Chuck Todd is a disgrace. He is an embarrassment to his profession and he should be publicly called out by his peers for it. Meet the Press is a joke. He plays a game where he constantly pushes biased narratives of national politics (like the idea that Clinton and Trump were “equally flawed” candidates), then…

This. Stepping down would require self-awareness and at least an ounce of humility, neither of which he possesses. My theory is that he is clearly scared shitless by the enormity of the job he just lucked into, but that his ego won’t even let him admit that to himself. Just as he’s always dealt with his insecurity by…

On a personal level, yes — she takes none of his bullshit. But NBC News and MSNBC really struggled during the election with Trump coverage. For so long, they have tacitly allowed him to spew his bullshit on their morning shows, and happily covered his invented political scandals (like the birthed bullshit), that you…

It’s amazing. They are shade masters — Kara would be so proud. Example: a week or two ago, the word of the day was “bamboozle.” That’s graduate-level shade — no mention of the subject of the shade, yet no one with a brain is missing the reference.

A lot of unnecessary bullshit on both sides, though both women have contributed in a positive way to the cause of women over the years. But I find it odd that no one has noticed this bit of garbage:

Yeah, plus divorcing is expensive, especially if you have kids. Most people wind up with joint custody, which means both people need a home with room for the kids. So you’re going from a single household and shared expenses to essentially doubling housing expenses while splitting your income in half. Then the divorce…

I loathe the whole idea of house-flipping, which drives up home costs for first-time buyers and results in a shit ton of homes on the market that have the same generic “house flip” finishes and no real character. So I sincerely hope these two decide to quit the show and take time off from their parasitic ventures to…

Yes! The abortion plot line on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was such a breath of fresh air. It’s the first time that I’ve seen a married woman with kids on a tv show (or movie, for that matter) choose abortion. I think there are a lot of people in the world who don’t realize that the “type” of woman who has an abortion can be…

*cough*RoryGilmore*cough*

Yes, and her friendships are her biggest redeeming quality. Sure, she’s selfish and self-centered and has made a bunch of poor choices recently (though she’s also made some good choices, like leaving her old job). But her desire to create meaningful connections to people is genuine. Does she take advantage of Paula’s…

I’ve really enjoyed it. I think it’s darker than last season (which is saying something, because the first season was plenty dark), and that might throw people who were watching primarily for the punchlines.

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While Crash is garbage, I didn’t love Brokeback Mountain. The book is amazing, but I think the movie would have been better with less well-known actors. The story is still incredibly moving, but I found several of the performances in the movie too mannered.

I must have missed this (I fell asleep a few times). It’s good it was addressed, although for me there’s a difference between two characters having a single conversation about an issue than making it a thematic presence on the show. Plus, I don’t love that the goal of the scene is primarily to show how it is…

She was a reporter on Obama’s campaign in 2008 and she presumably got enough work since then to get a Talk of the Town piece published — that’s mid-level for a writer/journalist. A better word might be “mid-career” — many writers never get published in something as prestigious and selective as the New Yorker.

I had mixed feelings about the first season but was interested to see if they could improve on it with the second. It’s a real shame Amazon didn’t re-up.

With the caveat that these are fictional characters, so the characters may just be illogically drawn:

I don’t think that’s fair. Everyone experiences adversity. Even very rich, privileged people deal with the adversity that comes from personal relationships, for instance. But privileged people have the option of falling back on their privilege rather than dealing with adversity (see: Logan). Lorelai has many faults,…

Yes, that’s exactly what I said. You nailed it!

This feels about right to me. More than anything, Rory seems to want things to be easy for her. That wasn’t always true of her — she definitely dealt with adversity by working hard in the early years of the series. But the more comfortable she got with privilege (her grandparents’ money, the cache of a Yale education,…