OMG same. I was a weepy mess at the end of Aly’s routine, and then lost it when Simone and Aly were just standing there with their arms wrapped around each other.

It would be like Pacific Rim jaegers fighting in that Vin would be like Cherno Alpha where we got lots of cool buildup and then the fight was over in three seconds.

Yup. Me too.

God, I’m always thrilled when I talk to people who loved that movie as much as I did. The whole movie was so icy and uncomfortable and magnetic. That piano scene!

Yeah...this. When my fiancé proposed he used a ring with a band he had a designer make custom based on what he knew I’d like, and the diamond is my great-grandma’s and has a great story that I know all about (and thus my mom was looped in on the ring design too, which was extra sweet). The whole thing was a total…

This side of the church also tends to be where you find people cocking their eyebrows at and shaming so-called “pro-life” Catholics who don’t oppose the death penalty. I always appreciated the willingness to call out that particular hypocrisy.

Nailed it. I’m not religious anymore, but I come from a super-Catholic background. My family is liberal, politically engaged, and largely Jesuit educated — my grounding in social justice (including reproductive rights and marriage equality) largely came out of that context. It’s really hard to explain to people who…

In this context? No. His work as a Jesuit volunteer gets shorthanded to “missionary” but mostly he was doing skills training and labor in a country that was already pretty Catholic. JVC-type stuff is more about working and less about converting people. Plus recall context — Catholicism at the time in Latin America was…

I’m trying to be gentle on this, but...yes. I appreciate Bernie saying nice things about not restricting abortion ever, but Hillary’s legacy and record on these issues and her truly progressive platform speaks for itself.

Um, what? If you had looked at her platform or listened to her discuss this in interviews, you would have noticed that she has detailed and specific propositions about how much paid family leave should be mandated, how much compensation should be available, and how it should be paid for. She also believes in…

Her pledge to overturn Citizens United was mentioned in like half the DNC speeches on Monday, too, including Bernie’s.

Hillary Clinton has been stumping on 12 weeks paid leave for a while now. She also argues for subsidizing daycare and capping expenses at 10% of household income, which is HUGE. She’s a really good candidate on women’s and family issues.

You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to be a pedantic dick about SOMETHING in these comments, and today is my lucky day!

Speaking of that latter....you know, I rolled my eyes at the concept of that movie, but wound up watching it and loving it. Mostly it’s that Anna Faris is adorable, Chris Evans is adorable, and they have really natural chemistry together — but all the cameos were also great too. I’ve watched it a few times now, it’s a…

Bellator jokes in the comments will always be the best thing about UFC fail stories.

I’m....a little confused. Are you seriously suggesting that women who would prefer their partners propose are simply lacking agency?

Sure, and if it’s basically a threat meant to force someone to do something they might not be ready to do, that’s obviously terrible. But there’s nothing in here that indicates that this is what Ann was up to, and he obviously took it seriously enough to fly home and think about his big picture. Absent other details,…

Right, I’m not suggesting that Colbert is a villain — far from it, he seems to have taken her seriously, used the decision making moment as a way to reflect and make a good decision about his and her future together. There’s just no reason to paint her as a bad guy (there doesn’t have to be a bad guy!), and I’d expect…

Sure, it’s a throwaway comment, but I see a lot of people being like “lol ultimatums” in the comments, and I think that can be a bit of an unthinking kneejerk response that is especially unfair to women. There is a lot of socialization that pushes us to roll our eyes or demonize women who want to get married and push…

I’m going to stay agnostic on the Ann of this story — but in general, I think this response is a bit silly. When you’re young, maybe. But it’s pretty reasonable, I think, to say “Look, I want to get married. If you don’t, we’re going to have to part ways.” A *lot* of relationship heartache could probably solved with…