Go ahead and file this to the unpopular opinion bin but I actually don’t mind her being on the show. Even though she is no fan of Trump, she does a perfect job of illustrating the large swath of moderate conservatives that liberals need to acknowledge instead of just dismissing them as wacko deplorables. She embodies…

I don’t drive, because I live in a country with excellent public transport so there is no need to drive if you live in an urban area. I also got a year’s paid leave with my son, get free health care, paid sick leave, subsidized child care, free higher education and I have never worried that I would be the victim in a…

That right there is also the reason why you’re losing everyone under the age of 40: it’s not our obligation to be grateful for us not being Saudi Arabia. It’s not on us to be grateful that, in fact, our promises that we are the land of the free and the home of the brave are sometimes honored. Occasionally, for some of…

They need minority representation. 

I’m surprised they allowed the brunette in.  Seems pretty pretty reckless to allow a non-blonde into the scene here.

Saudi women can drive now; pick up a newspaper.

Women in Saudi Arabia can’t drive? I’d never know that if the GOP didn’t constantly point that out.

I remember seeing the ad on TV and being more interested in what Peloton is rather than any thought that the husband was being an asshole. How do we know the wife didn’t spend the previous three months ranting about how much she wanted one? I mean, her reaction is one of appreciation and not, “you think I’m FAT?!?”

I…

If I had the space for it, I would also love a Peloton for Christmas. But I do get the pushback that commercial was cheesy and cringy. People love to hate influencers which is what the woman represented by her vlogging in the commercial. And she just seems overly sentimental about how much a stationary bike changed…

I had the same thought about casting directors. It doesn’t matter if you or I forget him or don’t recognize him.

Totally disagree with the pushback over this ad. People like to excercise, it’s different than giving someone a vacuum. I would love a Peloton for Christmas! The fact that the woman is skinny should have NO BEARING on whether or not she should excercise. The guy is an actor (presumably not super succesfule) that ended…

I’m not an actor, but I think his sense of insecurity is probably at least partially warranted. Not because we associate his face with this stupid ad. But because casting directors may balk at the implicit association. Given that being the type of commercial actor this guy is requires the advanced skills of being…

Oh gawd is The Slot going to go down the Splinter path with this rah-rah-Bernie slant all the time (or only when Joan is the author)? I can’t remember, how did that work out for them?

She met with Assad to understand the conflict.

I’m talking about this perpetual ridiculous claim that a war veteran sitting Senator is a Russian asset because she wants to stop sending our poor kids to die for corporations.

Amazing.

Identity politics is a hell of a drug.

I honestly don’t know how people saw that scene and thought Elizabeth was thinking about cheating on Phillip.  There was absolutely zero sexual tension in the air.  Like you said, it was a woman lamenting over wanting a “normal life” with a life long very trusted friend.

The former press secretary that the Sunday Times quoted clearly did not see the episode of The Crown. The scene where she and Porchey were at dinner Elizabeth was musing about getting to spend a life raising horses away from the burdensome duty of being Queen - a burden she emphasized (and has been emphasized many…

I found it curious how so many individuals interpreted that dinner scene with Porchey as Elizabeth implicitly talking about him, and not just a non-Queen life focused on All Things Horses (and, probably, Corgis). It was clear that the scene had the Porchey character reacting uncomfortably and surprised around that pote…