I don’t think one has to be a “stan” to interpret “litigious” and “trigger-happy” as negatives. It seems especially unfair when by far the most example of Swift’s “litigiousness” involved her suing a man who groped her. The item was about Braun not attending the award show, so it didn’t really need to start with a dig…

What is stunning to me is that they thought that their approach would bring more clicks to the site. Step 1, kill your current readership; Step 2, ???; Step 3, profit!

I am so over (and was years ago) this supposedly feminist website’s relish in bagging on Taylor Swift when there are actually truly reprehensible, corrupt, morally bankrupt people not just in the White House, but in pop culture as well. Dubbing Swift a “ Litigious trigger-happy popstar with a penchant for making…

Well yeah, hardly a mystery, but I’m still going to tell him his herb-instincts are stupid.

Dear G/O Media, there is a goddamn impeachment hearing going on and this site used to have live interpretations on such stories. For fuck’s sake. Do you think we REALLY care more about Aunt Becky or turkey meatballs?

But if you say it in a southern accent, ANYTHING can be turned into folk wisdom. “You can put boots in the oven, but that don’t make ‘em biscuits!” Try it!

She’s got a point and she’s also pretty awesome. But I’m a sucker for her going back to The 40 year old Virgin and Wet Hot American Sucker so I’m hardly unbiased.

She’s got a point.

“creative efforts and “communication initiatives”

I feel like he’s the kind of man who goes to therapy just to talk about how attacked he is for his genius and his poor therapist is sitting there listening and thinking ‘well, you’re obviously never going to get anything out of this but your checks still clear, so...’

“Most adults (particularly those, like English majors, who are avid and adventurous readers) would find that kind of thing boring and a waste of precious reading time.”

Um...I took an young adult lit class IN COLLEGE and learned quite a bit like how writing for young adults has changed through the years and common themes and motifs that are addressed through those novels regardless of when it was published.

I would have more sympathy for the viewpoint that the “student” (she’s actually an alumna now) in question was looking for intellectually challenging books if the other Common Read books were actual Man Booker prize winners. But they’re not. We’re talking about stuff like Ready Player One here. The singling-out of…

Look, this is why this shit is a big deal. YA novels aren’t some kind of frivolous bullshit that isn’t worth reading because they aren’t The Great American Novel. If you’re at a university to challenge yourself academically, the Common Read isn’t the only place you can do that, and telling everyone that you joined a…

Being a genuinely nice person in Hollywood, combined with a reasonably good business sense, seems to often make for a long career. Just look at how many of his SNL contemporaries have faded away into the background. I think the only other massive, continuing success from that era (off the top of my head) is Will…

I really dislike his movies. They’re all so very annoying. I love him when he just goes on a talk show and talks. He’s smart, charming, and funny. And you never hear a bad rumor about him. Apparently one of the nicest and most well-liked guys in the business. He’s also a very shrewd businessman, so good for him I…

My dad talks about You Don’t Mess With The Zohan like it should be in the Criterion Collection.

Both narratives can peacefully coexist: Adam Sandler is a very untalented, unfunny comedian who should have quit acting for all the reasons this professor thought AND he ended up having a successful career as defined by money.

I’m sorry to have revisted this trash upon you, then.

The Wedding Singer was cute too. I watched it again 10 years ago and remember it being sweet.