Oh yeah, that’s the best. And just think of all the other perks one can get by faking disability, like...uh...um...I’m sure I’ll come up with something...uh...oh, I know! You get to rid in those automated carts at the supermarket! You know, the ones that can’t turn corners for shit, go BEEP BEEP BEEP embarrassingly…

New i09: every bit as good as New Coke.

It is true—not least because we know very little about what causes autism (definitely not vaccines, though...) and because it can’t be cured (because it is a developmental disorder). Trying to “cure” autism is like trying to cure Down’s Syndrome: it’s impossible to do without overhauling a person’s entire genetic…

I read an AskReddit thread last month asking autistic individuals what they wished people knew about their lives. One of the highest-rated comments was from an autistic person saying that Autism Speaks was a “horrible” organization, and a lot of people on the Spectrum chimed in saying similar things, that the…

Harley Quinn with pants, what’s this madness?

Were it made for fan service, the characters would have much more closely resembled their comic book versions. Unless you’re suggesting they used arbitrary fan service to throw the movie together...which honestly is entirely possible.

Here’s the thing: that magical announcement that everyone is hoping for, that the Snyderverse will be canceled and DC will be completely rebooted? They can’t make it right now. There’s at least three, four more movies coming. Suicide Squad is out this year. Wonder Woman is coming. Snyder just started directing Justice…

Right, that’s my point. No one’s like “Bad Matt! You’re being a feminist wrong!” But come on, some of those posts are so silly. I don’t read anyone as trying to police him or anything, but he deserves some gentle ribbing.

Bucky with the good hair

Get the fuck outta here with your #notallmen apologia. The reason why a minority of men can get away with such spectactularly bad behavior is that the rest of us participate in power structures that ensure that they don’t suffer any consequences for it. Nobody gets a pass for not being actively sexist in a patriarchal…

Finally! The Ritchie films are the most accurate adaptations to the spirit of ACD’s work (yes, yes, the Granada stuff is good, but far too Victorian and not as thrilling as the original stories). RDJ aside (and he is good, just not the best), every actor is the best at the roles they play. I’ve been waiting five years…