I am calling things out as the reality of the situation. If we have been woke to this for so long, and it was all so unacceptable even back then, why is #MeToo such a big deal now? If it’s been something that people always said something about and really acted on as being wrong for decades now, why are people still…

9 to 5 is not about consensual affairs. It’s about sexual harassment, misogyny and sexism.

I didn’t say what he did was acceptable or OK. I was simply acknowledging that the way people think about these things (again, consensual affairs) has changed.

All the Stars and Pray for Me were both in the film, they played in the background of the casino scene and the scene in the UN scene at the end. That’s off the top of my head...

It’s not like this post is apropos of nothing: the soundtrack is on track to break some records. It’s vaguely newsworthy...but if you want them to stop doing ASIB posts, stop clicking on them, and definitely stop commenting on them! The more traffic they get, the more they’ll do them!

Sooooo, people in the ‘90s were woke? Sure didn’t seem like it when I lived through it...all that shit was considered “normal” and was just something that happened sometimes.

Not sure what the lol is? I state that it is an abuse of power, period. However, societal norms through various generations mean that people saw and experienced it in different ways...in the 1990s, people didn’t think stuff like that—consensual affairs with underlings—was abusing power at all. Is that an incorrect…

I was getting kind of excited at the idea of Kendrick Lamar picking up an Oscar this year for his work on Black Panther. But something from the ASIB soundtrack is likely to beat him out...

Separately, why aren’t any of these songs on the radio yet?

Don’t listen to the soundtrack ahead of time. It’s kind of spoilery (in terms of figuring out the arc of the movie). Have fun! (PS: I only needed 1 tissue.)

I mean, the honest answer is that, by today’s standard, yes, it was abuse of power—any relationship between a boss and an underling, however indirect, is. However, at that time, I don’t think it was recognized as that. Lewinsky even says this herself.

AWESOME, thank you!

Thank you—that’s a signature ASIB thing, then! But this version...with the hand wave to dismiss her? Ick!

Karlie was not shoved aside for Kendall Jenner. She took a 2-year hiatus to pursue her degree at NYU. She’s also been spearheading her Kode with Klossy initiative. She only works on projects she’s really interested in these days—Project Runway gives her the opportunity to cement herself as a brand (she’s Exec…

I watched the Streisand version early this week. It is looong. But this one is barely shorter (and could have benefitted from a healthy trim in the middle)! Anyway, I came by to say that I thought the whole “I just want to take another look at you” was new to this movie. And then I saw that it was Kristofferson’s line…

Including that quote in this roundup is deliberately misleading and undermines the reporting on the whole. Bad move, Jez. Link to the article there (that Jez included) and you’ll see what he actually was saying:

It’s a reference to a scene in Turner’s first memoir, in which she describes Ike beating her while force feeding her birthday cake. Some say that “eat the cake” is a reference to oral sex, but the line in the song is the line from the book/movie: “Eat the cake, Anna Mae” (which is Turner’s real name). I am unclear on…

I did, right here on this site. I will never understand why they thought that was OK. I wonder if Beyonce regrets it...

It’s certainly a testament to the fact that Academy Award noms are the result of savvy, relentless Oscar campaigns, and not necessarily just who had the best performance. I think many men would say the same thing about Weinstein, when it came to awards.

I agree that anyone can speak to politics—I mean. if you have an opinion you have every right to share it. I was making that statement more in relation to the idea that she might not have felt qualified to speak to it or whatever. Though, in 2016 she certainly could have made statements rejecting the hatred the Trump…

My aunt is a conservative southern woman. 2 weeks before she married my uncle, a guy broke into her apartment and tried to rape her—he pistol whipped her and she fought him off. This same aunt—a survivor of a violent rape attempt—made a FB post saying that there was no way that Dr. Blesey Ford was telling the truth,…