Question: has the show addressed what Santana's past heterosexual experiences meant to her? Was the idea of bisexuality addressed in the slightest?

Um, I didn't read anything about a tacky badge in that description, so their integrity is still intact.

I'm glad I finally have a space to discuss that episode of All-American Girl, as it is a strange little pop cultural artifact. You know those groan-inducing referential jokes that the writers always throw in when there is a guest star? It's that, for an entire episode. Even by the standards of All-American Girl (a low…

Extra Hot Great is probably my favorite podcast, probably because it really seems like a bunch of friends hanging out and talking about stuff (becuase it is), but they also have the format down really well. It's very well organized and arranged, and everyone stays on topic and in the game, unlike, say, Pop Culture…

I'm a HUGE fan of Phase 10, although there is some weird point system that I never use. However, my favorite card game OF ALL TIME is Skip-bo, which is like Uno but a thousand times better. I could and have played that game for hours on end.

Not to mention that so many of these comments seem to be presupposing that there is some objective standard of attractiveness upon which we should all be in agreement.

Yes, and the dynamics of mainstream culture influence everything in one way or another, no matter how fringe.

That's a very fair point.

I would say I feel actual guilt about things I like that are extremely problematic (to use an annoying word). For example, I can be a bit of a gorehound, but I would say my pleasure in some of that shit is guilty, as a feminist and someone who is generally anti-violence and anti-oppression.

That episode is beloved by people who love reality TV and also think they are too good for reality TV. It allows them to laugh at the silliness of reality TV without stopping to think critically about how this episode is exactly as mired in the race, sex and class problems as actual reality shows.

I love, love, love when women claim they are somehow oppressed by feminism for liking "dumb" or "shallow" things. In mainstream culture, women are expected to like shopping, celebrity gossip and make-up. We are rewarded for it. God forbid that there is some pushback on the margins or that you might be expected to look…

Such are the terrible side effects of Lulu. Have you listened to "Venus in Furs" since listening to Lulu? It sounds silly as all hell.

Having just watched the episode a couple of days ago, the Coach gay son bit was a cringey at first, but it ended on a very progressive note. It was pretty intriguing to me actually.

This blog makes me want to smash the gender binary and burn down Los Angeles, in that order.

Every excerpt I read of this book had such a "AM I RIGHT LADIES???" vibe to it that I was completely turned off to the idea of reading the entire thing.

Yeah, big time. I'm a fan and I still find it daunting. I think the first I ever heard of any of it all was 20 Jazz Funk Greats, which was….confusing.

Yeah, that is absolutely one of the most maddening aspects of the movie. Of course, the punks most featured here are the likes of the guys from Blink-182 and Pennywise, who, regardless of their personal opinions of themselves, were always quite invested in the status quo remaining in place, particularly where gender…

Yeah, I second Gather In The Mushrooms strongly, particularly if you skew a little to the weirder and more psychedelic side of this stuff.

I'd like to talk for a moment about Comus. It was where I started, having been introduced to all this through entirely strange backdoor of Current 93. It's probably not THE BEST intro, as it's a bit proggy, but their album First Utterance is one of my all time favorites.

Certainly not. It is tragically all too real.