I’ve never read anything by Jonathan Franzen. But I have read A Farewell to Arms. Am I justified in assuming that Franzen’s work is sexist mediocrity too?

I’ve learned to let this shit roll off my back, but I’m pissed that I feel like I have to learn it. Seriously, I wish there were immediate Stone Cold Stunners outta nowhere for assholes who say this shit. Fuck you, Ben Carson. Fuck. You.

Look, we (whites) marooned one of our Hollywood ambassadors on Mars. How about some credit, eh?

We’re in agreement, Von. That could be sarcasm, but being so cynical that happiness for others, or frigging empathy rather, seems to be considered a passé human element. I actually feel sorry for Bobby Finger if that’s the case for him.

She thinks so much like a white man...

Big and quick cash for bad fiction? Psshhh... I’d crank out shitty art too. At least this is a woman who’s gaming the system. Good on her!

I’d survive because I stay out of forests, camp grounds, and rural areas.

I’m sure I’m alone in this, but as much ethnic diversity matters, there’s something intangibly creepy about articles like this.

Fake mediums is redundant, don’t you think?

Sorry, Kendall. Love is not a privilege like ethnicity or sexuality is. It’s a privilege that is earned. So no, not everyone deserves it.

This could actually be good for avoiding friends too.

This rhetoric especially deeply disturbs me as a man; there’s an illicit assumption that men are inherently violent beings, prone to the most horrific acts lest we live most ideally. Violence on this scale is largely a men’s issue, and nobody can heal unless it’s acknowledged so and more is expected of us.

Wishing Andrew best of luck! I’m anorgasmic, so here’s to him pulling double duty for both of us.

Something along the lines of a limited documentary series (pretentious sounding, I know) about modern manhood could actually be interesting if it ditched perpetuating archetype definitions of masculinity and aimed at actually wanting to understand what being a man means to some men, why retaining these meanings is…

Thanks for clarifying. ><

What’s the confusion?

Emmerich is definitely misguided, and I was definitely wrong in not thinking the casting mattered. What’s interesting here is that his reason for casting a white actor as the protagonist is very similar to Shonda Rhimes’ for casting Taylor Schilling as the main in Orange Is the New Black. As bad as his resume has…

What stands out about the last tweet here - from Zach Braff - is that he writes “It was my first film!!!” I may be reading into something that’s not there, but I suspect that Braff himself thinks that Garden State is mediocre, and he’s probably had to read brutal reviews like this since. I agree that he should move…

That’s fair enough. Whether this critique is mean-spirited is debatable, so I’m remaining neutral. But my comment wasn’t aimed towards the tweets between Braff and Ozzi, it was directed towards Rachel Cote.

I remember when I liked Garden State when I was in my mid-teens. Reflecting on it now, I don’t necessarily dislike it, but is a cautionary example of the short shelf-life indies have. Anyway, I gotta stand up for Braff here. I’m expecting some heat, but it depresses me that we’re scoffing at people who openly express…