He was a leader of the Socialist Labor Party and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. This is widely documented. 

I went on a deep-dive on the Hammers last year and I do kind of want to defend Julius here, this article is a little misleading. He was an abortionist at a time when abortion was illegal, he was also a prominent socialist. He believes that he was targeted by the government due to his radical political beliefs and that…

Because of this comment, I googled an episode synopsis and yeah, this seems more depressing than I’m up for right now. 

Anyone watch The Hour? That’s where I first noticed Ben Whishaw and thought he was great. It was a great show. 

I don’t remember much of Catherine Called Birdy except that I LOVED it as a kid (and the Midwife’s Apprentice by the same author). I strongly dislike Lena Dunham (she’s like a right-wing caricature of women in my generation) so I have mixed feelings about this.

Haha, just replying to say I’ve been wondering the same things! It is really bizarre to me how much the internet is caping for gross-ass Johnny Depp. His case is a lightning rod for the type of guys who like to derail conversations about women’s rights with stats on male abuse. Misogyny runs far deeper and wider in…

Same, but I started to take her more seriously around Isn’t it Romantic. I think that’s the movie where they finally gave her more than weight jokes and it was fun when they did. She is a skilled comedian, I think she just gets limited to “Fatty Go Boom” jokes because Hollywood sucks. See also Melissa McCarthy (whom I…

Yeah just want to echo that that scene between Kareem and Magic’s father this past week was outrageously good tv. I’m aware that it’s fiction but it felt very real. This show has been good from the beginning but that was a high point for me!

I’ve heard others around here express lukewarm sentiments on this show but I’m really enjoying it. I think the performances are phenomenal, particularly the guy playing Magic, so charismatic. One thing that I also like about it: from the pre-air coverage and the trailer, I really thought it was going to be yet another…

Loved it initially, thought the first few seasons were great and fun. My partner and I realized we didn’t even bother to finish the series though, we drifted away at some point in the last season, just didn’t care anymore. Agreed that I’m looking forward to Tatiana Maslany becoming a bigger star! 

Many years ago they admitted that TV recaps aren’t profitable, so they had to scale them way back. My theory is that some networks will pay a little for PR, or some shows just attract more readers (explaining the thorough CW coverage?). But yeah it’s INSANE to me that AV Club isn’t covering Severance or Winning Time,…

Hey LaToya, wow it’s so cool that you replied!! I wasn’t expecting that. Thanks for letting me know what you’re up to, it seems that a lot of gawker-verse writers I followed back in the day are currently working on tv shows that I love. Good luck and get that bag! I just want to say that I’ve been around the avclub…

This is a weird reply, considering that I mentioned Latoya Ferguson by name in my previous comment. She wrote excellent tv reviews for the AV Club for years. Joshua Alston, the previous Atlanta reviewer also did a good job. No need to be defensive about this, dude, not everything was made for you.

It actually also really took me out of the scene and bugged me. I used to wait tables at a fancy restaurant and here’s a not-so-secret secret: people who order steak well done, don’t know what they’re doing. So when you bring them a well done steak, they send it back and say it’s dry. Happened to me multiple times. So…

I thought so too until she indicated this episode that she is paying her own way, in her and Earn’s conversation.

Hate to say it but it’s because a lot of pop culture tv writers don’t have the proper framing or cultural knowledge to draw from, to fully explore the themes of this uniquely black and nerdy show. Glover is a blerd (I say as a blerd myself), a lot of his weird nerd shit really hits with my white nerd friends, but…

The Reddit Afterparty community had TOTALLY picked up on clues like Yasper entering the room from the wrong direction and switching phones throughout. They went through all of this evidence prior to the finale, plus there were a lot of meta clues that the AVclub reviewer didn’t seem to be aware of. For example,…

Thanks for calling attention to this, I googled b/c your post and here’s what I found: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/g-o-media-strike-gizmodo-jezebel-1235193062/

This review isn’t positive but still makes the film sound super interesting to me! I just might check this out. 

Who criticizes the way others choose to view media, or spend their limited time on earth, for that matter? I also didn’t love Parks and Rec right away but I didn’t find it obnoxious enough to turn off before it got good. This was obnoxious.