Trans women ARE women. Period.

They cast horrible actors on Broadway all the time! Usually not for original casts, but c’mon — pop stars and minor celebrities replace those original cast members when they go, regularly, and they are usually cast for their names, not because they’re the best actors.

Wow. Because obviously the kids whose parents couldn’t pay needed to be singled out ... I’m glad the board put their foot down.

My god. Poor Violet. The story is so flimsy people must have seen through it, too, and STILL she couldn’t get any real help. That is awful.

Yes yes yes. This, Kristen Schaal as Louise, and everything about Tina Belcher, are why I love this show so much.

Right? Tina could so easily be the “Meg” of the group, and she never is. Bob’s Burgers is funny while also being fundamentally positive — I never feel like someone’s being thrown under the bus for the sake of the joke.

No, an old thing — the poster was referencing historical discrimination against white immigrant groups. Saying that basically, if black folks were to totally bow out of society to avoid being brutality just for existing, bigots would still find people to discriminate against, even if it meant going back to making…

I mean... people did misinterpret Chapelle’s comedy that way. He had a major breakdown about it and the show ended, because people DID think he was making fun of black people... and disturbingly, they kept on laughing along, for the wrong reasons. I loved Chapelle Show but that kind of comedy does risk…

Yes. She is stunning (and maybe that’s why she seems to get mostly positive attention for it) but it’s her complete inability to give one single fuck what anyone thinks she “should” be doing at her age that is so wonderful. She’s the kind of actress I’d love to be.

That’s a style! It sounds like a great one, too!

That DOES sound like a great outfit, but what kind of bra does one even wear with that top? I’ve never owned a strapless bra that isn’t terrible.

Sedaris, damn it, autocorrect.

Sedalia drew an aardvark in my copy of Me Talk Pretty One Day. At least I think it’s an aardvark. I can’t honestly tell, but I treasure it. He’s awesome.

Oh, totally, especially in the “dark romance” titles where the relationship decidedly did not start out as consensual. Not only does it feel like a way of removing the inherent conflict that makes dark romance hot for some of us (between what the heroine actually consents to and what she finds erotically compelling…

I feel you. We will never eliminate rape, because there are always going to be fucking horrible people, and there’s really no way to fix that. But there would probably be less of it if the victims of sexual assault weren’t blamed for what happened to them and shamed for trying to confront their attacker or seek legal…

Yes — Sansa’s rape by Ramsay COULD have been a valid artistic choice, I see why they might choose to combine her story arc with that of a minor character in the books who happened to be her friend. But because they have used rape just to “amp up” moments that were already plenty dramatic so many times, it’s just like…

Yeah, actually, I can see why she would feel a more recent civil rights icon would be preferable. There are tons of people who are all, “Slavery is over so racism is dead.” It’s bizarre, but they don’t even acknowledge segregation, or the fact that it took so long for black people to ACTUALLY be able to vote, even…

Just wanted to say, reading this made me grin. You are obviously SO proud of her. She sounds wonderful.

Bahahaha. I’m all for open relationships as long as BOTH people are on board, but given that your mom clearly was not, her response is fantastic. She made herself SPECTACULARLY clear.

Oof, my heart aches now. That poor, wonderful cat.