I've tried to watch past season 5 but that finale seemed like such a perfect ending point that it hasn't been a huge priority, and hearing about the gigantic dip in quality hasn't made it any easier. I maintain that season 4 and 5 of SPN are legitimately quality television (in a trashy, satisfying sort of way), though…

I think that she is an important element of a cultural narrative that has been powerful n the past few years (MRAs, GG, doxxing, etc) but I don't think that necessarily means that she herself is an important figure, if that makes sense.

Eh, I would argue that Amy Schumer's claim to fame is her feminism, albeit packaged in her comedy. But I think categorizing people in terms of "famous for feminism" or "famous for other than feminism" is kind of murky territory. At what point do you make the distinction, and at what point does the distinction matter?…

Well, it depends on what you mean by "feminist figure." I would argue that Emma Watson, Taylor Swift, Amy Schumer, and Nicki Minaj have all assumed broadly "feminist" stances, reached a wider audience, and provoked more mainstream discussion than Sarkeesian has. They're not all necessarily great discussions, but I…

In what sense? The Gamergate fiasco has had a lot of traction in certain online circles, undoubtedly, but I think that viewing her as the most important feminist figure in decades, or even the past few years, is severely overestimating how much the culture at large knows about her or gives a shit about her.

Now I know you're trolling!

People have issue with Alana essentially being a prize to be fought over in season 2, and pretty underdeveloped in season 1, and I know that a lot of people dislike the way that Margot's character was changed in the adaptation process. There are a lot of people who could explain the issues more eloquently than me, but…

I honestly don't even mind most shitshow threads that much because they're usually entertaining on some level, or at the very least they activate the indignation center in my brain and I get to derive some tiny bit of pleasure from that. GG threads aren't even fun.

My favorite iteration of that is the kiss between Ellen Page and JGL in Inception—it wasn't even part of a larger romantic subplot or anything, it was just a completely superfluous kiss to be shoved into trailers and other advertising materials. Because romance.

There was a period of time when half my Twitter feed was nothing except people talking about this show and I still don't really have any idea what the hell it is.

I think they shot an alternate ending where they kissed at the end, so at least some of their relationship's build up was intended as potentially romantic, but I liked the platonic relationship we ultimately got in the film. I don't even really think that Mako Mori is a bad character; I can see why people would see…

*makes jerk off motion*

The obnoxious Steven Universe fandom is the number one reason why I still haven't watched a single episode of the show. I have no doubt that it's good, but some of those fans need to just…stop.

I'm so glad* that the first thread on this article is turning into a gamergate shitshow.

Ah, I always loved having people condescendingly tell me that Hannibal is a garbage show because it has imperfect gender politics.

I watched Star Wars in a complete vacuum from outside cultural factors and I was shocked to find out later that everyone hates them.

The lack of nuance and the way that lack of nuance gets applied can get so frustrating. Case in point: I am a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan and I credit that show with being incredibly inspiring to me as a young girl (I used to go to volleyball practice and pretend to be Buffy so I'd hit the ball harder). But…

Look at all those coiffed, blonde heads! I'm gagging.

Everything I know about Carmen comes from that Hey Arnold episode.

As a elementary school-aged kid watching Buffy, I thought Willow and Tara were just really, really good friends. I also thought Spike and Buffy had the dreamiest, healthiest relationship ever. Thanks for fucking me up, Joss Whedon!