Lena is generally an A+ illustration of the old adage re: liberals, “An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally.”

“The vibe was very much like, ‘Do I want to f— it? Is it wearing a … yep, it’s wearing a tuxedo,” Dunham continued. “I’m going to go back to my cell phone.’” It was like we were forced to be together, and he literally was scrolling Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie. I was like, ‘This…

This person is acting like a creep. If it was a guy, I think people would be even more creeped out. It is incredibly relevant that they haven’t kissed a guy yet at this age and yet are creating some fantasy where they might be “the other woman” or “home-wrecking”.... They are combining adult concepts with childlike…

I don’t know. I’m seeing a lot of “but this is what she meant”. If she did mean “feminism is about equality, and we need to do better than white middle class feminism to achieve that” then that’s great...but she didn’t.

An elderly Jewish woman wins the state lottery, $100 million. And during her press conference, she says she intends to give most of it away. “$40 million to B’nai B’rith, $30 million to Hadassah, and $10 million to the Nazi party in Germany.” The reporters can’t believe what they just heard. One asks, “Did you say…

I don’t get it either. The entertainment media used to be able to hear a joke about an edgy topic and know who it was actually directed at. Now it seems like they’ve gone into “concerned conservative parent” mode where the default stance is “X is very serious, there’s no place for making any jokes about X”.

He wrote an episode of network television about making out during Shcindlers list almost a quarter century ago. Its like the world suddenly forgot who Larry David is. The joke isn’t “boy the holocaust sure is funny” its about lechery trumping tact told by a man whose relatives were murdered by nazis. Its odd to me so…

Exactly. Merely referencing the Holocaust isn’t automatically making light of the Holocaust. There is so much mainstream, well known comedy that references the Holocaust (and slavery, and other atrocities) in some way. It’s topics people are drawn to because they elicit such a deep pull on our psyches. (Look at me,…

No problem!

The left chart is solely about writers. The right chart is everyone in the writer’s room.

Dance to jukebox all you want, just please don’t bump into me and spill my drink. Quality of life issues.

And this is brave to admit in a place like this. I loved reading that, because the performativeness of activism has pretty much driven me out of it. The laziness of sharing hashtags, the social media glamor of doing jail support, the messages that are emblazoned on everything at all times.

My tolerance for this kind of art is low

I mentioned this downthread, but to avoid any confusion, Conde Nast International operates somewhat autonomously from regular Conde. Conde Nast in the US has had Richardson unofficially blacklisted for a while now. Glad the international branch has followed.

Hot whiskey take coming

Weinstein’s friend Marc Jacobs has been harassing a young designer named Angel Barta for 8 years. She exposed the truth about him. Jacobs discovered and made famous many Oscar winning actresses and top models. ( Jennifer Lawrence, Karlie Kloss, Hadid sisters, Cara Delevingne ) He wants to control everyone in fashion. H…

“The person who orders the pills would have to be very sure of how far along they are in the pregnancy, he points out, since the typical regimen of mifepristone and misoprostol is only for pregnancies that are 10 weeks or less. (A variation with larger dosages may be appropriate for some later-term pregnancies, but…

Yeah, that round table didn’t really do it for me, either. But they eventually recognized it as a weakness and started to slowly phase it out toward the end of the show’s run. I think if it had at least another few months of run time that segment would have disappeared completely.

Here’s the thing though. Rose McGowan has absolutely talked about being raped by someone. People have heard the rumors about Weinstein, put two and two together and figured that Rose was talking about him. The facts align closely enough that it’s plausible it’s him.

This column is directed to all of the high school football players who read my column, by which I mean equipment managers