It’s not just basic constitutional concepts, it’s basic word use. The headline refers to Charles’ “constituents” like he’s a backbench MP, rather than his (much as I gag on the word) subjects. The latter is both more accurate and would better convey the disconnect the author was going for in the first place.

Good for Sandy. I hope someday in the distant future she and Cameron Diaz will make a Grumpy Old Men style romcom.

and people should be reminded that it’s the same people that didn’t want women in sports in the firs place, and black people before that, etc...

Her massive sense of entitlement made her think she could get away with it.

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A site that has devolved into the ultimate celebriculturing, click-whoring forum expressing shock that said celebrity culture industry looks to ensure that mainly the most attractive people that would appeal to the masses are employed to cover the bottom line and then decides to do as such? Gasp, the horror. Like…

Pumpkin spice lattes are lousy placeholders for when peppermint mocha season arrives.

As someone who barely knows what The X-Files is, but was completely enthralled by Gillian Anderson’s performance in The Fall (i.e. the feminist crime show we’ve been wanting), the way this show is apparently being dominated by male perspectives is very sad to see. Gillian is a badass who deserves to showcase her full…

and mine was female despite pr only showing off male for merchandise during 1 & 2, sooo get over it?

Many years ago at the group home for developmentally disabled teens where I worked there was a resident who really, really wanted to go to the best steak house in the city for his 18th birthday. He had behavior and anger issues, but was determined to earn that birthday dinner, and he managed it. So another staff…

There was only one time I ever would’ve straight refused to get a customer what they ordered, and that time was the legendary day when one restaurant I was working at had “French Onion Cheddar” as the soup of the day. It was literally onion soup with nacho cheese in it. At the morning lineup, I was the only server…

Actually, not necessarily true. I have many times warned customers away from a particular product. Usually it was actually because the product was bad.

Here’s my problem with your discomfort. I think “innocent until proven guilty” is a good criminal legal standard, but the crime of rape is statutorily incredibly hard to prove, which reflects the sexist history of rape essentially being a property crime. Even if every aspect of the system worked perfectly to convict…

I think you've got a good point about judging people in history. There's a big difference between sanitizing history - not showing or talking about things we now believe to be wrong - and showing but also judging. I think it's a mistake to do the former, but perfectly acceptable to do the latter. You can show the…

Word. And, all men beat their wives...and therefore we should not hold Jamie accountable for beating Claire!

I love how they are implying all men beat their wives back then. Also, that there is this "savage" aspect to the clansmen, as if we should look at them using the same eyes that the English use to justify the occupation of Scotland: the northern wildmen are barbarians in need of civilized taming.

I think you really hit the nail on the head. What Jamie did wasn't RIGHT but the show did a good job of showing how he BELIEVED it was, and then shortly how he came to understand that it really wasn't, and if he wanted to stay with Claire, he'd have to change. They accomplished something in 55 min that Diana struggled…

You've hit the nail on the head. I was incredibly confused and upset by this scene when I read it. I was 14 at the time and had stolen the books from my mom's bookshelf.

"I personally didn't care for the wacky hijinks music, and hearing Ron Moore talk about how all the women in the writers room wanted to make the scene darker but were overruled made me suuuuuper ragey."

To me she didn't need to include that bit seeing as she really did not research it to see if it was historically accurate, she said it was historically accurate and yes spousal abuse did happen back then but it was not as common as she said it was and she didn't have to romanticize it. . The author is an awful person…