oh I agree, but sometimes recovery is the only way to at least reduce the harm, there’s just some weird unsaid things that happen in meetings and it’s all very complicated. nobody is condoning or forgiving the abuse, but you also know if they relapse it’s going to get a lot more abusive. But as a victim myself, it is…

Fiona Apple is very protective of her music.

I’m not going to fault him for trying to build his recovery on complete honesty so he doesn’t slip back into his substance disorder, and maybe he’s seeking some level of accountability from the public. Regardless if his dad hit him, it still sounds like a very traumatic and unstable childhood.

I loved how we got the burnout/toxic success story from a different angle with Harper’s brother. And that, even with the benefit of hindsight, Harper STILL values her brother’s productivity and talent over his mental health. Blubbering out “We just wanted you to succeed.”

definitely the weakest episode of the season, but I appreciate their attempt to fill in our young worker bees addiction to the industry, because none of these people are going to find any validation in their families.

my bad, I see the dots now, I’m just used to comments always arguing the other side when it comes to Rowling. And yes, she truly went full dark magic. Sometimes it’s just so fucked seeing people with that much power truly face no repercussions for their hate spreading.

I wanted to single out the use of closed captions/subtitles during the Berlin nightclub sequence. It seems like such a small detail but it helped further disorient us and place us squarely in an unfamiliar world.

Oh I agree, sorry I probably should have added more dots to make that clear.  As a trans woman who lives in a state where said congressmen have literally quoted Rowling in order to pass legislation I fully understand the pain she is causing.  It just fascinates me that she is okay with blatant anti women politicians…

the point of conservatorships is to aid the person in making their own decisions as much as possible, which was not what happened here. instead she had zero decision making abilities. it was not a good idea.

lol this shows central theme is literally about misogyny you doofus. the scene was intentional.

I mean as a queer person I haven’t had many conversations in my community where I had to tell someone that JK Rowling is really against the cause. yes, the majority of people can ignore her comments because Rowling’s comments have no effect on them. that’s how indifference works. But for a lot of us we’re painfully…

But she’s the real victim obviously. Because while people may be suffering actual real-life consequences of her actions she has to undergo the true trauma of reading mean words online while sitting in one of the many grand estates she owns.

“I’ve never threatened anyone, obviously.”

oh fuck off.  she’s not amazing but compared to the entire breadth of pop singers out there she’s nowhere near as bad as you’re making her out to be.

Just, like...any opportunity to be a dick, huh?

There is a very compelling theory that Amelia Earhart was eaten by crabs.

Britney has these wild weird instagram moments, and then these extreme moments of clarity. And honestly, the whole obsession with her being “unwell” feeds into the whole narrative of cure culture. Perhaps this is as “well” as Britney gets, and that’s ok, because at least she’s free from being forced to do things…

Spider? Pffft. Just as we were setting in to start watching a bat the size of a Pterdodactyl started flying around in the house. Mrs. F. screamed loudly, which scared one of cats, who jumped up, bit her face, and then attacked my leg.

You know, I saw the trailer where Kevin Hart is doing his usual schtick, then is flummoxed while standing in front of a whackily naked Mark Wahlberg, and then violently hurls a mountain-lion cub, and I was sure this was a winner.