“he’s right about a fair number of things that other liberals dare not tread upon.”

What are these things he’s right on? You can’t just say “BUT” and then provide no examples. Like his Islamphobia is a widely known, and that you can’t see it, gurl... not a good look on you.

The problem is precisely his timing AND that he singled out only Islam for sexism and homophobia. Jackie was already trying to get the point across that Muslims already deal with a lot of discrimination but they’re still American. Jeff comes in with what almost sounds like “but isn’t Islam bad?” It’s pure…

I thought this was hilarious, but also Jeff Goldblum’s Islamaphobia is noooot a good look. Gigi should have lipsynced. Raven was a perfect Tim Gunn: hilarious and good actionable advice. Rachel Bloom was amazing. She gave heartfelt advice about how to separate criticism about your art from yourself that comes from…

Right, which is why it’s only “relatively obscure”. I’ve never heard of the song, but I’ve also not ever listened to Nirvana outside of like two songs

And it’s the biggest video game release of the like last week? And one of the biggest of the year. And this is a pop culture website. So like yeah, they actually did need to.

No. No one NEEDS to do anything but breathe and eat and drink water. But you might want to try seeing if that’s actually necessary

I guess if TV shows now can take two seasons to be what should have been the first two episodes, why can’t video games take 40 hours to get to the actual start of the story.

But when 75% of the “ride” is ponderous whispers and incoherent emotional stakes, what can I enjoy? And “enjoy the ride” still means “lower your standards/don’t think”. 

I’m glad you decided to create an account just for this. Nice.

aka Lower your standards

I didn’t read it as inauthentic at all. That sort of talking through your emotions might just be how I process things myself, but it read as self-analysis rather than posturing for the camera. (Your hyperbole about what the text is (“that’s my ticket” haha as if she’s some maniacal gremlin) biases your framing of the n…

Nope, didn’t you hear? Jan is super fake and energetic and tries too hard. So everything she does is fake and tainted. She’s only crying for attention

Wait, people can only be sad about ONE thing? Surely she couldn’t be sad about losing AND about Brita going home and that being sad about TWO things at the same time actually makes the feelings worse!

I think in that talking head she said something like “I’m more upset about Brita going home” and not something as…

Bob also helped drive people do their death via his work on The Biggest Loser. He’s a mess of a man.

Drag is more than just clothes and make-up though. If you’re that reductive, so is acting on stage for a play. Drag showshas performances (dance! pantomime! possible live singing!), emceeing (jokes! roasting! crowd control!), cabaret, comedy shows, circus acts.

Why do you think “drag queens are on tv” leads to “I am…

Has the guy ever even heard Bad Guy? Or Carly Rae Jepsen? I mean, come on, the best four note beginning since Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is her Run Away With Me!!!

Sure, I got that. What I didn’t understand is what this “noir” perspective added other than “Hey, it’s now black and white”. What does the shift in perspective do in this case? Why was it included and now that it has been included, what is it saying or trying to say? I’d argue absolutely nothing. If you hadn’t known…

Ooh, I’ll have to check it out! I’m glad to hear that they’re supportive of him (and shows what I know that I assumed otherwise even for a theoretical). 

Yeah, that’s a good read on the situation. I didn’t know about Saff’s other interviews, but fairness definitely seems like a good portion of it. That’s what in-show interviews seemed to emphasize

Sure, but Boomers also send these emails? If the silent generation wanted to be heard more, they should have picked a better name. But I appreciate the battle against misapplied metonymy (boomer standing in for all olds)