Dude, critiquing one ally is not the same as critiquing all. Mackelmore is a shitty ally for a number of reasons. That has jack shit to do with other, good allies. I have no idea how you heard the name Mackemore and assumed we were talking about all allies everywhere.

Macklemore is white, straight and he's here to save you from the evils of hip-hop. Ladies and Gentlemen a "very special message" about social justice brought to you with all the lack of self-awareness and condescension that only a corporate zeitgeist can provide. Shank me with a dirty shank.

You are someone whose opinion on here I normally hold with some regard. I really can't agree with your assessment on this article. Imagine for a moment that this article had been written about any other minority group. Would you celebrate an article that claimed Black men disrespect women as a matter of course? What…

This is horseshit. This was not a scheduled sit-down interview between Andrews and Sherman in some office or restaurant somewhere. This was an interview in which she grabbed him in the immediate aftermath of a brutal rivalry game for the highest stakes. The whole POINT of that interview is to get an honest emotional…

I just wish Camille Paglia would tell me what to think about all of this . . . .

Well, one thing you should know about the flashbacks is that it is a very common occurrance in this show. Routinely, multiple flashbacks are used to fill in the gaps, so the "rape as flashback" never struck me as unusual just because flashbacks in general are a huge part of the style. Hell, you wouldn't know anything…

Again, this is simply real life for many women and shouldn't be shoved off to the side simply because it is uncomfortable.

Rape isn't just a "plot device". It is a very real action that happens to many women. Many women actually KNOW their rapist. Putting this in the forefront of our minds might upset some people but... GOOD. Get upset. And now start thinking and knowing that this ACTUALLY HAPPENS. It isn't just something that "happens on…

Yeah you're right, there's probably zero difference between "reading plot summaries" and watching the actual show. Which is why books and movies/television are interchangeable as storytelling mediums. Good call.

"I'm saying that I'm iffy on this particular trope because I usually find that it's lazy and used in lieu of female internal character development. "

Furthermore the idea that Mellie's rape is the reason she has strength now is not all what I got from the piece seeing as one of her strongest moments came before the rape.

My overall issue with you parroting the idea that this trope is inherently problematic or overdone is that it decides the intentions of the writers and assumes that audiences are not intelligent. I don't think showing rape adds to the rape culture in any way just as I don't think showing murder adds to the culture of…

Yes but the problem with making an assumption based on a plot summary in long form narrative fiction is that you miss how its parts fit into the whole. It's essentially as if you're looking at this passage from Huckleberry Finn:

"God forbid a woman just be smart and strong because she is, huh? She had to be broken first? I can't."

Not to be a dick but why don't you watch the show and the scene before deciding to make some hackneyed comment about what is and isn't wrong with the plot. This is one of the major problems with Jezebel readership IMO. A lot of "well I've never interacted with this thing but here's my opinion...". No. That…

I should preface this post by saying that I am a man. I am a gay, black man but a man nonetheless so rape is not something I will ever tangibly know, yet it is something I have indirectly experienced being the son of a rape survivor and the best friend two a rape survivor who was raped by her boyfriend's brother. …

This is a blog for squares. Once you get that, most of the article about entertainment make sense.

What's wrong with this? I'm surprised Jezebel is coming down on this. I don't smoke pot but there is absolutely nothing wrong with people who do - it hurts no one it's the most harmless drug there is. It absolutely should be legal. Props to Miley for giving it media attention.

It might give you a bit more credibility if you knew what you were angry about. White sulfur isn't a thing, you're thinking of white phosphorus.