Roman Polanski. Victor Salva. Both jailbirds. Both still working.

I get that. I’m sure people feel the need to justify themselves because of the nasty shaming culture we live in. Which is why your need to judge people’s reasons for what is essentially a personal decision prompted me to tell you that there are also those of us who don’t feel the need to justify and/or apologise for…

He’s not going to truly pay for his crimes, no matter what. I doubt they could arrest him at this point, although I haven’t researched the statute of limitations for child molestation.

Separating art and artists is legitimate thing for people to disagree on, and we aren’t all going to come out on the same side.

It’s the shitty marriage of click-bait and shaming/call out culture. And it’s absolute bullshit.

No, you are not allowed to like the Usual Suspects. If you do you are a bad person who supports sexual assault and should be screamed at until you stop. Or, at least until you tell everyone you don’t like the movie anymore.

Just the act of selecting this headline to report on the interview (which is loaded with seeds for insightful discussion on sexuality and agency, it’s not like this is the most interesting thing about it) is presented as judgmental in the context of the website’s general editorial choices.

The issue is that Jezebel, on a slow day, has decided to use the tired old “Hey I’m gonna make you mad at one of your legitimate heroes who has said something imperfect!” gimmick for clickbait.

Judy Blume looks exactly like I imagined she would.

Ugh. This is Jez at its worst, seriously.

You do realize he was the plaintiff in those court battles, right?

I think Stephens was being a little more nuanced than what’s written here. He cites medial and police reports, and points to a lack of physical evidence and a lack accusers, save one. That’s important. He points to the now-infamous Rolling Stone article, which was debunked, but not before being re-reported and…

Speaking of NASA I know that the dude who founded the Jet Propulsion Lab was into orgies and Satan and spells. But also, jet propulsion. Thanks, Drunk History!

You don’t need to be technically brilliant to write excellent pop songs. You just need to have a good ear, know three chords, and how to turn a phrase. Everyone in the Beatles was really good at all those things.

What were your first impressions of the Beatles?

I’m a historian and I do history docs that run on PBS, and I LOVE Drunk History. Because the number one problem facing history and padagogy is that there isn’t enough sense of fun. History has so much about it that is outrageous and hilarious, and it doesn’t all need to be given the overly reverential Ken Burns…

The funny thing about Drunk History (aside from it being funny) is that I actually learn from it. And retain that knowledge! I wish I had Drunk Earth Systems Science in college. I would have gotten a much better grade.

Calm down, you’re being hysterical.

So... were there no neurotypical people born in the US prior to about 1970? Because it used to be extremely common for women to drink alcohol during their pregnancies because the water quality was so bad. It’s really only been in the past like, 50 years that the “don’t drink while pregnant” thing really started to be…