It was clear listening to episodes of the Nerdist Podcast (nee whatevver dumbshit name the podcast has now moved to) from that era when that relationship was happening, Hardwick was dating Dykstra mainly for the geek cred her father could provide him, as someone who had worked on effects on the Star Wars films. It was…
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Why does Amy Adams always get left off this list? For a while I wasn’t sure she and Isla Fisher weren’t the same person. But still.
Cuz, like, they’re not real people, amirite?!
Does it surprise me to learn that Chris Hardwick is a piece of shit? No, no it does not.
Jesus Christ, is this baby’s first book report? Fine, I’ll find you exactly where it is in the article, since you only read to the first point you wanted to highlight to take a quote out of context.
That also read like a really good, “Come at me, bro.” She’s healing, she’s making things right, she’s moving on, but if this person wants to fuck with her, she’s ready for it.
Yeah, no... nerd culture has become incredibly rife with toxic masculinity, men’s rights messaging, and abusive behavior to any woman who tries to present herself as simply a person who shouldn’t be mistreated or harassed.
Contextually (and maybe you know this), Hardwick is a sober alcoholic. From Dykstra’s post, the order for her to abstain from drinking would have been for his benefit, not hers.
Music by Jenny Lewis and Florence and the Machine?
Who know that a guy with a life sized Tardis in him basement could be a controlling insecure creep?
What, exactly, was meant to be funny?
Maybe do some research on abuse?
Why not actually read her article to see what she has to say about this exact thing?
Always got a weird vibe form Hardwick. Like for all the happy go lucky persona stuff, that dude has legit nerd rage, too.
Trump is so much worse than anything this country has ever experienced.
Waaaaaaah....BUT WHAT ABOUT....
She has a good life, but maybe she... also cares about other people’s lives? Just going out on a limb here.
I don’t see anything where she complained about things happening to her.
Responding as she did to a “comedy questionnaire” *is* the humor.
“Things were always this bad. Which is why it’s no big deal now.”