“Heteronormative” doesn’t necessarily mean promoting heterosexuality; it can mean treating heterosexuality as the default setting for everyone (kind of like how some Americans forget that not everyone celebrates Christmas). I think that in this context, drake meant that Wicked has mostly hetero content, and that their…

Dude. Dude. Literally every single woman has heard that she’s supposed to protect herself. This is not a brand new concept to us. It’s just that we’ve also heard that we’re supposed to be nice, and we’re not supposed to make a fuss or make anyone uncomfortable, ever, and if there’s an awkward feeling in the room,…

Caitlin Doughty has also given a couple of TED talks and has two books out—I haven’t read her latest one, but Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons From the Crematory was pretty great.

So, that was my first thought too, but then I remembered that there’s a lot of character information in the costuming. You especially see this with Rose’s character—she’s introduced wearing soft, fuzzy sweaters, with her hair down, but after the big reveal she’s much chillier-looking in a pressed white blouse and…

But ballet dancers are tall and thin, not average height with lots of curves.

So it’s kind of like It Follows, except it’s terrible?

The thing about the ubiquitous normie-ness of “Jennifer” is that it’s got a pretty cool history; it means “white fairy” or “pale phantom” and is a Cornish name derived from “Guinevere”. When it first became popular after 1906, it was considered eccentric and medieval-sounding, which it still kind of is if you stare…

I mean, I don’t think Oliver was successful in the sense of “actually getting Dustin Hoffman to admit wrongdoing or say anything constructive”, but that’s more on Hoffman for being such a fucking tool.

God, I remember the Murs thing. That was so insanely sleazy and privileged. I remember the editors saying something like “We just thought it would be funny and edgy if she said yes instead of no when he propositioned her”, like it was just for the lulz, instead of a) fundamentally irresponsible journalism and b)…

That is not sewage, y’all. That is CLEARLY demonic ichor of some kind.

Basically all of America right now:

Ferdinand is one of the most beautifully-illustrated children’s books in existence, and it’s frustrating that they would choose such a completely generic animation style instead of taking their cue from the original art, Sin City-style.

Yeah, I remember reading about the filming of Boys Don’t Cry (which has a really violent, explicit rape scene), and the director, Kimberley Pierce, carefully choreographed the scene so the actors knew exactly what was going to happen and when, and they walked through the other parts of the scene a bunch of times, so…

I genuinely assumed this was just common knowledge. I mean, this video is very smart and a good overview, but wow, there are adult people out there who never thought about this?

Hot take: that thing just looks like a pasty tadpole. Tadpoles are... not scary.

Y’know, I think Seth Myers is a really good ally. He hires great women writers and gives them feature segments. He covers issues relevant to women without being dismissive. He doesn’t flirt ickily with actresses or really treat his female guests any different than the male ones, and all of this is awesome, but...

I was only familiar with Bomba Estero from that delightful “Soy Yo” video, which doesn’t show them, but man, they are even more adorable than I could have hoped.

The story about Carrie Fisher’s dog is the only one I really care about, to be honest

I mean, yeah, pretty much. “Incels” seem to be mostly white dudes, and there’s a non-zero correlation between them and racist/anti-Muslim types, but their view of women is pretty Taliban-esque.

He’s really an awesome dude who basically embodies what non-toxic masculinity looks like. Of course not every male person is super masculine, but men like Terry Crews show that it’s possible to be a big strong man who plays sports, and still have a healthy view of women and a good sense of humor about yourself. He is…