Yeah it absolutely wouldn’t matter what she wore if she did her job differently. Talking about it feels like a distraction and borders on sexism.

Yeah, I had a similar reaction to both of you. And I don’t mind politicians in costume, I thought it was cute when Porter did it, but this is such a clear case of “Show me you don’t actually understand what the show’s about” or “WOW holy compartmentalization, Batman.” Their actions are so counter to the spirit of it…

I kinda wish I wasn’t programmed to read this site anymore.

The article was literally so bad that it got edited after this comment in an attempt to be less bad.

i genuinely don’t understand why 95% of the stories on this site are just people talking—in ways that aren’t nearly as clever as they think—about stuff they hate. it is fucking insufferable and it makes coming here painful, which is why i do it like once a week, which i think is one time too many. have fun!

Yeah. Say what you will about Romney (and there is a lot to say about Romney–the Trump years really distorted our perspective, I think), but unlike literally every other GOP politician, he was willing to look straight into a camera and say “Black Lives Matter.”

That doesn’t negate the horrible things he’s done, or even…

Hell, there are about 48 US senators that are worse people than them. Sinema may be the worst Democrat and Romney may be even worse than that, but *gestures at the Republican side of the aisle.*

I think fandoms can have positive moments, but they are extremely fragile - it just takes a few toxic, damaged people to tip the balance. There’s also the danger of people in fandoms who assume they “know” the cast and crew and basing their entire existence around these false beliefs. In the past the lack of Internet…

Yeah, my first thought was “2 of the worst people? That’s a crowded field.”

I understand that, but it just seems shallow. Like how people fixate on Sinema’s handbag or Lululemons or whatever. Like she’s a terrible person because she does bad things, not because she watches Ted Lasso and dresses like someone’s stepmom.

I wish these were actually “2 of America’s worst people” (as they both really do suck), but unfortunately in this hellscape we currently reside there are oh so many worse people.

Literally all fandoms are bad. Fandoms for stuff I hate are bad. Fandoms for stuff I like are bad. The sheer concept of letting the enjoyment of something subsume your identity, meaning when the thing fails your standards you take it personally and when folks bag on the thing it means they’re bagging on you, is toxic.

“What kind of idiot actually thinks that just because someone you don’t like enjoys something then that makes it bad?”

I remember being 10 and reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and getting to the part where Harry, a 12-year-old, shits on the Nimbus 2001 because Malfoy likes it and if a shitty person likes something that makes it bad.

This “article” is bad, and you should feel bad. 

Yup. And we also pretend, without thinking at all about the implications, that a work of art’s value is entirely dependent on who its audience is. 

Is this where we overreact to a somewhat eye-rolling bit of cringe because it involves two people everyone hates and a show everyone talks about

Fresh air, son. Get some fresh air. 

Try harder, try hard. I’m saying that this particular person was not impoverished not that no white people are poor. It’s insulting to anyone who is or has been in poverty. Like, actually infuriating. Tara Reade’s life has been drenched in privilege. She got to act as an “expert witness” without one person checking…

I don’t disagree that class is an issue. I don’t disagree that there are no perfect victims. I don’t even disagree that she has lived a hard and sad life.