Via fivethirtyeight:

This should be the closing argument of every presidential debate.

Blasphemy.

Starring this because this truth needs to be heard.

Look, man, all I can tell you is this: Andrews told the story in a way that indicated she got comfort and a modicum of relief from the way Oprah approached the situation. I actually teared up as she started talking about it, because as a woman who has been through shit with a stalker, I know how it feels to suddenly…

Wait hold up. I know the Brooklyn comments are silly but, um, worse than Chet Haze? Worse than Charlie Sheen?!

Important detail: she’s being tried in juvenile court. That’s important for understanding how they’ll proceed with the trial as well as the possible legal consequences.

I think you have to pay attention to Andrews’s tone when she tells the story about Oprah. She sounds, to me, like a person clearly grateful that someone sympathetic had her back at a moment that she had to do something horribly difficult. And again — she reached out to Oprah. She chose to go to her because she felt…

I don’t see how you get that from this story. Oprah is herself a survivor of sexual abuse, and has dedicated a lot of time and resources toward supporting victims of sex crimes. Andrews says she reached out to Oprah specifically because of this — this isn’t an interview Oprah went looking for. It was the least shitty…

You’re thinking of De-Lovely, yes? That one’s about Cole Porter.

She is, and I love her for it; I have pretty much had this exact same interaction while carrying grocery bags out of a supermarket and encountering a surprise table of Girl Scouts selling. “Hand me all the bags get me all the Thin Mints” *shoves aggressively* — etc.

This makes Christian Bale more more relatable to me, actually. Are you telling me if you had a box of Thin Mints in your lap and no access to a freezer for hours you could truly hold out? That’s a Revenant-level amount of suffering.

I feel like I’m living in the TV drylands right now. “Shadowhunters” is holding me over with trashy glee, but I am ready for new Daredevil, Kimmy Schmidt, and GoT (aka “he’s alive, damnit! it’s a miracle!”).

Anecdotally, this also seems like something that changes with age. We were outliers when we were younger for getting so serious so quickly; once people hit their late 20s and early or mid-30s, it seems to be much more common to move in with/procreate with/marry people after a shorter time. Largely, I think this…

Yeah, that struck me as an overbroad generalization, though one that made sense to trot out in this case.

Agreed. There’s a difference between supporting Kesha (which of course I do — it’s crucial for us to stand visibly and vocally with victims) and condemning the judge for having to make a complex (and preliminary) legal decision centered around a contract dispute. I’m not seeing it reported almost anywhere that this…

Damn, I wish this had a zillion stars and was in the black. Most news outlets seem to be getting the details of this ruling wrong; I’m terrified that this judge is going to be the subject of attack for doing her job appropriately. Kesha isn’t going to jail and she’s not being forced to work with her rapist in order to…

On an individual basis, I totally understand and respect that couples may have conversations that sound different than this, and come to different conclusions. As long as it’s mutual, you know?

What I mean is that I think the “my partner would rather...” is kind of a red herring in the first place. If you are in a monogamous relationship, your partner would also “rather” you not cheat; if you do, you’ve already made the decision to do a thing that has hurt the relationship. Waffling on whether or not to tell…

Yes, I mean morally. You are able to remove that choice from your partner — my point is that it’s morally appalling to do so.