I feel the same complicated emotions. This isn’t a solution, but being pro-sex and pro-choice and pro-birth control doesn’t address the culture that doesn’t promote a conscious approach to parenthood. And most liberal, educated perspectives on this are way too rosy re: the fate of children in these situations. Love is…

I’m an addiction counselor in a rural area, and most of my clients are poor, low-functioning, and have low educational levels. Many of them have no transportation or internet access. They often have unstable housing.

I have a finite supply of outrage and won’t expend any on an addict with 7 kids choosing voluntary sterilization.

It’s been done.

Oh man. Season 1 brought me my favorite moment in TV probably ever.

I know, but I wanted to pile on.

I saw an early release of it (which holy shit — I have never been in a test audience and that is sooooo cool!) and I was so moved! I also like how del Toro picks a color to be the cinematic theme of the story. The green hues were so beautiful. Cinematically, this film is a love letter for your eyes

I’ll just say I saw this movie yesterday and cried like a baby and everyone should see it. It’s beautiful and strange and satisfying and not your typical Oscar bait yawn fest.

Also, the heroes are a woman with a disability, a black woman, and a gay man and the villain is basically a stand-in for toxic white…

The only time I wake my husband up in angry laughter is when he and the dog synchronize their snoring into a seamless loop.

I am treading lightly, because I don’t want to bring up a bunch of old white men’s achievements in a thread that is praising a talented black woman.

TBH - Paul McCartney and George Harrison are / were extremely talented.

Yep. Younger people tend to forget they were born into this world that was shaped by people of Cher’s generation. People who had to fight to get where we are today, people who held racist, sexist, homophobic views who have changed with exposure and education. Hell not even just Cher’s lifetime. In my lifetime. Just…

Too many now a days forget that humans are capable of changing.

I was waiting for the internet feminists and other wokes who are always like “YAS Cher’s twitter is the best” to find this. Does this mean they have also discovered “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” and her initial reaction to her trans son? She wasn’t initially woke which means we burn her at the stake!

I...don’t get the outrage. Are we working on the assumption that every song performed by a singer is an autobiographical claim? Because that’s...just stupid. Cher didn’t write that song, anyway, ffs.

I can’t believe I have been commenting here for ten years.

^ this, please.

I know it just ended, and Kara is on to bigger and better things, but man I miss Shade Court. It was truly unique, had an independent voice, and was FUNNY. AS. HELL. It always made me feel like someone else cares about stupid petty pop-culture bullshit as much as I do.

Welcome to the new Editor-in-Chief! I’m also someone who will sit there at times during the day refreshing the home page. I’ve very much come to appreciate what Jez has to offer in terms of content and community and want nothing more than to see it continue to thrive for years to come.

Welcome Koa. I have been here since I followed Lindy West from Seattle. I hope you accomplish all you strive to!