You’re really talking about the modern Euro-American *imagination,* which now has spent a century or two telling a very strong tale of a history that is largely Greco-Roman basedwith some roots in ancient Asia Minor and Egypt, brought to full fruition in Europe. You are correct that that story of influence is commonly…

Which is why Quincy didn’t say they don’t write excellent pop songs - he said they were not great instrumentalists, which is just undeniably true. If you read the whole article he’s not trying to say they made no hits, he’s just making some statements of fact about when he tried to work with them, especially Ringo. He…

Same here! Not eating sandwiches and sushi during pregnancies has been a frustrating struggle, but a few weeks in both times I immediately felt an innate aversion to both alcohol and caffeine, which has been pretty convenient. (And shows the other problem with all the judgy mcjudgersons in the comments. Is it good for…

Almost all pregnancy guidelines are “err on the side of safety” guidelines, because it’s almost impossible to do a study of pregnancy behaviors and outcomes that is both ethical and accurate. Voluntary questionnaires are only so accurate about actual behaviors because memories are bad, shame exists, etc. but you also…

I thought the point was “We are talking about autism all the time in the culture but rarely talk about this other thing, which is just as common or more,” not a comparison between the two in terms of outcomes or etiology. But I understand what you’re saying.

Approved by the space or approved by Girl Scouts? And why are they so stingy with where they approve? It seems like things like soccer games, etc. would be obvious oks for girls’ creativity and ability to sell. Sorry for the interrogation I was never a Scout and am now curious about the whole process.

I mean, that’s a totally bananas fact that indicates the total unhealth and lack of standards on movie sets as work environments generally, and reflects on Tarantino’s twisted treatment of Thurman in particular. Stuff like choking and spitting is supposed to be carefully choreographed and discussed beforehand, with…

It’s definitely an interesting fact and I don’t think it’s so wild or anything - it’s just that in the context of this piece about this aspect of Uma’s experience, along with a couple other weird things Dowd dropped about describing her legs and how she’s like a “goddess,” it seems jarringly out of place. It’s like…

He’s obsessed with racial slurs and celebrating racism in forms claiming to be ironic, pressures actors to undertake dangerous stunts against their will and doesn’t support them when they’re injured, and has multiple times made excuses so he can be the one personally choking or spitting at women actors when they’re…

For me, I’m pretty sure it’s that all things in the Western genre make me fall immediately asleep. People who have read it - can I just skip the first one and get to the scifi/horror/meta stuff I like, or will it all be senseless without book 1?

I was a child who didn’t watch football so my memories are fuzzy, but I don’t think anyone is mad at him about the initial incident. They are mad that afterwards Janet was subject to a full media reaming and consequences on her career, and he basically slunk into the background and let her bear the full brunt without…

Maybe I’m misreading but didn’t Schumer explicitly say “I believe with and empathize with the woman, this experience wasn’t right,” whereas Dunham actively contacted the media to say “This woman is lying for money”? Even if they’re both troubling I don’t even see how those two responses are similar.

In the context of the whole segment, I heard this more as “over the years a lot of bad stuff has been called ok. It will be good that now we women can say definitively, no these things are not ok with us.” More about being empowered to identify complicated situations as messed up, not burdened to be the enforcers of…

I guess I just don’t think “looking past” is required to still encounter or value or play a thing. We can do the thing, and recognize what is problematic about it at the same time. I think so much of our perception of social change has gone to a boycott/avoid/purity place it’s easy to forget that there are other ways…

You’re right! He has definitely been left with no money or social resources for the victimless crime of consensual sex (which, really, he was probably pressured into). Oh wait - you say he has all of his money and family and all of his social connections and resources and continues to be totally fine living his life…

I’m curious, why do you think you have to look past it? I think if you can handle the literary complexity of Lovecraft you can also handle the relatively simple task of holding the thoughts “I love and am moved by Lovecraft’s creativity, writing and monsters. I hate the racism I see in his life, which sometimes bleeds…

So what? I’m glad George Washington stepped down from office and allowed semi-democracy to continue, but he was also a slaveholder and contributed to a deeply unequal and unjust society we still live in today so I’m going to talk about that and teach my kids that. I am capable of having more than one thought at a…

Of course, but in this case I think this makes sense because there isn’t an equivalent female co-CEO’s pay to raise (she already left) and there’s a specific plan for recruiting women pilots that he can put the extra $47,000 into right away. Long-term it’s about raising women’s wages but at this particular place in…

That Christianity or any religion isn’t for you is fine and understandable - but it’s incredibly infantilizing and condescending to assume that the over 6 billion people in the world identify as religious only are because they are scared of changing communities. Many, in fact, already take great risks that lose them…

Candice probably already knows much of this but for readers who are similarly inclusive and faithful and looking for a community where you can be your full self - Mystic Soul Project and #slatespeak, the Salt Collective, and following theologians & leaders like Wil Gafney, Emilie Townes, Pamela Lightsey, Broderick…