Will Smith as Howard Hughes sounds amazing. Is it too early for an Aviator reboot?

Wasn’t there a study recently that suggested running 35+ miles a week is where you start having some of the same health issues as people who don’t exercise? Granted, like, 35+ miles a week habitually, as in, consistently for a number of years. So, like, half true?

That question could actually be useful in helping to illustrate that it doesn’t matter if it’s a gun free zone or not. The Oregon campus was not a gun free zone and that it wasn’t was important to the reporting as “good guys with guns” there didn’t stop the shooter. I haven’t seen the clip, but it’s possible the…

I thought it was bacterial?

I completely agree that there should be some (especially in locations where the only centers serve women specifically). Though I think male DV activists would have to be involved in those initiatives too.

I don’t think that’s the implication nor do I think the policy is in place because it assumes men are dangerous and women are dainty. I think it’s trying to ensure that the subset of women who would be uncomfortable around any men (which is not all female DV victims) can still access resources they need. I suppose the…

Well, I know at least in the US, some crisis centers and shelters can’t serve men because many female DV victims won’t stay in a shelter with men, so it’s a point of policy to serve women exclusively. This is necessary to create a safe space for these women, who will likely outnumber the men in their area…

I don’t disagree with you, but am also curious what you think the conversation should sound like. I don’t think male victims of domestic violence should be made to feel invisible and much of the infrastructure around DV victims excludes men, but because this is a problem that affects women disproportionately, the…

While women can definitely abuse and kill their partners too, that article seems to confirm that women are far more likely to be killed by partners than men are (17 men killed by partners according to that article compared with 140-150 women killed by men in the above article).

The quote’s from a speech Emmeline Parkhurst, the British suffragette portrayed by Streep in the film, made, so it’s not referring to American slavery.

I think it’s fair to criticize actors and actresses who appear in, say, Roman Polanski’s movies since it’s fairly common knowledge that he raped a 13 year old. Obviously that’s a different situation, but I don’t think it’s so simple as, “we can’t treat actresses like people who can be morally informed about their…

I half agree. I don’t think we should treat actresses as above any criticism for their career choices, but at the same time, the rest of what you said is spot on. Also, even if we want to criticize Rooney Mara for taking the role, especially considering how well her career is going, she should hardly be the fall guy…

You’re a wizard ‘arry!

This was an episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. They took an idea from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and unironically made it a thing. Wow.

I have to imagine this was a receiving line type situation and not a one-on-one type deal, but who knows.

The issue is it displaces low income people, not all of whom are section 8 elligible, and many of whom invested in and improved their community (making it attractive to the gentrifiers who tend not to give any credit to the people who improved their own community before they moved in), who in turn don’t reap the…

Well, in fairness, the mainstream media AND structural engineers...

Yes, that is exactly what my comment suggested. Not, you know, the opposite of that. You got me.

I live in a gentrifying neighborhood. I was priced out of my old neighborhood, and can’t afford more than I’m paying now. I understand that gentrification brings with it a lot of nice things that can make life very comfortable for those who can afford it, and that, only having lived here a few years, I am in the…

The thing is, at least in gentirfying neighborhoods in New York, people in rent stabailized units do have a right to stay in that housing, but the landlords essentially force them out by making the building uninhabitable because if they can get tenants to give up their units, they can charge more for gentrifiers. And…