I’m curious: what proof there is that she worked to destroy them? Genuinely I have no recollection of anything other than conjecture.

Mind jujitsu there? My point has been that this coverage exists separate to other worthy coverage of various actual micro aggressions by outlets because this story is about marriage not a silver or bronze medalist. That woman’s story is not going to be told to us in the West without the marriage proposal.

Because the story isn’t about her winning. The story is about their marriage. As the man is the active member in this story, he gets the headline — albeit, let’s not pretend like it doesn’t matter that his name isn’t mentioned. It matters because it shows that it’s not about him either.

How is the wife of someone who cheats supposed to act? Public figure or not, this is a unique space. The idea that Hillary would embrace women who fucked her husband — while knowing she was married to him — is inconceivable. Broaddrick is the only example of a woman who has claimed to be raped by Clinton. Affairs are…

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The thing is that a daily show of any variety has to do a lot to remain vital. The late night network shows are regularly panned but they’ve got decades of built in audience who will watch no matter how awful it is.

Sam Bee, John Oliver, and Bill Maher.

But Phelps is,

Because that’s called burying the lead. I’m not sure why this is actually divisive. We are in the western world, yes. We don’t care about Chinese silver medalists, unless we care about that event. We care about our athletes.

Are you regularly engaged by writers? I was being a doofus referring to it. Not sure what HamNo’s reputation is that makes it apart of your snark. I genuinely don’t get your point.

It's just not print news. I'm sorry. I'm not saying she's not impressive. She's a world class athlete! Obviously she's incredible. I'm saying a story about a Chinese athlete at the Olympics who got Silver is not going to make headlines. There have been none on Jezebel. Why did it get covered? She was proposed to. It…

Her lack of visibility is the reason the story exists. If it happened to Katie Ledecky in the same way, I would find it distasteful. My point is stories about folks who aren't American (unless you're head and shoulders above in a visible sport like Usain Bolt) aren't news. Chinese Woman Wins Silver wouldn't have made…

I’m sure it’s true but in the US I don’t think Silver matters that much either. I don’t know if anyone in a higher position would consider someone a loser but they don’t write headlines for Silver.

I just disagree that it’s a micro-aggression. This is a woman no one outside of China would have cared about. It’s not like she’s setting the Olympics on fire.

Come on, Rachel. At the end of the day, whether people like it or not, most societies still consider marriage, children, etc, as the things you’re supposed to say are the most important in your life.

As a man I can say I do this. I think it can be both a segue-way to vulnerability or away from it. It’s also the come down...snap back to reality. Or, to your cynical colleagues take, it could be a bit of asking for acceptance on a more vulnerable level.

I was always a Ghostbusters skeptic, due to the budget and concept (never saw the original and didn’t care) not due to the cast or anything else. It failed because it shouldn’t have been made for that kind of money. This Is The End and The World’s End — similar films combining comedy and special effects — were made…

Not true. Most comedies with big names are made for between 30 and 40. Because they can usually guarantee making that back in 1-2 weeks. Most well known actors are acting in movies made between 20 and 80. The tentpole movies that are 150 and above are usually franchise movies that sell without the names. While Marvel…

I found the cultural moment around this movie a troublesome warning of things to come. While the vitriol the film faced was disgusting and of course the worse part, I was also shocked by the complete lack of integrity displayed when folks were advocating that our feminist cards depended on going to see what looked…