The theatrical release of The China Syndrome and the Three Mile Island meltdown literally happened at the same time.

You are missing the point that Hannah Black isn’t saying that there are circumstances where a white artist can approach the subject. She appears to consider it off limits in all circumstances. (And in this case, includes an “urgent recommendation that the painting be destroyed”.)

It’s going to be like watching The China Syndrome while Three Mile Island melts down.

I shall ruminate on your thoughtful explanation and await enlightenment.

Fair enough. So what are the circumstances under which it’s ok for people of a dominant culture to make art that references people and events outside that culture? These arguments always seem to devolve into purity pony shitshows, and the only people who benefit are the assholes who think it’s all funny. (Which I…

He’s heterosexual.

The subject matter is not Schutz’s; white free speech and white creative freedom have been founded on the constraint of others, and are not natural rights.

Gawker would have found it by now.

15 years on, this article is still the gold standard in shitting spa stories. Accept no substitutes.

Trumps — They’re Just Like Us! (and—you know, to a lesser extent because she just got out of school, out of college—but, uh, Tiffany, who has also been so terrific.)

WHY IS THE SLAVE SMILING?!

The detail about microwave- and smart TV-hacking comes from files released by WikiLeaks last week, which referred to several alleged CIA cyber weapons. It is unrelated to the invented issue of the Trump Tower being tapped microwaves that turn into cameras.

don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater

blinkered self-interest

My decision to subscribe to the Washington Post rather than the Times last month was mainly because Charles Krauthammer was the only Post columnist I loathed as much as Friedman and Douthat, and I’d rather put up with Kathleen Parker than Maureen Dowd and David Brooks.

That FX would use such severe dialogue demonstrates that the network has no standards.... If one FX employee used the ‘c-word’ term to describe a female co-worker, that employee would be summarily fired.

Nobody is willing to make deals both sides might not be 100% happy with, we’re an all or nothing society now.

Uh, no. The West Wing was just depressing when it seemed to come from an alternate reality rather than an aspirational version of the current reality. I found it unwatchable after 2002.

The original Donnie Darko site is here, and it does a pretty great job of capturing the feel of the movie.

Manhattan to LaGuardia at 70 mph? That’s my idea of a fucking cabbie superhero.