That scene where Emma Thompson goes to her room to compose herself is the most well-acted, heartbreaking scene in the entire movie.

She’s a great antidote to Maggie Haberman, that’s for sure.

I absolutely love April Ryan. She is doing what every single one of the members of the non propoganda media needs to do to these schmoes. Stand up and swing hard for the fences. Love watching her hit doubles all day long off Aunt Lydia.

Yeah but Haberman doesn’t want to risk losing her press credentials.

With a bad haircut.

Call him a damn liar.

Also intent doesn’t matter, impact does. Everybody, especially the President, needs to strive for truth because lies are destructive.

This is what I can’t stand about the way Haberman has been trying to parse this distinction. It’s meaningless because she’s ignoring important context. It’s not actually the case that he thinks whatever he says is real. It’s that he is completely indifferent to, and uncurious about, whether what he says is real. But…

“...what he does can be hard to label because...he often thinks whatever he says is what’s real.”

I also believe there are men who don’t bother to ever reflect on the fact that their behavior is upsetting because they are never forced to do so. For example, there is a doctor at my work who tends to put his hands on people’s shoulders when talking to them. And not just a quick pat. I honestly don’t know if he would…

In the Republic of Gilead and nowhere else. It’s fucking gross and beyond that, quite insulting as I don’t even think breeding farm animals are referred to that way.

Morgan Freeman’s “Apology”: A Critical Analysis by Thundercatsarego:

I would love to see a hashtag trend of “#itsjustajoke” and stories about the vile things men say and do and think we should just brush off. About a year ago in philly a female bartender had a man come behind her and insert his fingers into her vagina and when she reacted angrily, he exclaimed “I was just joking!!”…

Your spa idea made me think of this...

Change happens one funeral at a time, mostly. That’s why the joke about killing all the men and reproducing via parthogenesis for a generation is so touchy and oft repeated.

In what fucking universe is it complimentary to tell a woman she looks “ripe”? That is some rapey shit, sir.

Patrick Stewart, maybe?

I’ve tried phrasing it to men like this:

Nothing relaxes me more than wondering if the person between me and the door will suddenly lunge in my direction! It’s so soothing, I’m thinking of starting a spa called WHAT’S THAT BEHIND YOU, which features enormous, grumpy tigers and pumas and lots of sudden, sharp noises, with staff on hand to out of nowhere start…

Sure, because no matter how many times we tell men that gross remarks about our bodies AREN’T “complimentary”, they never hear it.