The funniest part is where all the French ex-pats I know hate her now and made it clear to me that the French people (as far as they know) only adore her in terms of her past career. She's generally seen as a loon since the '90s.

Time isn't really practical, honestly. We didn't have the speed of the internet still to the extend my nieces now have, but if I could make the constant excuse of researching for a project and being in need of more Internet time as a kid, so could teenagers now. Even with being in a family room, depending on how…

It's worse. It's live local theater. So not only is all the tweeting annoying for the audience, but it's completely disrespectful to the live performers. I expect this shit at midnight showings for movies sometimes: after all, we've had Twilight liveblogged here, and I've seen it for some others. But not beyond that…

It's weird. Even though I had the whole terrible early teen crush, I hated Les Mis as a musical when I first saw it. I read parts of the novel and saw the film with Claire Danes and liked Cosette far more. I also had my younger tween cousin being utterly obnoxious about the circumstances regarding our viewing of it…

Oh god, yes. I can't think of Welsh accents without thinking of how Gwen says "Blowfish!" in Torchwood.

I feel the same. It's really disheartening to hear that this happened. Even if he wasn't terribly drunk and was just ejected for confrontation alone, it's best for alcoholics to avoid the drinks all together, which is hard in show business. Media attention to it isn't going to help any, either. A lot of his recovery,…

I didn't even know this was a thing. I need to find this.

...It had to be the next color that actually clashes with my skin color. I'll compensate with a slightly different hue. Two years in a row, and they pick the exact colors that make me look a little jaundiced if I'm not careful.

I never said it wasn't art in the broad spectrum. I said that I personally don't like it and don't consider it as art. I'm coming from the perspective of a studio trained painter and illustrator, much like PortraitofMmeX is as a former ballet dancer.

Or hilarious stripping with zero fanciness to it. I've seen several burlesque acts that are completely lacking in the glamor of classic burlesque and are more involved with sexually objectifying a potato.

It's just hard for me to quantify what is an isn't art beyond a personal perspective, and that's what happens when this issue is brought up to be reviewed in the law. I have the personal opinion that a tampon in a teacup is not art, and I've seen a lot of things that I do consider art done with zero intentions of…

I didn't mean it at all in the sense of going to Ricky's at all. I'm well aware of what burlesque actually is, but I'm saying that it's still a strip performance of a sort.

Depends on the strip performance, artist and venue, actually. I'm very into the NYC burlesque scene, and several performers I've seen are trained in theatrical arts, music and dance. Strip tease in the past has required a lot of creativity to keep acts interesting, especially in cases where everything doesn't come…

I never listen to general airwaves, so I honestly have no clue what this song sounds like off the top of my head. But reading the comments, I can't help but already think. "Eh, Lisa Loeb probably did it a million times better and with more tact with I Do."

Jesus, that professor needs a kick in the balls as well as to be reported on. One of my friends is regrettably working as a TA with a professor that loves to marginalize all the black and Asian international students. I was getting on her to report it because of how much is was bothering her as a Filipino-American.

POC verifying this. It's especially off-putting when you KNOW it's because of racial fetishization of women of color.

Cue gagging. I get that a lot too. And my sister. It still sounds disgusting in text.

Once when I was getting my commuter ticket, some guy started asking me a line of those questions, and I always have to be an asshole about the specific wording of the questions. This guy really kept going with it, like he'd get shot by some shadowy figure if his didn't find out I'm Filipino.

I agree with this entirely. I'm for animal rights in the cases of cosmetic testing and living labor (i.e. those fucking horse carriages), but fur has become more and more of a gray area. After all, I wear real leather shoes because they last longer and successfully keep my feet warmer in cold weather. Plus, synthetics…

This. The best thing to do to balance ethics and the environment is to buy it vintage or hunt it yourself, if you can get a clean and painless kill. Unfortunately, the quality of a wild animal's pelt will not be as luxurious as a farm raised one, and the condition of a vintage fur will depend on the care and age of…