I was confused, too, because he wasn't turning it off at the end but rather just listening to some songs and not others. But he's still not completely the whole album so I guess it counts? I was just happy to see it mentioned, I've always liked a lot of tracks on there but felt like it was a guilty pleasure or…

To be safe, women have to constantly gauge male creepiness. We have to be aware that at any time we say "no" to a guy, he could be the kind that tries to attack us. Something as mild as asking about our living situation in a way that doesn't feel quite right can trigger that "creep" vibe so we know we have to be on…

Eh…..just because she was wrong about the origin of a term means she was wrongly offended (unless of course she had pussies on her feet or something) so in this case you were just explaining the term, not mansplaining in a gross way. I got in an argument here with someone about Dan using the term "bag of slop" to…

Even though I am starting to agree with Dan's kneejerk "BAN IT!" when it comes to guns with firepower beyond a musket, he isn't educated enough to hold his own in a debate with someone who knows their shit about guns. And that has a tendency to make gun control advocates look dumb- how can you regulate something you…

Ooh where is this debating and posturing taking place? I am very removed from any metal scene really at all but my husband (also not a dedicated metal head) happened upon this and we both really enjoyed it. But I'd like to know the drama surrounding it!

I do think it shared some of the "this group of people isn't really that nice or likable but they are funny and seem to own their negative qualities" quality. The New Christine character was kind of like when new people would meet the Seinfeld gang and be like "y'all are awful." It was a more traditionally structured…

I also liked when she dated Eric McCormack because I honestly hadn't really seen him do much other than Will and Grace….I haven't seen it in a long time but what I remember was that he was a shrink and wore a thong?

So few people seem to have been aware of this show so when I met my husband and he also really liked it, I took it as some sort of sign!

Yes, New Christine found her footing eventually and became a very effective spacey weirdo.

His girlfriend Michaela Watkins DID look a lot like Christine!

I really DO think it broke a little ground in terms of the current boom of deeply flawed female lead TV shows (Veep, Girls, Broad City to lesser degree but they still very much go to the well of "ignorant and selfish but well-meaning" that Christine does.) Like the piece says, it set the stage for Veep and allowed her…

What a story, Mark! The Room came to mind too because while I've seen midnight showings in my city packed, I seldom actually meet people in regular life who know about it. But that changed recently -I have this vintage card with a spoon printed on it (it was like a teaching aid for teaching the alphabet so it's like…

I watched it because i thought it was going to make fun of Bush but then I enjoyed it because I do like classic TV sitcoms and enjoyed the silliness. But you're right, you have to have some affection for the source material to put up with it!

That's exactly the image that came to my mind when I read that!

Thanks! I really did not know people were still that heavy duty into the Monkees to be going that deep into this shit but I'm glad because it's interesting!

While I get all of that, I find the Caberet-style singing and the repetitiveness of her snogs to be embarrassing. But I do like the way she uses her body fearlessly (rare for a big woman) and it's like if people who like that kind of humor are getting all that subtext about sexuality in her performance (and not just…

Since I know I personally cannot end sex work (I would love if there was a way to make it healthier because I take enjoyment from it, too) I just consider myself one less creepy, demanding customer who will hopefully make a dancer's day better/not worse. I tip really well and I am cool. I think you can go to strip…

But it won't. As fucked up as the sex work industry can be to women, there is no way to legislate away those base desires that fuel the industry. I'm a woman, I enjoy porn and support the legalization of prostitution (where the law enforcement focuses on pimps and traffickers who abuse women) but I'm also conflicted…

I wasn't a regular viewer of these shows but once I did stumble into a Kendra marathon and was DELIGHTED by the opening credits where she just does various poses at the camera, it was hilarious and adorable.

I mean, they ask already-cast-actresses to lose weight or "tone up" all the time, so I don't see how it's that different.