And being a white cis man.

That's called "having money". 

I wouldn’t say “never.” But it would take probably take a catastrophic reset in society or civilization and most of us here wouldn’t survive anyway.

That’s why you’ll never get another major religion, as soon as they gain any traction the pushback from society is too intense, since their fairy tales aren’t already ingrained into our culture. Mormonism got in just under the wire, and even they have a ton of resistance. From the 20th century on the best you can hope…

The mother superior had some power over the other nuns in a convent but she received her orders from the priest.

At least in the play Romeo offed himself instead of running for Senate.

When I was 13, I had a 17 year old guy pursuing me. It never went beyond 2nd base, but the pressure to fuck was there constantly.

Given how well that’s worked out for a lot of powerful and not-so-powerful women, I don’t blame her. I really wish we didn’t put additional burdens on sexual assault victims. If they want to go through the wringer to try to get justice—such as it is—then they should, and I applaud their strength. If they don’t want…

The whole system is irredeemably corrupt.

M, Q, Moneypenny, Spectre, ...still too much connective tissue. Holmes and Poirot had reoccurring characters, but I still think those characters should be jettisoned (Watson and Hastings being exceptions) for a movie series. Keep the story centered around the case, not the detective. You’ve got more space in a novel,…

I wish her the best.

I think it’s more that her actual mental health problems were being ignored while people focused on manufactured drama, like ripping the pope. Also, writers like irony, and there’s a lot of irony in the fact that catholics pilloried O’Connor while ignoring the very real abuse she was alluding to.

I was a very lonely 11-year-old whom everyone bullied. My teacher let me stay in the classroom during lunch so I could read in peace, and she gifted me with the first Harry Potter book (which was controversial, because it was a Christian school). I instantly connected with the character, and eagerly awaited the second…

I mean pretty sure she was up until the point she opened her mouth and let the rest of the world realize just what sort of vile human she actually is.

The more of the Wizarding World that is revealed the more I feel like the original series needs an editor.

J.K. Rowling could be among the most popular, beloved people in the world if she could just avoid caring about (or telling everyone else how much she cares about) policing the particular set of genitalia millions of people currently have and/or were born with. What an odd, and cruel, hill to sacrifice so much of your…

Chrissy Teigen is a terrible person. Stodden is not the only minor that Teigen felt the need to publicly attack. She also went after Quvenzhané Wallis nearly a decade ago. And Wallis was 9 at the time and only 17 now. 

I think even a “bless your heart” is a bit mild for someone who not only invents a weird incest scenario, but fixates on the victim in that scenario as the driver and manipulator.

That is gross and you should take the opportunity to rethink that comment. 

As a kid, I was bitten by our mini schnauzer more times than I can remember. Never once, did I not deserve it. I can’t imagine my family having euthanized her because I teased her to the point where she told me “STOP IT” the only way she knew how.