The thing is that in Hollywood there really are a lot of 20 - 25 year olds that look much older. My family is from Hollywood and I still go back there a fair amount. What happens is that girls between 15 - 19 who are “mature” looking receive a lot of encouragement to go into acting, or music or publicity or modeling.…

But people still explain to battered, abused and controlled women that they should “just leave.”

I see what you’re getting at but I think you’re underestimating what middle schoolers are actually exposed to. By the time a boy is 12, he has access to hardcore pornography. By the time a girl is 12, she has access to every cosmetic surgery site online. If you think your child doesn’t, then you are either living in a…

That’s deep man.

Almost no one who buys pieces like this install them in their home. The vast majority of people loan them to an institution where they are on display to the public. So this is an investment for the buyer, and probably also a very public act of philanthropy.

Ok. This is getting ridiculous. You know perfectly well that when rich people acquire these pieces it is usually so that they can loan them to an institution where they can be viewed by the public. Its both an investment and an act of very public philanthropy. Again, I don’t understand why you are pretending to be…

What I find most bizarre about Rachel Vorona Cote’s piece is the girlish affectation of it: Like she’s covering her mouth and giggling at this artwork. I wonder if there is a male equivalent. Probably the most stereotypical male equivalent is actually “a five year old could do it.” But is there any other subject about…

But you didn’t choose to not give it thought. Instead, you wrote the click bait above. I’m struck by the difference between the generic, cutesy “what even is this shit” voice that you put on to write this piece and the one you use in your comment. It’s obviously not your real voice. Which makes me that much more…

“I’m a bit confused as to what you mean there... The government is going to make sure that foreigners go away with a good impression because that brings in money.”

Hey. At least in the US there are no political prisoners, police engineered disappearances, torture by police or prison deaths.

“I do tend to believe that countries like Cuba are worse than they present to the world though, simply due to my family’s own experience under socialism.”