But we've seen what happens to the women who weren't lucky enough to be rescued, and I don't feel like the writers earned her characterization - it felt like a shortcut.

I think the episode made the distinction between being "polite and considerate" PC, i.e. actually being a good person who respects others, and "politically correct" PC, i.e. being woke in a performative way while still being kind of a dick or else missing the point. There are several moments in that episode where this…

I chuckled when that came up during the movie because sci-fi usually rests on some sort of bastardized physics or biology. Pleasant surprise that linguists finally got their chance to shine (and bitch).

I was thinking about this the other day when I rewatched another film of Villeneuve's, Incendies. He seems to prefer a sort of deliberate, "still" pacing that makes most of the emotional moments very subdued, unless you're totally tuned in.

Kid: I feel bad for you.
Satan Draper: I don't think about you at all.

It is a mildly interesting thought exercise. I never thought about why Harry Potter books in particular would be targeted, but I realize that the conceit of the books is that Harry Potter lives in a close approximation to the real world except magic is real. Same thing with Twilight, which fundies also hate. Whereas…

I realize it can be lazy writing, but distaste doesn't explain the raw anger.

I agree with this. It's a bit ironic that people are really overcomplicating the premise and missing the mark by adding all this subtext.

Just gonna say it: and if a woman does it she's a diva, or difficult.

They're not perfect and the selection used to be better, but I've been pleasantly surprised at Netflix's and Amazon's international/arthouse offerings. It seems the determining factor is how well the movie does at award festivals.

As a gay guy I will endorse your statement, with the caveat that things change when that shirt comes off. Otherwise he looks like a beta test version of a less forgettable actor.

I think she dislikes the frivolity of "gay shipping," because she grew up in a generation where her gay friends were targeted for their sexuality. For example when someone asked what the big problem with it was, she said: "They ASK me, I answer, a little girl says "it would be cute" Ask a gay teen in the '60s just…

Judging in context of her other comments, I think her larger point is about fanfic in general being weird. The very worst I can say about her is that she's old-fashioned, but *homophobic*?! Nah.

The concept of "se non è vero, è ben trovato" is about as old as storytelling, so if anything he's in good company. In that vein, you'd be surprised to know that a lot of what's labeled nonfiction is actually quite, shall we say, loose.

I don't know, I'd recommend actually checking out the show before making those assumptions. The worst I can say about it is that a lot of it is an hyperpigmented exaggeration of the issues— but that's true of a lot of comedy.

What I took away from that scene is that parroting all the "right feminist things" on paper, using consent forms, etc., does not preclude a guy from still being an entitled asshole. Notice that the guy took out the consent forms without ever actually asking Kimmy if she was on the same page as him regarding having sex.

I've seen 3 or so of the MVs that came out of it— Hold Up and Formation are fantastic and Sandcastles is pretty good— but I admit I didn't have the inclination to spend money on the entire thing.

Less opportunities for her as a woman than back when she was a murderous pharaoh, though. That glass ceiling is a bitch!

Maybe it does, eventually. Or maybe the worst of it is over but the infertility that was caused at the time is permanently damaging.

"As it is, it seemed to me like they were admiring or celebrating the entire Handmaid system, ceremonial rape by sterile dudes and all — at best there were hints that they didn't really know what it entailed."