

I'm seeing double, here! Four pedophiles!

You can have a weird relationship with your teen fanbase without being a pedophile.

Part of it is that the fandom he inspires is a unique brand of obnoxious. There's a huge crossover with the whole "Superwholock" phenomenon and "nerdfighters," which manages to be EVERYWHERE in spaces where there are teen girls and young women and who can overwhelm everything with their very loud, very youthful

I strongly dislike John Green, and I'm young enough that when he came on the scene I was still a teenager, so I got to be a teenage girl creeped out by his antics as well. I don't think he's a pedophile or anything, I just think he's a grown ass man who has found that a really easy way to get a ton of validation is to

Yeah, exactly. I know that the writers probably had to keep the relationship stagnant so they can get one last good go round of brotherly drama out of Thor: Ragnarok, but it's frustrating to watch the exact same story pattern played out for a second time only not as well.

I liked Obadiah Stane quite a bit, if only because we got to spend a lot of time seeing Jeff Bridges be very Jeff Bridges-y.

Harley's redesign hurts me so much. Her original costume was so perfect for the character: sexy but a little off-putting, playful but also creepy. Half-naked Harley is just so, so wrong.