I’m having trouble understanding why being a philanderer means someone can’t be a feminist. Until a woman he pressured into sex comes forward with her story, I can’t help but think this is stone-cold vengeance from Whedon’s ex - especially since he was the one who walked out on the marriage.

I think the problem with a lot of these folks is that they themselves are “characters” even with their own names.

That’s why Fey specifically recommended sheetcake (instead of just cake), Entenmann’s doesn’t sell those. #sheetcaking

Yeah, I took it as a satire on my own inertness personally, but I’m inclined to feel that way in the first place.

/shrug fair enough.

My take (and this may be my own biases) was that she was satirizing those who would just sit and eat cake and ignore the world burning.

To be fair, it’s really hard to laugh at anything with a large stick up your ass. And come on, thinking for yourself requires effort. That’s hard and stuff.

Amen, and amen. I could not agree more.

I get that the rest of it was jokes (eating a cake instead of protesting, etc.) but the “ignore them” part...? That was her true intent, no?

Oh no, I think people totally need to be called out on inertness. I think this was a hamfisted attempt at that, though, rather than a direct call for it.

It’s your problem that you’re looking to a comedian for something way more substantial than a comedic bit. That’s all this was. Stop looking to celebrities for guidance. People are perfectly capable of knowing how to feel about Nazis without help from Tina Fey.

Somewhat related - I go to a public pool to swim on weeknights and in July it closes at 8:30 and in August it closes at 8:15. Last night was the second night of the 8:15 closing and when they blew the whistle to say it was closing a woman APE SHIT saying that they were “ripping her off” and that she wouldn’t “stand…

The amount could include not just lost wages, but damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress, attorneys fees because of bad faith, or punitive damages (meant to punish).

And this is why, as a graphic designer, I absolutely refuse to design anything wedding related. Getting married seems to bring out the absolute worst in people.

How do you know I’m not out there trying to solve problems? My life goes beyond the comments section of Jezebel. People post comments on articles. That’s what we all do. My calling masculinity toxic is just as ineffective as you taking the time to comment on my comment being disingenuous. If you’re so concerned about…

It’s not even about the woman, really. It’s the fact that cis men don’t want to admit to each other or themselves that they’re attracted to trans women. Women die because men are afraid to look in the fucking mirror or simply stand up to the (trans)misogyny exhibited by their peers. 

The fact that this idiot went straight to saying, “she dying” is the exact reason so many trans people are being murdered right now. Masculinity is toxic and violent.

Sounds like that guy needs to see a therapist or something.

No.

Twenty+ years ago, I started dating a guy when we were in college. I was pretty naive because my parents kept me sheltered from boys so this guy’s line of questioning didn’t bother me as it would now.