And that's the third time "The Leftovers" has made me cry this season!

I think I was one of 10 people who watched this show when it aired. It has since become one of my favorite shows of all-time and introduced me to Bryan Fuller way back when. I've paid it forward by recommending it to anyone and everyone who seemed even remotely interested in him and his work.

One of the many great things about that show.

Big fan of Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down), myself.

I started to cry when Nora laughed hysterically at Kevin saying they should have a baby. Not because it's not funny—it absolutely is!—but because it's also so fucking sad. Followed by them earnestly asking each other if they're happy and then desperately assuring each other that they are. When they're not. Of course…

There's a very decent chance the end of this show won't be as good as we all want it to be. But that won't change the fact that this is an exquisite piece of art that reminds me there is beauty in the world every time I watch it.

I didn't know this adorable book was ending. My day is a little bit worse now.

"“Closer” is worth imitating: It’s a legitimately good song."

I have similar feelings. I'm gay and usually this sort of stuff strikes me as dishearteningly homophobic, but some part of me is getting immense pleasure imagining that fucking coward getting infuriated over this.

Think they'll re-release Pirate Prude as a 10"? Would love to have a vinyl copy of that stellar EP.

Hey man, Splendora were pretty good! The "Daria" theme led me to their sole album, which is worth a spin.

Agree, but Buffy would never stoop so low. A "joke" like that part of the episode in which Willow comes out to Buffy, but it quickly turns into one of my favorite scenes in the show since it prompts Willow to sort of silently come out to Buffy. It was handled with a lot of pathos and grace. And that was 17 years…

Totally. It's just blatant queerbaiting, teasing the possibility of queerness/gay sex without committing to actual visibility politics. Stuff like this and the Beauty and the Beast non-committal are frankly offensive because they're transparent publicity grabs disguised as pseudo-attempts at progressivism or inclusion.

And yet again I find myself being the one asshole who has to repeat the fact that Jane Austen's books were very clear and explicit satires of marriage and class relations, not celebrations of those practices!

Sure! It's from this excellent comic, in case you need a good laugh: http://www.gunshowcomic.com…

This one? https://s-media-cache-ak0.p….

I love this album and have been listening to it nonstop. It's been helping me cope with these dark days. "Hype" is the feminist anthem I need right about now.

This movie is excellent and Rebecca Hall gives a truly stunning performance. As Mike says, the script really does succeed at performing an excellent balancing act while giving (largely speculative, but emotionally valid) insight into this woman's life. Hall's take on the character turns her into a type of antihero,…

Liz Phair is one of my favorite artists of all time, and the Girlysound tapes are an absolute treasure trove of delicate-but-searing classics. "In Love with Yourself" is one of those tracks, and such a good example of what she does best. It's all about sex and sarcastic bluster on the surface, before revealing itself…

I like that Mike calls Ruby's broken leg an overly neat metaphor for the movie to make, when in fact Cobie had ACTUALLY broken her leg just prior to making this movie. So that much is real, even if Mike doesn't think so.