uh, no. that's not remotely unethical; that's the ENTIRE fucking point of allowing people to refuse clients. are you stupid?

I feel like it's kind of unfair to make a claim about the kind of person she is based on her profession. I know plenty of defense attorneys who have defended all kinds of shitty criminals. That doesn't make them scum as human beings. That just means they have a job that is shitty and sometimes means they have to do…

Then what in hell have you been talking about for the last hour? You've said we should criticize her for taking on (what you feel are) undesirable clients, and questioned whether or not she "works tirelessly" because she doesn't always represent "good guys"?

This is a hideous thread? You're implying that by entering into an industry you legitimise the bullshit sexism that industry forces on you. This is like saying "Well actresses, if you wanted to be paid equally and treated like more than a shallow clothes horse, you shouldn't have gone into film, which is notoriously…

Is it so hard to compartmentalize different parts of a person's life? Big celebrity wedding to Hollywood's most eligible, bachelor-y bachelor? Yes, photos ok! Talk about fashion ok! One normally dies have lots of photos taken on their Big Day. But when the women is at her very serious big-deal job, maybe don't treat…

They were in Venice. Boats are how you get around.

I realize it is completely inconsequential to the meat of this story but Holy Shit if that doesn't just add another layer of WTF.

But that's the way an effective justice system works. Everyone, no matter how horrible they are, deserves representation and a fair trial.

I would subjunctively be wrong about what? Doctor Doctor is, in fact, redundant, unless she was named by Joseph Heller.

I understand wanting to be green, but as my uncle would have said, they'll waste more wood on your coffin than they will on that brown paper bag.

That the book is obviously about Loving v Virginia-a civil rights case on interracial marriage- is the icing on the cake.

Right. I typically style myself as White Borpo, PhD, although I ask my students to call me Dr. Borpo (NOT Mrs. They think I'm so uppity...). The "doctor" title is a quirk of AmE usage. An MD is a physician, but almost anyone with a terminal degree can rightly call themselves a doctor, whether of philosophy, law,…

I'm a diplomatic fucker.

That's a diplomatic way to put it.

The Gawker Media Empire doesn't seem to have a style guide.

Does Melissa Hudson Bell really style herself as both "Dr." and "Ph.D."? If so, I'd be curious as to why.

Keep watching peaky Blinders, it gets progressively better as the characters are more fleshed out. Plus Tom Hardy is in the second season.

This is how I felt about the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie trilogy. I thought the originals were really good and Noomi Rapace was perfect in that role. Even my husband who does not like to have to read while watching movies, really enjoyed it. I know they didn't have the top movie fancy quality to them, but I…

Cillian Murphy forever and ever and ever amen.

Quick, Sundance, buy it. Every other Network will muck it up. I do think if they made additional episodes, and not direct remakes of the episodes, it could work. I have been obsessed with Black Mirror for two years, and am glad/sad everyone is on the bandwagon now thanks to Netflix haha. There are some very American…