I never got that. I mean, regardless of his actions, he’s a pretty kid. He just is. It doesn’t make his actions any less horrific. To me, the people getting angry at the cover are the same type of idiot who, way back in the 90s, was bitching that Trainspotting glorifies drug use.

And?

Art can definitely have a political or activist element, it can even have that at its core. But whereas clunky symbolism and ham-fistedness is fine for activism, with art you have to take that message and turn it into something more nuanced, more interesting, more engaging, at least if you want it to work as art and…

I think with someone like Sulcowicz, what’s interesting are the differences among those who like and dislike her work. Among her supporters, you have those who like this because they support Emma politically and in some ways see liking her art as a political statement, or activism. The art itself is secondary or in…

None. Shouldn’t this be one of those BS “sponsored” posts you guys do when brands pay you to write about shit?

Well, he is pretty cute.

No, I’d got with an operation. You avoid the icky implications by operating on everyone, no exceptions. That way no group is being discriminated against or unfairly targeted and everyone has to prove they’re fit to reproduce or at least pass a couple of parenting courses.

And he doesn’t have to deal with them...

Even if he’s black, it’s a weird term to use and I just assumed it had fallen completely out of style. More than this kid’s race, I’m surprised that he’s using that term at his age because like I said in my response to Global Beet, I thought only old people used it.

You are so right, when women talk about serious issues in public we should just assume that they’re joking despite a lack of indication that that’s the case.

Exactly. But no, let’s continue to take everything so godamn seriously and then when it turns out it was a joke, let’s get angry about the fact that they dared joke about women’s issues, or that they didn’t save their joking for an “appropriate context”. The joke police is so fucking boring.

Your username is everything I needed on a Monday.

And it was a high school senior too so he’s a teen. What the hell? I thought only out of touch old people and semi out of touch British aristos (Cumberbatch) still used that?

Maybe don’t be so dogmatic and so literal that you close your mind to the possibility that a fictional character - even a puppet one - can be culturally significant and deserving of a prize?

No kidding. Maybe the problem is that these kids (boys and girls) are being raised to think they’re God because they’re good at throwing a ball around, are given scholarships and perks and not actually taught to be responsible, mature adults and then they’re hired by teams that pay them a lot of money and we expect…

Yes because this is the only feminist award in the world and it’s only given out once in a lifetime and they wasted it on Piggy. Feminism can die now. It lost the only chance it had. We can all go home now and tell the Patriarchy it (he?) won.

I think maybe (ok, definitely) overthinking this. It’s just fun. And as someone who grew up with the Muppets, I get a kick out of seeing Piggy get some attention. Not everything in life has to be so serious and earnest, you know? Not even feminism.

Thank you. Too bad the spoilers have to try to ruin a fun award for everyone by going over the top and calling Piggy a “crazy bitch”, “stalker” and “abusive”. Am I the only one scratching my head in disbelief? Are people fucking insane?

I know. And I’ve never heard her say anything remotely intelligent or insightful. I’m not sure I want to take relationship advice from a woman obsessed with the Kardashians ever since her ex left her for one, and who rebounded and had a kid with Wiz Khalifa, who then cheated on her. She sure knows how to pick them.

Shhhh don’t bother. She’s incapable of understanding that kind of nuance. The other day she was getting pissy that people were Emma Sukcowicz’ conceptual rape gimmick video was shitty just because she’s a woman, while everyone loves nabokov even though he writes about “fucking a teenager”.