I mean, I agree that it didn't really seem necessary but I do not blame her, he's lookin' real good and at the same time real sad, I could imagine being swept up in feels.

I don't think he's denying that jealousy is real, just suggesting that the feeling is not as intrinsically unbearable/inevitable as people are lead to believe by default monogamy. And sure, prostitution is still mostly illegal but I think he's talked about hiring sex workers safely (and how to avoid trafficked women…

For sure. It's something I've probably mentioned on a first date, because I mention it just as casually as people mention a desire to have kids. While it is useful to suss out total NO GO issues at the jump if you're dating exclusively to find a long term mate, I do it more because it's just a thing about me, like the…

Nope, not going to suggest all of pop culture needs to "come down on the side of kids." Art isn't responsible for parenting, parents are. And as you've said, you'd tell your kid "see that gross thing those gross people are doing, don't do it" so that's a parent parenting how they see fit and that's how it should be.…

You are really sticking to your guns! But I'm sticking by my guns that nothing about the smoking in this show is attractive (I might agree with you if the teenagers smoked, but they don't, only stressed out grizzled adults.) And disagree that just because the creators were inspired by family films doesn't necessarily…

My mom never could grow long hair so when she was a kid she would put a slip on her head like she had long flowing locks. So if that made her feel pretty, that bad wig can make El feel pretty!

We don't know how much culture she absorbed before she was at the lab. We only see her being tested at roughly the age she escapes, right? Beauty as a concept is pretty fucking instilled in girls from birth so if she had any time in the outside world, she had time to be affected by it.

The show isn't saying that it is good bad or indifferent that El would be drawn towards wanting prettiness. It is the reality that a female child is (or was, I like to think it's changing) praised for beauty above all else. I don't think there's a problem pointing this out but I also don't think it's appropriate to…

I raised my fist and yelled "YASSSS!" when she wiped her nose!

She was already dazzled by pictures of Nancy and clearly had been denied any semblance of a female appearance so yeah, let the girl have a playful makeover. I loved it, thought it was a cute homage and moment of levity. Also, she has a pretty clearly female face and voice so if they tried to pass her off as a boy (or…

Yes! I was so touched by his kindness towards her, it felt real to me. He was seen by others as weird and it just seemed like he identified her as a fellow outcast. But it also made sense to me that his friends didn't embrace her immediately because not everyone is so sensitive or as open to new people (especially…

Good point, I went along with it in the review because I didn't remember it clearly but of course, it was on the phone, the whole thing was that Lonny was supposed to take Will to a baseball game (despite the fact that he doesn't like sports and it shone a light on the fact that his dad doesn't really give a shit…

I respect the fact that you're really not backing down from this argument but I am still not buying it. The level of sheer panic/grief/anxiety that Joyce expresses is not for kids. They would have toned that way down if it was meant to be a family show (which, beyond just not saying fuck, typically feature much less…

She is a very funny, lovable oddball! So many of the queens are funny but mostly because they are good at throwing shade and reading but Katya serves relataeble Tammie Brown and I am definitely here for it. Her hand earring, her third eye, her prairie skirts, those dirty feet at the season 8 finale!

It made me think of Serial to, but I felt that he made the right choice to not take the plea. When he had to agree to all those things to plea, I thought of how if Adnan had taken the plea, sure, he could be about to exit prison but he also wouldn't have the chance to get another trial and possibly have his name…

I definitely think we were supposed to think prostitutes are his only option. Now, the choice the pay for the services of his client is a little shady but also not insane to think that she appreciates his legal help and finds him not as repugnant as other possible clients, knows he's a lawyer obviously and would have…

And she was four months pregnant, seems like that might be his kid.

I have given a lot of thought to trans issue. I think the rub comes from the fact that before the current broader acceptance of trans identities, the trans community overlapped a lot more with the drag community and the gay community at large. They were seen as gender misfits and they worked the same clubs and likely…

I saw her as part of the Battle of the Seasons tour and was left wanting. She didn't lip sync, she did an okay but very scattered "stand up" segment, and a very lazy Baby Spice in Snatch Game. I do love her personality but she was super underused in that context. She came to town another time and did a "lip sync off"…

Just out of curiosity, what about the show did you consider sexist or transphobic? I know the debate comes around every once and a while but I find it fascinating. RuPaul came from a drag background that was all about being profane, over the top, and sometimes willfully offensive so she (and the show to some extent)…