It's comforting to believe that all that's wrong in the world is the result of carefully planned machinations which can be exposed and torn down.

Phil Dyess-Nugent.

"Maybe she should apologize for not intervening."

So now that's three departments of the AV Club who have reviewers who are unreadably bad. Man, I never thought I would miss Nabin.

As someone with absolutely no dog in this fight (I've never listened to Neko Case, and it doesn't really matter to me what people think of her new album) that line is pretty much unforgivable, and the review in general seems snide, bitter, and insulting.

Oh, that's a good one.

They should get these people on video and make them listen to the song and film their reactions.

Hatesong, whatever. How about a Mekons Primer? (or Gateway, if you must)

Good luck! I am confident you can get away from this, get over it, get better, and eventually be able to explore your interests in a healthier headspace and with healthier people. Believe me, if I can do it, anyone can.

All I can recommend, beyond what others here have said, is to stay the fuck away from lifestylers, stay the fuck away from the scene, at the very least until you've had vanilla or semi-vanilla relationships that worked out okay. You'd be amazed how many people can happily incorporate power or sensation play into their…

Completely agreed.

As always, Achewood has words for us:

There can be an emotional risk to bondage as well.

Yeah, fuck Paul McCartney.

ROPER: The moment you start keeping score in bed, you've lost. Do what you're comfortable with, don't do what you're not comfortable with. If your partner insists you do something you can't handle, leave. If your partner won't do something you can't live with out, leave. Or learn to live without.

All the different genres in guitar rock. I think it's difficult to argue that the defining genres of the '90s didn't include several different rap genres.

The best band of the 90s was Beck. Which isn't a band. But he was the best recording artist of the 90s, and all of his best albums were released in the 90s, which seems appropriate to me.

But you're not supposed to write articles about what your favorite thing is. Of course. So a conundrum, solved only by the get-out-of-jail-free card that is For Our Consideration.

Insufficient beauty.

The idea that depicting a single mother is "mocking the importance of fathers" is not benign in a social context where women are being encouraged to reconcile with abusive husbands in order to provide their children with a father.