You know how Roseanne, when it first came out, was groundbreaking for showing the working classes as normal people, with stories worth telling? Shameless was like that, except without having what turned out to be a racist old asshole as its central character.

End the series, she has been the sun -the centre, the light-, the gravity of it from the start. Shameless is Finoa and her crazy adventures. 9 Seasons is long enough as is, let it end without turning it into Frankenstein’s monster.

She really loves that FaceTune.  And her tweezers.

Regarding gerrymandering: a huge win in NC, true. But it’s not “all states” that need the judiciary to step in (that's a really contentious and haphazard approach). The answer is nonpartisan committees.

Thank you but no thanks for the periodic reminder that the United States’ ambassador to the Vatican is Callista Gingrich. If there were any truth to Christianity, she and her husband would’ve been struck dead by an act of God by now (lightning? mysteriously large heavy hailstone?), FOR THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO THE…

It’s not even about “rights.” This is about gun industry profits. The leaders of the NRA are all either gun company owners or heavily invested in them, and they don’t care how many people have to die for their bottom line. Every voter supporting them is a patsy, putting their own lives in danger just so a few rich old…

They come in illegally from Indiana, you fucking putz. Go unfasten your lips from Sarah Huckabee’s lowest hanging teat.

“Guns aren’t the problem. Look at Chicago, where there are strict gun crimes!”

I’m sick of reminders. Reminders that tell us “oh there’s nothing we could have done to stop this,” “this isn’t a guns issue,” fucking “thoughts and prayers.”

Weird ass hill to die on, girl. 

Oh god, that photo physically makes me sick. Fuck her. You can have that lil’ bitch. 

Grande did actually know Aretha Franklin. They met at the White House and spoke a few times after that—Franklin also sent her some music (she mailed a CD because she didn’t know anything about MP3s). And Grande performed “Natural Woman” on the Jimmy Fallon show at the request of The Roots (she happened to be there to…

I have a vague memory of a long Rolling Stone article 20 odd years ago with a bunch of women, her, Chrissy Hynde, Liz Phair and several others. M made several gripey comments along the lines of not feeling like the newer artists were giving her enough credit for their careers, that somehow they owe her for “breaking…

Yeah white pop star who was at her most relevant in the 80s and 90s seems like a really weird pick to honor an African American soul queen who came to prominence in the 60s and 70s.*

All right. That was nice. One time in 35+ years. If she had to give it up for somebody, I’m glad it was Bowie, the original queen of reinvention.

I think she’s lying. I think MTV thought it would be a good idea to have a musical legend from Detroit honor a musical icon from Detroit. Instead Madonna spent most of the speech talking about herself and her career. She’s now trying to save face. 

Based on her appearance, I assumed she was doing a tribute to Boy George that just went completely awry.

In all the years I have known about the existence of this Madonna person, I have never heard her compliment another musical artist without the caveat “she/he reminds me of me.” The highest compliment she can bestow. Any and all tributes to others are always in essence about her. I don’t hate her, I can’t work up…

After decades of debate, the last few years have proven that Trekkies are a better fanbase than us Star Wars folks. Large portions of both fanbases were unhappy with the new film adaptations, but only one side went so far as to harass and threaten people so much they had to quit social media.