Moreover, insofar as race is a colonial construct (with contemporary implications, of course) based to some extent on what you like like, it is disingenuous.

Parenting is a human imperative. Women glow (glow!!) when they are pregnant, as all the cosmic energies converge to draw out attention to that ontological accomplishment. Everything else we do is to find a means of procreating and becoming good Mommies-and-Daddies (no single parents and most certainly none of that…

“Poverty-stricken.” Because poverty is just a random occurrence, right? It just strikes people! You are walking down the street, wearing your four-figure Louboutins, pretty Birkin hanging from your wrist, and BAM, now you are poor! That phrase is a nice way of disavowing the causes of poverty, looking at it as if it…

Thank you for the link and your thoughts. This made this convoluted clustermess clear.

Don’t hold your breath for Denzel Washington. My very close friend has a friend who had very inappropriate sexual interactions with him. I don’t remember the details (she told me about this over ten years ago) but it was when Washington was a younger man (“Pelican Brief” years) in NYC.

Fucking atone for your abuse, assholes. Shove the “whoa is me” rhetoric and show remorse with concrete actions. Make a huge donation to Time’s Up and Planned Parenthood or a womancentric non-profit of your choice (two years’ income minimum). Educate yourselves on the subject matter by attending serious discussions,…

You may not have a very good ear for dialect and language. That’s ok. But linguists can tell the difference and, you know, they know their shit.

Kim’s hair is at least his own.

My dialect instructor says they do, and he showed us how they are different. Especially marry and merry.

I agree. At first it was fun. But when the lie was revealed, then it became boring. Moreover, a paralegal with a window office was so farfetched that I, loving realistic legal shows as much as I do, couldn’t take it. Gloria Torres and Sarah Rafferty were superb, and Rick Hoffman did a great job in regards to the…

US v Thompson (2009)

Are you talking about the US law enforcement or the Schutzstaffel (SS)?Because what you describe is pretty much unconstitutional. Read the fourth and fifth amendments. ICE officers have to produce a warrant immediately and upon request.

It is not turmoil of the soul. It is a mental disorder. Enough with the artiste maudit bullshit.

I see your point, but I think Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a great character, nuanced and the most lovable in the entire family.

Not all assholery is the same. Rape is unforgivable, child exploitation is unforgivable, physical abuse is unforgivable. It is also fucking illegal.

I think that one possible cutoff is the degree of power we grant the artist by consuming the product. An fx technician may be a jackass but it is unlikely that the sucess of a cultural product will give that person enough cultural and symbolic clout to do whatever he or she wants. Moreover, there are other technicians…

Same here, and not even technically disabled. Ask anyone with plantar fasciitis who wears orthotics to go barefoot and you’ll be slapped silly.

I will give you an example. If you invited me to your home and didn’t warn me it was shoes-off, we’d have a problem. By doctor’s orders I can never ever walk barefoot. It is excruciatingly painful to do so. I wear slippers for everything at home. So, unless you had shoe covers, I wouldn’t be able to go in. If you…