Not every lady wants to be a professional, career woman. Some love being wife and mom. That’s what feminism is about - freedom to choose what you wan to do with your life as a woman free of judgement.

(Incidentally, regarding the script, in the film’s commentary track, Marshall said, “I went to women and they did not want to write this.”)

“That’s good advice!”

My thing is - why hasn’t he had an aggravated assault charge added as well?! I know she lied to the cops at the scene and said she just injured her feet...but now that the truth is out, I expected him to get arrested again.

Flirting is one of my favorite movies. And all this time, I understood that she and John Duigan were a couple. It’s horrifying to realize how often she must’ve had to hear that abuse referred to as a relationship...and go along with it? I can’t even imagine.

Based on her apology, it sounds like her whole post is in the voice of a male soldier who thinks like this.

There’s one less movie about trans people, but there’s also one less movie where trans actors are denied opportunity to play roles they are ideally suited for. Perhaps the absence of Rub & Tug allows for more shine for “Pose” or for Trace Lysette’s role in Hustlers, or for whatever projects Janet Mock is going to make…

Promising movie projects have sat in limbo for years (see: The Black List). The fact that Rub & Tug hasn’t been made yet doesn’t mean that it won’t get made. And odds are, when it finally does, it will star a trans actor. 

A trans actor should be allowed to play a non-trans role. But I think it’s about equity - trans actors are so far behind in terms of being cast in the types of roles they seem ideally suited to play, that prominent Hollywood actors (or any actors) continuing to take these roles actively impedes any progress.

Some people think so. I’m remembering the dust-up when Samuel L. Jackson expressed dismay over Daniel Kaluuya’s casting in Get Out. In Jackson’s thinking, there’s something about being an African American - and being familiar with American racism - that might bring additional nuance beyond just acting ability.

I wonder if it has to do with the British press, and Diana Spencer being a member of the aristocracy - she had the title of “lady”, if I recall. Versus Kate Middleton (who evidently prefers her full name Katherine) and Megan Markle. Maybe, because they’re “commoners”, they get called by their government names.

What happened before the recording comes from Christian Cooper. He wrote a post about it. It’s evidently something he does frequently because of the people who flout the dog-leashing law.

I really appreciate this, and have felt exactly how you feel about the lack of discussion of his male privilege. But as someone upthread described, whatever her potential fear, she stuck around to argue with him - versus calling the cops immediately, running with the dog to another location, or screaming for…

I think so, too. I think lynching these days is what happened to Ahmaud Arbery - with guns, but not rope.

From the tweet, it sounds like she didn’t tell it to her directly - but by telling “everyone”, it eventually got back to Samantha Ware. So, maybe the indirectness of it is the “micro” in the agression.

Videos like this have gone viral because of the efforts of black folks - the OP specifically mentioned the attention from white people. I really don’t see this video emigrating out of Black Twitter without the dog.

Agree about him on SNL. And I’m looking forward to this, though from the trailer, I have no concerns about his acting, but I am worried about the apparent corniness of the script. “Bad boy” befriending cherubic kids? Saccharine pep talks? “Your dad was a hero. Heroes deserve to have families.” Bonding with the mom’s…

Well....? Spill!

Same reaction! Glad she got to the mini-eggs. They are the perfect mix of delicious chocolate and the sweet, thin shell. I also sometimes like to leave them in the sun at my desk for a few minutes for a gooey chocolate experience.

Yes! I also wonder if this is about how familiar the writer is with Madonna - maybe it’s an age/generational thing: