Cheers, streamers. I was hoping creators on the platform would push back on this and get these taken off.

Yep, this. In fact, I’ve always argued that Joss’s work got markedly worse, both in its craftsmanship and its representation of women, when people stopped treating him as a skilled artisan who wrote well-constructed stories about the sort of women who interested him and started lauding him as this Genius Artiste…

Within the rubric you propose (which I agree with), I think “feminism” serves the purpose of an underdog narrative. It’s not that Whedon was a particularly strong feminist in his personal life or beliefs - certainly not in his professional behavior. But rather his approach to his craft demanded an underdog element and…

For many, he was an example of what more equitable storytelling might look like, a model for how to create compelling women protagonists who were also very, very fun to watch.

Sunnydale* not Vale (Since it’s used in the pullquote as well.) Good piece, Kelly.

Except he couldn’t. Remember when they all fell on their face trying to repeal Obamacare because just enough of their own defected to make it impossible?

It’s almost like after he promised $2,000, $600 has already gone out and the House is set to vote on the remaining $1,400 later this week or something ...

He said he’d push for that. Which he has and is trying to get pushed through. The government is not that simple. The Democrats do not have a filibuster proof majority to get the stimulus passed, so right now it’s stuck in limbo trying to negotiate with right-wing asshats who as usual do not want to approve anything…

Bullshit.

“Kinda like how he promised $2000 checks and hasn’t done that either.”

According to others reporting it (though I’m guessing more tabloid in nature given the choice of racier photos so pinch of salt) it was other mums reporting her.

ROFL...neighbors and parents “discovered” the site, huh? Any word on which dad or dads outed her to the rest? Jesus is fine with us LOOKING at OnlyFans, apparently...it’s only the posters who need to be kicked out. You couldn’t pay me to send my kids to a Catholic school. 

Dear Square Enix,

Why is this conspiracy theory gaining traction again? It seems to be two factors:

Oh, Texas. Even if your snowballs do burn because they have methane or metal or something hinky in them, why would your first guess be “man-made snow”?

Naturally, none of these scientific truthers bother to have the snow analyzed to see what, exactly, this “snow” is composed of. Of course, when the lab results came back as hydrogen, oxygen and trace elements of any number of things, they’d claim that the lab was compromised by a secret cabal, that the trace elements…

More proof humans are doomed.

Friends. I have returned to confirm Mara is indeed in the game.

Royal. Easy. You intended will understand. 

Shagging your female teacher who is heavily, heavily implied to be in coerced sex work after hours.