Yeah....not to be overdramatic about this, but I feel like I can draw a pretty straight line between this assumption that boys are loud, messy, like playing in mud and catching bugs and being physical, to the same kinds of stereotypes that leads people to assume that women can’t succeed in certain fields or be good at…

Don’t forget that people said the same crap about Heath Ledger when he was cast as The Joker...

When are we going to start talking about the number of times Jon has to be saved from imminent death by a Woman Ex Machina? Sansa in Battle of the Bastards, Dany north of the Wall, and now Arya right before he’s about to be torched by an undead dragon? 

That’s how sexism (and racism, and other forms of structural discrimination) works, though. Mostly it’s perpetuated in unconscious ways, not through intentional targeting of one group. Having significant blind spots about whose voices matter, what perspectives and people should be included at the table—or in product…

I’m not a sheep hunter, but even in an environment like that without much cover, camo can sometimes give you a decent edge. Jason Hairston was an asshole, but he was an accomplished hunter.

I already respected the fuck out of her, but this elevated it to a new level.

Blood quantum, enrollment, identity, and tribal sovereignty are huge, complicated, and sometimes deeply painful issues for indigenous communities. The reasons that people are weighing aren’t shallow or unimportant, even if you disagree with the way it’s being covered.

I love, love, love supernatural/occult horror movies with heavy atmosphere that puts you off balance, and where there’s an unusual turn in the plotting that keeps you feeling unsure. Suspiria, Candyman, and It Follows all accomplish this in different ways. They have wildly different settings, are thrilling to be…

I really liked Oculus and really liked Episodes 1-9 of this show. The ending almost ruined everything else for me though; Oculus, on the other hand, had the decency to see its fucked-up premise all the way through to its totally inevitable and horrifying ending. 

Ah, thank you. Glad I cut bait!

What I’m saying is that it’s fair for a guy to be upset if his partner secretly goes off BC to get pregnant. However, your willingness to act like that’s 1:1 with rape makes it clear that I’m not going to get anywhere with this conversation.

Literally what is your point? No doctor is going to hold a guy down and perform a vasectomy if he doesn’t consent. Come on.

You seriously don’t think that in a healthy relationship, a discussion about whether or not to have an abortion is pretty standard when one party finds themselves unexpectedly pregnant and uncertain about what to do?

...because they’re a couple? This isn’t, like, a legal argument. It’s a marital “we” decision the same way having a kid is even though it’s only happening in the body of one spouse. One spouse can’t compel the other to either get pregnant or get a vasectomy - but in a healthy relationship, you work together to make…

This so strongly reminded me of a flashback scene from season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale that it sent a real chill up my spine. When a government begins to invalidate the identities and lives of its most vulnerable citizens, it feels like a harbinger of much worse direct action to come.

Yeah, and the entire weight of the special rests on revisiting, deconstructing, and moving past that exact sort of joke. Or were you not paying attention?

I think conflating what she describes with “maintenance sex” does a disservice both to how horrible her story is and what people talk about when they use that term. She explicitly calls it sexual abuse, and includes enough detail that I think any reader with a brain and a heart can tell that it’s different. 

This feels truly full circle for me, as Stila’s stay all day eyeliner remained in a perfect cat-eye through my election night 2016 sobs. No exaggeration. I almost wrote a Sephora review built around this information. 

Just because you haven’t personally seen all the evidence doesn’t mean it’s “unsubstantiated.”

This is what I don’t ever understand. Who the hell thinks women cook up a false allegation for fun and to reap a reward of sunshine of roses? In real life, it’s completely the opposite in even the clearest cut cases. I was once a corroborating witness in a horrible situation that happened in public, in a work setting.…