I don’t think that’s the point of the essay. I haven’t seen the movie, but I get a sense that the objection is to portraying the white woman as the unattainable ideal, and the brown woman as a caricature of every ethnic stereotype.

I was trying to think of a reverse example of this and all I came up with was “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” Anyone have an example where a daughter-of-immigrants snags a hot white dude?

I find this is also true for Jewish women. Success for men is marrying out, which leaves only the most committed to endogamy—or the least desirable—for any of us who would like to in-marry. Women are starting to do it too, but I think it’s still mostly that unattainable, don’t-marry-your-mother, trope for men. Plus I…

Tom Haverford dated women of color (particularly if you count “Ann” played by Rashida Jones, as biracial in the show and not just in real life), though I’m not sure what the woman he ultimately married identified as, she was not white. Just sayin’

Devil’s advocate here: how much would they have hated him if they’d spotted him in the Hamptons?

Sending love and best wishes and also agree that there should be a more broad—and less “cute”—way of doing this. Primary caretaker, family leave, whatever, but I think the way it is now not only excludes a lot of people but it doesn’t seem to respect the people who actually do take time off to be a mom. It needs a…

Oh I’ve been next to this lovely segment of society on El Al flights, they are not shy about taking the armrest, and/or falling asleep on their tray tables and trapping you in the middle seat.

I did not like the First Day of Camp series. There, I said it. #dontneedthis

I have now had to say this about a lot of reboots and extensions:

My best friend in HS and I were DYING to see that movie (her especially, she was super into Dermot Mulroney) and we were totally divided on the ending. I thought it was great, she was super disappointed. I’m only realizing now how important it was for her NOT to end up with John Corbett at the end of that movie,…

About as difficult as it is for them to not ruin priceless works of art.

Oh wow, this looks worse than I expected. I like all those actors so I figured it would be passable but disappointing. That actually looks hard to watch.

My objection is that I know they are going to make this into a rom-com and it is going to be terrible. I know this family and I hope it makes them a lot of money, but yeah, hard pass.

Can we figure out how to hack this and send all the menstrual shots to Mike Pence?

I’m glad this is for charity. Otherwise I would add it to my list of movies to protest right under this: http://jezebel.com/tom-and-jerry-should-not-meet-willy-wonka-in-a-feature-1794417859

On her 90th birthday, we asked my grandmother what the greatest invention was in her lifetime. Without a moment of hesitation, she said: “birth control.”

“Incent” is not a word.

My mother always told a story about a friend of ours who was born holding her mother’s IUD. I thought the technology had improved since the 70s.

I actually loved this show when it was on. My favorite was when they played REM’s “Everybody Hurts” as the sixteen-year-old burst into tears that she got a car the day BEFORE her Sweet Sixteen instead of at the end of the party!

Seriously, I didn’t need another way of NOT being asked to prom.