I don't know that satire requires lack of characterization, though I see where you're coming from. In this case, the girls don't even have the personality of "broad strokes." I'd be much more interested in a project on this subject if the filmmaker had the balls to make them emotive humans.

Sort of. It's not as good or bad as anyone will try to tell you it is, and actually suffers because it isn't hedonistic ENOUGH, but the neon surface textures are appealing. A problem for me is that Korine is way too judgmental of all his characters, despite interviews where he claims otherwise, and the four girls in…

To a pretty large degree, this is true. The educated world doesn't take misogynists seriously. The label "feminism" has been harmed over the years, most recently through an online presence that's at once preoccupied with trivialities of celebrity, hostile toward debate of ideas, and near-Totalitarian in its…

So long as Woodley espouses values of equality, what does it matter if she rejects the term? Why does everyone care so much about holding onto a word that, sorry, has become misshapen over the years? What you believe in and what you fight for (and, no, calling Jennifer Lawrence your BFF doesn't count) is of greater…

For as long as she's been a pop star, Lily Allen has been spewing this faux-liberal haterade. I don't understand what's different.

This is one of the more despairing threads on the Internet. Generalizations are a way of short cutting real thought, and it doesn't matter which gender or racial group they're directed at, they're born from the same ignorance. Learn to deal with people as individuals, not as thoughtless embodiments of the intolerance…

Of course intentions matter. They may not be everything (ignorance hurts; intended malice is another level), but I'd be a lot angrier if the person had intended to drop that thing on my foot than if they did so accidentally.

The problem is I used to be friends with a guy (an unstable narcissist who kept me employed) who used to publicly accuse those beneath him of being racists (among other lies), just for kicks. So yeah, there are times where I've had to tell people I'm not racist. I realize this is different than prefacing comments with…

"Responsible Celebrity WORSHIP"?? How to be Responsibly Insane?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but do you have a source for this? I'd always heard that certain guests were involved in the writing process of their sketches. I'd expect that Louis CK has a hand in next week's episode, and that "apple shame" line, for instance, sounds like a Dunham idea.

I feel "gender fascism" is too specific and limited a term to encapsulate Jezebel's tact. It's more of a cultural totalitarianism. Innumerate articles here are even titled things like, "How To Think About...", "How To Talk to..." Jezebel's been unwitting self-parody for a while.

The vibe of this site is certainly…

I don't think it's as simple as it having "Slave" in its title. Following the wins of The Artist and Argo, it's also imperative that it's a bland, middlebrow film. Sorry, it is. There's way too much art-school distance from the material; the same style that pervades McQueen's Shame, a movie that's now completely…

Finally, we can continue with our lives! Now, what did Bieber do today??

That's the spirit, guys! Always side with the millionaire diva over the exploited worker who helped create her empire!

"I think they think we're hoodlums, but we're not."

Yeah, Jonze may have been a jerk in trying to steer the discussion toward an "acceptable response," but I don't feel someone would arrive at the same interpretation as the interviewer unless approaching the movie with that initial bias.

Hahahaha! It's hilarious that multi-millionaire Nicki Minaj feels the need to release a song about how she doesn't fuck broke people. Thanks for clarifying.

I have no doubt. And if Walmart were one of the first to break that boundary, it would actually be revolutionary.

But they're not putting money into the campaign just to make a moral stance. I wish that were the case, but it's Barney's doing some image control after a very tarnished human rights record. So yeah, it's good to have trans representation, and maybe the best Barney's can do right now, but it would be a bigger gesture…

I love you.