Alfons Simonius-Blumer - I couldn’t make up a better “1st class passenger on the Titanic” name if I tried.

Yep, that’s where I landed with this show. It aint my favorite, but it kept me coming back. Sometimes the characters were unbearable, but that’s life. There was so much witty dialog, jokes that were barely acknowledged by the characters but added flavor in a generation-specific way. Now we see that on more and more…

If you watch the writer/director discussion after the show, they talked about how they intentionally tried not to make a statement about breast vs. formula. If anything they showed how intense the pressure to breastfeed is (like from agro Marny), and how conflicting that is for moms who struggle with it. To me that…

I agree with you on most of this. I often hate-watched this show because of the brilliant realism of the insufferable characters. But I want to suggest that narcissistic fucking Becky is a stereotype, and I always question those, even about the privileged. I wonder if you are partly making assumptions based on outer…

Yes, the whole premise is: look at how privilege and poor parenting have screwed up these young women. Most people have mostly same-race friends. This varies more in urban areas, but it IS realistic for THIS character with her class background to have three white best friends. They date interracially (a bit), they…

I bet shes’s still under contract with the cola company and can’t say anything to badmouth them but a thinker could work around that and still show some concern or remorse.

Eyeroll. That said, the only way I see this working is if they choose one character and go in a completely different direction a la Better Call Saul. Bonnie might be the right choice since we learned almost nothing about her in the TV show. But she might be too beautiful and perfect to make an appealing main character.

Also (and probably more importantly) people need to learn how to do the Heimlich on themselves. It involves your fist and the pressure of a counter, table, or chair back. I finally looked this up after sucking on cough drops in bed for years. My bf sleeps in the other room, and I doubt I could stir him while choking.

I’m curious to whom you are referring as the fourth woman. Zoe Kravitz? Cuz they barely show Laura Dern’s marriage. I couldn’t pick that husband out of a lineup. Also, it seems they barely show the moms’ relationships with their kids except for Shailene Woodley with her son and Reese Witherspoon with her older…

This show borders on soap opera a lot, but I do like that they’re exploring the “subtleties” of this type of abuse and how women often rationalize dysfunction when they’re addicted to a man. In the therapy sessions, the show raises this question: If the recipient of violence thinks she’s just in a kinky, passionate…

Me too, always thirsty for sure. I find this headline irresponsible. Drinking water doesn’t come naturally when there’s a bunch of sugary crap around (most U.S. households). I had a horrible diet growing up. The only water I drank was at the fountain after running around in 100 degree weather. I was in sports in high…

I thought “spat” was the perfect word choice. Horowitz wasn’t dickish, but I wouldn’t call it gracious or warm either. He was just sort of human, no more or less than I’d expect in his position.

What a stupid takeaway.

I can’t believe this article, headline, and most of the comments. Most of you probably haven’t watched his show in years. People evolve. You are turning idiots like Milo into martyrs for the right while the left is full of pointless cracks like this. Bill Maher is a monster because he makes some jokes that make you…

And how does that go over with your ex?

But kids often want to stay where they are in the moment. I’m not sure if it should always be their choice. I guess it depends what you mean by absentee parent. I’ve heard the every-other-weekend parent called the absentee parent, but sometimes that arrangement creates more stability for kids than splitting up the…

They need to hire better writers.

I get it better now. I hear you. Thanks.

I’m not following you. I wasn’t addressing tone. I referenced my teaching because most people, including educated adults, don’t seem to fully realize what constitutes a fact. Even if you don’t buy into a traditional definition of fact, people intrinsically sense when a person frames an opinion as fact and they stop…

Of course your anger is justified. I am not defending the terrible history of racism among white women in this country. I can see how it might be aggravating to have me argue with you at all. My point is, you can make your argument in a way that many white women will be able to learn from or you can do it this way and…