Nope.

As I pointed out, the “kitsch” element is not demonstrably because it is foreign, though the fact that it is foreign is definitely being used as a part of the visual language of the film to demonstrate that the character is an outsider (in this case, by her own design). There’s definitely an argument to be made about…

I’m not disagreeing with you, but my point is that the “kitsch” element has nothing to do with it being from another culture. It’s a particular variety of stylized performance that was popular in that era and not specific to any particular culture at all (unlike the variety of typically Indian dance styles that are…

While I actually think the critique is interesting and does make some valid points (I say as a person who also loves Ghost World and identified with Enid), this was one point that really didn’t land for me. I reread the paragraph about Jaan Pehchan Ho and there definitely seems to be the implication that her…

And how am I supposed to read the tone of your previous comment, exactly? Was it intended to sound some way other than smug and mocking? It really bore little relationship to the comment I originally made and I can’t see a purpose to it other than to point out that you went to Notre Dame. Which, like, good for you?

At my university everyone got their diplomas mailed to them - there were no exceptions. So, I think it depends upon where you go, but generally, yes, this is true.

......I’m aware of this. I’ve been to college and graduated and skipped all but one of the events for non-political reasons (and received my diploma in the mail, as all graduates of my large, private university do). If this is anything equivalent to my own university’s graduation ceremony, I assume this was some…

Hard to say! My mother and multiple family members graduated from the University of Notre Dame and probably all of them would rather skip it/have their child skip it altogether.

Yes, all the time. I have the kind of leftist-pragmatist views that seem to be criticized as conservative when people don’t read carefully. I think I posted on here at some point that all sex was emotional labor (meaning that maintaining a positive intimate relationship with a partner requires work and presence and…

Was truly about to say “FLATFORM TEVAS”

Counterpoint: I have hairy armpits (and legs!) and hate men and am also a feminist. But I don’t actually think those things are connected?

Man, I love Rihanna and think she’s gorgeous and I generally love her style both on and off the red carpet for being so edgy and inventive, but I am NOT feeling this. It looks matronly, somehow. A combination of the fabric and the cut, maybe. It’s so heavy!

Like I said in my reply to Mystic, there’s a lot of work that actors have to do that other people don’t see, and there’s a lot about any given film set that can make it hard to do one’s work. I can understand why an actor of a certain caliber and level of recognition would expect a little more respect for her needs.

Well, I think creative personalities can be difficult (I say this as a creative person myself), and I do think that there’s a lot of unseen work that actors do that’s really challenging and can require a sort of protectiveness that sometimes manifests in a demanding way. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that’s true of…

This is often the way things go, I’ve observed (and not only for black actresses, though obviously all the same obstacles that marginalized people face in society also apply in Hollywood); that usually the reality is a combination of both. Who knows if Mo’Nique is “difficult” or if she’s being painted that way because…

That makes sense. Though I’m Jewish, I grew up going to Catholic school and I know and understand a lot about Catholicism, but there are definitely things about it that are difficult to process from my perspective. Mostly the preoccupation with the soul, and of course the need to make other people do what you think is…

Ha, well I already know there’s no way it could be the worst pain in my life - 1. spot is held by my medical abortion and 2. is getting shot. My big anxiety is whether my acne will come back and my depression get worse if I go off my pills. But thank you for sharing your experience with me! I only know women who had…

Yay! I’m glad you came around. This is very interesting to me, since what you’re saying makes perfect sense and yet so few people seem to see it.

This is ironic, given that (according to the Guttmacher Institute, anyway) Catholics account for the largest individual religious affiliation of women who have abortions.

I think a lot. “The only good abortion is my abortion” is actually a surprisingly common phenomenon, from what I can tell. That’s anecdotal, of course, but I feel like everyone I know knows someone like this.