Look, I know we all aren’t supposed to like Taylor Swift or whatever, but making jokes about men doing incredibly creepy things to terrorize her seems a little...much?

I’m sorry, who gave you the impression this was about empowerment or feminism?

The term that kept coming to mind for me was “courtesan.” This is absolutely sex work, but not the same sort of quid pro quo as with outright prostitution.

Oh, here it comes. The “you must like all women and their choices” argument. No, I don’t. I didn’t say they shouldn’t have the right or that they should be stoned to death. But I don’t have to agree or like what they do.

“I’m not a prostitute, I’m a DISRUPTOR”

I’ve seen some fucked-up notions of feminism come & go over the past few decades, and I didn’t buy the bullshit with any of them and I ain’t buyin it now. It’s just totally the opposite of feminism.

Yeah but there’s an app for it so its different. Empowerment!

It’s disgusting. I also don’t understand why we need the term “sugar baby” when we already have to more to the point phrase “gold digger” As much as you try to class this up its just prostitution with a coating of “empowerment”

Also, let’s not forget that the fact that these men pay these women gives them a nice way to secure an affair. My boss is a sugar daddy; he’s married, has grandchildren. His wife calls the office like every day. It’s pretty gross.

This just seems like such a transactional view of intimacy and relationships.

I... didn’t realize I was supposed to be getting anything out of having dinner with someone except for having a good time and seeing if there was potential for a long term relationship.

All the hoops you are jumping through are because you know that this is in fact prostitution. Which is fine. But just don’t lie to yourself about it.

So if I sample Kanye’s music and turn it I to my own song, he won’t sue?

I’m putting a crisp tenner on the table, by next week, we’ll hear from at least one or more women who’ll have a story about their “interactions” with this poor excuse for a human-person...

I always get pissed off about these types of motivational speakers that view any type of externalization of blame as “victimhood” or “blaming others.” It always reads, to me, like what they’re trying to do is guilt you and make you dislike yourself so that you’ll buy their next book/attend their next seminar on how to…

People still go to Tony Robbins seminars? I thought he turned into one giant fossilized tooth years ago.

Fucking thank you! Mocking someone’s accent is the lowest, laziest, but still very bigoted way to insult someone. There are so many other substantive things to mock Melania for, FFS!!

Yeah. I think things are changing, but Breillat (and Deneuve) definitely represent the “old guard” of French feminists who promote a certain type of essentialized, retrograde femininity and openly loathe women who go against it.

In the opening scene of “Anatomy of Hell”, a woman slits her wrists in a gay bar and when a…

I’m inclined to believe Asia. Breillat’s films are full of horrifying misogyny, although I’m sure someone will come along to explain why I’m not deep and French enough to understand why they’re actually feminist masterpieces. I don’t know how anyone could watch, say, “Anatomy of Hell” and not think its creator might…

Yep. I’m not sure I want to watch it without Foy. She was THAT good. Matt Smith was a great Phillip too.