Right, I’m confused as well. If she’s getting hammered for published work elsewhere described as creative nonfiction, that’s one thing, but why does anyone need to care at Grey’s or any TV show *purely from a writing standpoint*? If there’s some HR stuff beyond that (like accommodations given or medical leave given or…

Selling personal essays as fact when they’re fiction, or cribbed: not cool., possibly actionable.

Writing a screen-worthy script from knowledge not gained through personal experience: honestly, what’s the big deal?

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one that thought, who cares? Even if she did make it up. How is this a big enough deal to get HR involved? Are we really becoming this puritanical?

Yeah, I don’t get why this is a problem. 

So, a writer just made stuff up and put it in a pretend show about pretend people in pretend situations. Isn’t that, you know, writing?

Any time someone rhymes “unfurled” with “world,” you know it’s going to be a work of art.  Kind of like the Chicago Bears rhyming “girl” with “chocolate swirl” in Super Bowl Shuffle.

Hehe this

Imagine your grandmother’s, or possibly great grandmother’s, perfume. Now imagine that in gummy form, dusted with powdered sugar cut with 50% corn starch to keep it from sticking to everything.

We should focus more on how Turkish Delights are complete ass and I went on a whole journey as a child searching for them because of the book. Top 5 disappointments of my life.

That’s something a lot of the media misunderstood from the start. On most issues, people didn’t adopt horrible views because they loved Trump; they loved Trump because he was agreeing with their horrible views. When Trump has disagreed with them on particular issues, they’ve just ignored it. All they want from him is…

Can we go to the timeline where everyone is a Grizz or Dotcom instead?

Isn’t a big section of this site.... celebrity gossip? I’m confused by this tone.

Then I would say that all those kinds of questions are within the range of sports journalism, and the answer can always be “no, I’m not answering that”—but in the main, respectful and legimate questions aren’t always comfortable, and I do think they can be asked. I don’t want this to sound like I condone churlish or…

I knew a very devout Mormon guy who didn’t get married until he was in his early 30s. You don’t need to ask if he was a virgin because it was so obvious that he was.

Thank you for this comment. I was sincerely wondering about the ramifications of men being instructed to be rapists. It seems like most of them take the role just fine, but clearly that is not always the case. I haven’t been on dating apps for a while, but it seemed like a lot of folks were on there looking for a free…

I saw the results of purity culture firsthand about 8 years ago when I was on Tinder and the dating scene after years in a long term, consensual fun passionate sex-filled relationship. (We broke up for out-of-bedroom incompatibility issues).

Evangelical “purity” culture just amplifies the bigger cultural message that refusing sex is a failure in a marriage and that solving it just requires having sex more. Anytime my partner or I have struggled with sex it is due to something completely unrelated to our desire for physical intimacy and relates to much…

Yes. For millions —- yes, millions —- this kind of “cultural norm” and belief is entrenched and reinforced.

That’s because you’re not so deep into evangelical Christian culture that you can actually think for yourself.  They teach this shit and since the women don’t know any better, this happens.  

Before anything else, I think Biles’s decision in that situation should be applauded as damn it takes a lot of guts to accept that. Can’t even imagine the pressure one feels under that situation.