Yep, I read that quite a bit here. She’s co-dependent and should stop cleaning up after him, etc. He’s the father of her children, if he needs an intervention and a ride to rehab (during your divorce) that seems like a reasonable thing to be willing to do for your kids as well as someone you loved at least at one…

As I remember, his death was also partly due to taking too many medications for a bronchial infection which kind of cut down on the spiraling because of a break-up narrative.

I’m only peripherally aware of Grande, but, “I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be...Shaming / blaming women for a man’s ability to keep his shit together is a very major problem,” is some Phd level adulthood. I applaud her for having this insight so young. I truly hope the…

I’m not really talking about risk as much as what it was legally necessary to do. There might not have been a problem (depending on state), there might have been a problem and they got around it by not having them on set on the same days, or they might not have thought about it and be in a bit of hot water now with…

I was thinking more specifically of American male writers. There are only two (Eugenides and Beatty) who are American other than Robbins and Foster Wallace that you mention. I would argue that non-American men have always been much more interested in foregrounding women and continue to be. The US novels of great…

I’m not sure what state they filmed in. The quoted law almost certainly excludes people working with children. While there may have only been one minor on set, he may still have violated the law if he was on set with a minor. I don’t know for a fact, especially as I don’t know what state they were in, but it’s…

Are you aware the 14 year old he was sending sexually explicit texts and images to is his niece? I think that has a significant effect on the level of possible ‘forgiveness.’ As their was at least one minor actor in the film, I’m thinking Black may find himself in some legal trouble if he didn’t notify anyone and they…

A generation’s worth? Not much has changed in the world of men writing women characters. The characters may be more complex, but they are not the center of the novel/protagonist. I’m sure you can think of examples, but there won’t be a lot. 

Thom Steinbeck was not shipped 1000s of miles away. They all lived on the East Coast. Outside of the fact that he felt his dad was ‘saving’ him by getting him out of his mother’s house, it wasn’t considered horrible to send a kid to boarding school. 

He had opinions about sex workers, but they were pretty broad. He’s often criticized for the number of prostitutes in his books and they are often “heart of gold” prostitutes. Dora in Cannery Row stands out in my mind. I think she was the main philanthropist in town and didn’t fire older or ailing women who worked for…

Ok, I get what you mean. Yes, family members often dispute gossipy books, but if it’s worthwhile, defendable, and profitable you don’t wait 50 years to publish it because someone might say they’re perception was slightly different. This book has apparently been finished since 1975.

I don’t really get your comment. No one in the Steinbeck family has had a hand in the book or its publication since 1975 when Gwyn died, so it’s not a question of them deciding not to publish it.

This article is on a book about what a horror he supposedly was. I’m sure if he left her destitute to go get his ass shot off in Europe she would have mentioned it. And the govt. sent wives money so that poor men could afford to go get their asses shot off too. You’re fighting on a hill even the ex-wife didn’t bother…

I’m giving this one a lot of side-eye. I’m guessing he wasn’t great and they were both alcoholics, which is usually pretty explosive, and yet why is this coming out now?

You seem unwilling to accept that there might be any nuance here, even in the face of the assertions of the one person who saw it happening in front of him- their son. You suggest that Steinbeck’s wife was possibly left a single mother with no means of support and that isn’t reasonable. He was already a…

I’ve been watching so many of this administration’s opportunists position themselves with an exit strategy which will basically read, “I knew how horrible it all was and I just played along to save the country.” Don’t buy any of their bs when this all comes tumbling down- they are all there to get what they want and…

In April “Ross was working full-time on the bill as the president of the Californians for Consumer Privacy, the political committee they’d formed to push the bill” It’s now August and “MacTaggart also suggested that Ross’s early contributions weren’t as crucial as she thinks, that she was a paid employee doing a job…

Eh, they’re young. I won’t argue that there was a lack of consent to the second kiss, but the novel/film is built on the idea that Lucy is powerfully attracted to him and he knows it and why she’s fighting it. The first kiss is more of implied consent? She walks towards him after she knows that he’s there- doesn’t…

except the Italian guy on the piazza

Amazon has it for rent or sale streaming.