Nah. I was with the article for the first half, until it got on the "male gaze" tip. Obviously, that's a reality of t.AT.u's act, but let's keep the weight of this intolerance in perspective.

Kinda strange that you can interpret her hateful intolerance toward male homosexuality as somehow benefitting men and oppressing women.

It's worse than non-edifying. It's idiotic. People need to step back and ask themselves what they're trying to prove when they write response-articles like this. Is it a fear of a man claiming girl-expertise? Get over it. All we need is more understanding. We're all individuals and we're all alike, and being human and…

How dare you!

Yeah, it's a very black-and-white trailer, which takes a lot of stupid social attitudes for granted, though I don't want to bash the movie itself until I see it.

Hard Candy went for ambiguity, at least in its creators' minds, but to me just seemed like a film about two mentally ill people at war. It felt exploitative…

He's mainly seen as the predator because he's male. That's the status quo right now. (But it was no better when every woman in movies was out to destroy Michael Douglas' life.) Sorry about what happened to you.

I think the amount of guys who expect relationships on the basis of their being nice is a problem, and they should work on improving themselves. (Btw, a lot of these guys are told while growing up as losers that they'll be a catch later on because they're good people, so I can't entirely blame them.) But I'm curious…

Nobody's obligated to give anyone a chance, including you. But all cars have wheels. Many people aren't *nice*.

Yeah, but he knows his audience. You adapt to a voice.

Seriously. A lot of teenage "white homeboys" from the '90s—a decade which saw the co-option of a LOT of stereotypical black culture—now have families. I don't believe this advertising trend ties directly to that, but it's not foreign to a similar-aged white audience. Although from a perspective of corporate…

I agree with you that men are told to think negatively of their genitals. Male nudity in R-rated comedies is a pretty common shock-joke now. It's partly gay-panic humour that pervades American mainstream culture. It's stupid that so many guys let this stuff get to them, but I can assure you that (for hetero guys, at…

Correct. You're not really serious about equality if your response to everything is, "This is what we deal with all the time!" I have no problem with women fantasizing about male body types, but set the example you want others to live by.

"The fewer political things he does, the more likable Mitt Romney is."

Was it political when he beat up a gay kid and then laughed about it?

That's right. Goldberg is not defending domestic abuse, she's not even defending violent retaliation from violence. She's saying, you have no right to hit people regardless of their gender, BUT you're deluded to think that if you assault someone they'll act in a more level-headed way than you did, or just let it…

No. I defined allies as people who have a shared cause, but don't necessarily place the same weight on specifics of terminology. Be more condescending please.

I said something; you literally understood nothing.

I'm saying we're going about social change the wrong way, by focusing on arcane matters, and making enemies out of potential allies.

I'm sympathetic to your point to a degree (sorry, I didn't hear it all those other times you said it; I wasn't aware you were THE Global Beet.) But pop-social justice sites are too hung up on these arcane "problematic" units of difference. Yes, words matter, but we're all terrible at finding allies. Most of you have…

I actually find the use of the word "gays" to be degrading, even independent of an "I love the" preface. It's "gay people."

BUT... he/she is right. Jezebel does this ALL THE FUCKING TIME. We're all so hung up on policing what people say or how they misspoke, we miss the broader picture and make enemies with those who…

I think she's referring more to event blockbusters, or at least American wide-releases, than European art films. In any case, there are few Hollywood movies made about human beings, female or male.

The song manages to be both catchy and boring, a weird combo that Lewis has down to an art. The video is whatever... stereotypical caricature is never really funny to me, but it's mostly harmless. I don't hate Hathaway either, but she can really be hammy sometimes. Kristen Stewart rules.