That's fine, it's just such a bizarrely extremist position to take, a complete denial of nuance and context and the spectrum of celebrity. But if that's how you like to think, that's your business of course.

She strongly pushed back against the guy who hated that annoying, misguided Nirvana song for the "wrong" reasons.

Are you a psychic?

"I wish I was anywhere near as smart as I pretend to be."

Why not? Authors do, podcasters do, academics do. Doing an interview doesn't mean you're searching for massive celebrity status. She's got some content she's trying to get out. Again, you're mischaracterizing her position. She's not trying to avoid *all* recognition, any more than you are.

Is the Lebowski backlash a backlash against the Coens generally, and their supposed cynicism and elitism, or is it something specific to Lebowski itself?

"but when i was growing up (i was born in '72), me and my peers didn't reflexively reject or mock things our parents liked—in fact, more often than not we LOVED what our parents liked"

I believe what she said was that she didn't want to do much acting or to be a major celebrity. There are lesser degrees of celebrity that she'll never be able to escape, and that she would like to cultivate in new ways. She's working on being a published author, for example, does live shows with a well-known podcast,…

Mara's is one of my favorite Twitter accounts. I never saw any of her movies growing up, and still haven't, but I liked that Cracked article she wrote a couple of years back, and then I encountered her on Nightvale, and became a fan.

In any given singular case, I think I agree with you. Although there are concerns about whitewashing. But leaving that aside, I think in total diversity is important. If suddenly all voice actors were white or black or Jewish or tenors or men or women or whatever, I think that would be a problem.

I dunno, I think I'd have clicked it if it said Disney. ;)

Does it matter? I would say yes. Should it be a litmus test? I would say no. It's a complex issue without an easy or universally-agreeable standard.

Where do you think the battle for social respect is fought? It's fought everywhere there are people. That includes where we are right now, in this internet space. I want to be a responsible contributor to this and every space. You don't have to be a full-time activist to do that; you just have to be a kind, inclusive…

In this post alone, you called the writer lazy, bad at her job, a liar, and apathetic. Your point about the original post can, in fact, be made without doing any of those things.

Comments on threads like this show how incredibly far there still is to go. Yes, the legal battles have largely been won (though gains are always in danger of being rolled back, and are being rolled back in states like Texas), but the battle for social respect has barely begun and is meeting fierce, ugly resistance. I…

You and others might benefit from higher standards in your approach to civil disagreement.

The Entire Internet: Wait, I do??

It's sad that even on the AVC, a more literate community than many, the comments are largely dismissive, often rudely and condescendingly and profanely so, of the idea that Pixar should consider creating more and richer female roles.

To be fair, he was asked about it, he didn't come into the room complaining about it (presumably.) So when asked about it, he has three choices. No comment, revise previous comments (he probably hasn't rewatched the movie, so why would he do that?), or stick to previous comments. His stance on The Shining happens to…

"But I see them as a lesser medium than fiction, than literature, and a more ephemeral medium."