When I was in college and topics about sexism and misogyny came up, male friends or SOs I knew would always say, "Pox, you sound so angry at men." And I used to get defensive and downplay my anger and tell them "I'm not angry at you." But now, my response is, "And? Why aren't you angry, too?" Reading about women being…

Whenever I stop in a gas station or town in the Central Valley I feel like someone is watching me and yet there never really seems to be many people around. It is an unsettling place.

The Central Valley can be pretty creepy.

When you submit a credit for your IMDB page it goes through an approval process which is supposed to involve the studio or production company to verify that you did actually work on that film in that particular job. All uncredited work (as in you aren't in the final credit roll at the end of the film) is marked as…

You should read this article about what parents of sociopaths face: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/mag…

Yes, it really shows what concerned parents face when trying to get help or intervention for their disturbed children.

This is a pretty chilling article about what parents of psychopaths/sociopaths face: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/mag…

This is the bigger issue. It is so hard as a family member or friend of someone who is mentally ill to get them help. If you're 18+ you can't be forced to do anything regarding psychiatric treatment unless you are an imminent threat to yourself or others which means you have to say to the doctor or the cops that you…

Normal assholes usually don't mass murder a bunch of strangers. Who knows what and if he would be diagnosed as a sociopath- it wouldn't matter because it wouldn't be something he could use to argue as an insanity plea. I was just saying it would make sense considering his delusion of grandeur, level of anger, and…

I read that his father is Peter Rodger, who was the 2nd Unit director. 2nd Unit directors are in charge of filming most of the MOS (no sound) shots such as establishing shots, inserts (close ups of objects), VFX pieces for more elaborate shots, etc. They are not usually considered big wigs in Hollywood. And they have…

Right?!

That makes sense - he works in commercials which are very lucrative. And the jump to films is more realistic.

Yeah, I'm really curious. It's not unusual for people's IMDB pages to be incomplete (especially older people who've been in the biz for awhile) but it's weird because IMDB automatically updates any credits that are part of the official credit roll at the end of a film and that's been going on for almost a decade at…

No, they have their reasons which usually are they "felt like it" or the other person made them angry. They have an inability to empathize so they can't understand things from other people's perspectives. They are narcissistic so others don't matter to them.

True, but it's still weird because people usually don't start off as 2nd ADs on franchise action films. You usually have to work up to the position or work on other smaller films first.

He sounds like a sociopath. Sociopathy is a personality disorder but it does not preclude people from knowing right from wrong. They just don't care about anyone but themselves and deeply despise anyone who interferes with them getting what they want.

It's not clear that his dad is "big in hollywood". Rich, sure (the kid drove a BMW and they lived in Calabasas), but his dad only has the Hunger Games 2nd AD credit (which is not particularly high up on the production food chain) and then his self-produced documentary. Normally to be a 2nd AD on an action movie you'd…

What's interesting from what I've read is that one of the high risk factors of becoming a teen parent is lack of engagement in school. And one of the main reasons sited for dropping out after becoming a teen parent is feeling isolated from one's peers. It definitely seems like inclusion and engagement are what this…

It's been about 15 years since I graduated and my yearbook gave every senior their own page to do with what they liked (pending approval from the yearbook adviser). It's interesting that you seem to think there is only one right way to do a yearbook. Really, a yearbook can be anything the yearbook committee/class…

I totally disagree. We know that statistically teen parents have a very difficult time graduating from high school. It is significantly different than the things you listed when it comes to the academic achievement of graduating. All those things are hard but they do not interfere with graduation rates in the same…