I'd agree. If we're going to let people out of prison, then it has to viably rehabilitate them and give them skills they can use outside of it. Otherwise you're creating career criminals and a revolving door problem. Which is, unfortunately, very true for the US.

That's pretty subjective. I think Kathy Bates is quite attractive, just not conventionally so. And in her younger days she was more conventionally pretty, too. Being heavier, or older, or not perfectly symmetrical, does not make someone "homely". It's because we have some really warped ideas about beauty that that's…

There's a difference between conventionally attractive, Hollywood "pretty", and whatever the hell "real world homely" is. At worst Dunham is "cute", not homely. If you compare just about anyone to like, I don't know, Cate Blanchett, they're going to look "homely". Put them in an average context and suddenly they're…

In the U.S. juveniles can be tried as adults depending on the crime and the particular laws in that state. Usually it's when we're talking about older teens, like 16 or 17, who commit acts that if they were 18 they'd be tried as an adult. Generally the crime has a lot to do with it, as do the circumstances.

That's not entirely true, though. There are many instances where teens and even children are tried as adults due to the severity of a crime.

This. I would much rather my partner was kind and considerate every day, than once or twice a year. Plus, you find out how much someone loves you when things are difficult more than when everything is easy. Last year I had a kidney stone and was throwing up constantly. The fact that my partner spent the night with me…

You should see the one who equated rape with stealing food when you're starving. If that's actually a way you think, I hope you NEVER get a date. Oof.

Well, that really depends. Are you pro-life for yourself or as a political position you want to impose on others? You can believe whatever you want about when life begins, but it doesn't trump mine. I don't believe life begins at conception, and there is scientific evidence I could cite to back that up. That's my…

No. You get to decide this for yourself, not for other women. If you want to legislate other women's bodies and access to reproductive choices, you are not being a feminist.

Uhm, those guys put their profiles up, many of them RANTING about women and their own sense of entitlement to sex, or the fact that they are friends with women for the sole person of trying to sleep with them. And then being bitter when that doesn't work. If you answer the question "Do you think there is ever a time…

Yeah, and she's talked about that herself. I think it's one of the reasons Liz Lemon is so self-deprecating and maybe a bit over the top about how she's "ugly". Because it's all pretty ridiculous.

Thank you. That comment made me so disgusted. Some people clearly have a lot to learn.

1. Yes, she lost weight over a decade ago on SNL. Which she talks about often.

Because they aren't entitled to women's bodies regardless of how much you personally feel women are "privileged" when it comes to sex on demand. Which is an erroneous and ridiculous statement in and of itself. We live in a patriarchy, in a society where rape is common, not rare. A culture which clearly and constantly…

While there is a legitimate discussion to be had about how we promote violence in our culture, using out-of-context clips to try and make that point is just lazy. More than half of these are from comedy routines that are satirizing/criticizing guns or gun violence, others (like the Slither and Piranha clips) are from…

It sometimes bothers me that I feel more confident with makeup on, but for me what that generally means is just making sure I don't look spotty. I have very fair skin that's sensitive and reactive, so I pretty much break out if you look at it. I don't do contouring, or alter my face, but I find that the mineral makeup…

Well, no. I'm white and I have the privilege of being the default in most mainstream lit, culture, and pop culture. Leaving out people of color is othering and, in more extreme cases, completely racist. Omitting poc's isn't something that just happens accidentally, and there needs to be a compellingly good reason to…

Ugh, I hope not. I'm honestly not trying to excuse the things that are problematic in Tolkiens work for modern audiences. He was a product of his time and though I love his work, I have the luxury/privilege of not feeling excluded from it because I'm white and can easily identify with non-female characters. I…

Yeah, the issue of people of color is a real problem in fantasy, and something no one should be arguing is okay. Tolkien's world is patriarchal (though it's less so in the Silmarillion) and extremely white. It's not a real world, so people culling from our history to excuse it are being obtuse. And although Tolkien…

Also: I would pay like all my money for a movie about Galadriel. Like, all of it forever.