Whether the topic is feminism, nerd stuff, sports, whatever. Bloggers in general just seem to be terrible people. And honestly, it’s the widespread adoption of the Gawker tone that led to this and what has come to be the Gen-X/Millennial writing style:

The media getting so defensive over the Richard Jewell story (and that’s what this is, not some desire to protect against the impression that female journalists sleep with their sources) is a bad look.

Yep, as the right goes further in that direction, everything and everyone else in America moves further to the right as well.

I’ve been so disappointed lately in what progressivism has turned into. Like, this is some Washington Examiner, Red State type shit. When did lefties become like this? I’m not conservative for a reason, it’s because they do shit like this. I don’t want the left doing it either.

“No man has a right to raise a hand to a woman in anger, other than in self-defense and that rarely ever occurs.”

The abuse of this term is simply an indicator of how selfish and narcissistic our society has become. A friend simply asking you to be a friend to them in a time of need now requires “consent agreements” and notifying everyone around you of what a burden you’re forced to carry, listening to a friend that needs a…

The comments on the original Jez article were a shameful cesspool of white feminism. SO many Jezzies were defending these white female authors piling on a grad student for suggesting that Dessen’s milquetoast YA novels may not have been the best choice for collegiate readers and that a book about discrimination in the…

His former teacher has come out and said he was a glue eater in elementary school.

Yep. He clearly saw that Twitter thread and the fact that the woman that compiled it forwarded the stories and young women’s info to a journalist and is laying the groundwork for a pre-defense.

No it isn’t anymore. I thought everyone agreed on that after Katie Hill?

There have been Kinja discussions excoriating Bill Clinton for taking advantage of 25 year old Monica Lewinsky as recently as this year for their consensual affair due to the power imbalance present in the boss-subordinate relationship. You don’t see how excusing Katie Hill for the same exact thing is a problem?

Oh no a lot of women on Twitter, many of whom loudly proclaim themselves feminist, are flat out saying this is simply a “consensual affair” that’s no big deal and completely brushing off the subordinate part of it and the usual argument that this creates an inherently inappropriate power imbalance. A complete reversal…

I’m perplexed at all the “double standard” cries from ostensible feminists on Twitter about how unfair she’s being treated over “consensual” affairs. She had sex with subordinates; feminists have argued for years this creates a power imbalance that calls into question how consensual said relations can truly be. Why…

I can tell that we’re being snarky but I can’t tell if we’ve come around to a realization of how dumb and performative these prison sentences are.

Rain Man had a major star in Tom Cruise and a respected actor in Dustin Hoffman. Those types of films still get made and still make money. See Leo DiCaprio’s entire career. Matthew McConaughey, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Matt Damon and Christian Bale also routinely make those kinds of Oscar bait, adults…

I said this in another post but people have a tendency to romanticize the past. Big budget movies have always dominated the cineplexes. This has been the case since at least the early 70s, if not since the beginning of Hollywood studio era. How many theaters in Milwaukee or Lincoln, Nebraska were playing Last Tango…

But can we really blame superhero movies for the fact that people aren’t going to go to theaters to watch movie they can easily watch in their home in 3 months?

And he has made more money than God and can self finance.

Why the fuck would I want to go to the theater to watch an adult-oriented drama? I can watch this from the comfort of my own home.

Again, that is the old guys’ exact point. Movie lovers don’t think all movies without CGI should be banished to streaming. They still value the theatrical experience and believe it should be available for adult-oriented films. This is what the entire argument is about.