What sickens me most about this is not just the rights lost today, but the writing on the wall for so many rights that will fall like dominoes after this one. When the court can decide we don’t have rights to make decisions about our bodies, consider how far-reaching the implications of that are. Gender-affirming…

He was also really funny in the ill-advised Lampoon Family Vacation reboot. I think the problem isn’t his talent, it’s probably been the number of comedic roles available for a guy THAT conventionally attractive. The looks have to be part of the joke or it’s just incredibly distracting.

That doesn’t change the fact that on average, males are stronger, etc than females.

These studies are not on athletes and do not measure athletic ability. Simple strength alone is not a marker for ability. This assumes all competing people are of similar size and weight. That’s a pretty unscientific assumption to make which is why studies like this are continually shown to have biases that don’t pass…

I think the HBO docuseries on Elvis does a great overview of many of these points but also points out that when we talk about stealing, that means taking full credit for things and erasing their origins. Elvis talked openly about his influences and he never claimed to have invented or originated anything:

What a shift to go from performing at drug-and-sex fueled clubs to elementary school libraries.

a form of entertainment that’s raunchy and (was) reserved for adults-only spaces.

Hi. Drag has been a part of art for nearly all of human history. See traditional ceremonial mask dances of indigenous peoples, Kabuki, Ancient Greek and roman theater, Shakespeare, ballet, etc. Drag is and always will be a part of all art. It is in no way uncommon or freakish, or even inherently sexual. What you are…

Sorry- presumably some of these children were cis-boys. Do you think they don’t know what penises look like? And for the cis-girls, do you think the mere sight of correct human anatomy is traumatic or bad in some way? If these kids were interested in becoming doctors and went to an office that had anatomical models…

Just so everyone is aware: rules like this make it so that children are forced into pelvic exams to play sports. Is that really what we want?

It is anti-science to decide that what a doctor thought your genitals looked like when you were born is a better test of abilities than any of the measurable things we can test like height, weight, muscle mass, strength, stamina, speed, limb length, lung capacity, reflexes, etc etc etc. To decide that every woman who…

is the argument that people who go through a male puberty would have an unfair advantage in female sports so outlandish?

You’re so close to the point that it’s painful - the existence of intersex people and the growing number of people identifying as trans or nonbinary creates a compelling case that dividing athletes by what genitals they were born with is stupid and unscientific. There are plenty of ways to measure weight, height,…

it’s probably easier to mask any age spots with self-tanner than makeup when you’re 96.

Unfortunately, I think she’s just “doing her part” to try to make it seem like they’re not a deeply divided and partisan court when we all know that they are. I wish she understood how pointless that is.

I am always skeptical of special screenings at multiplex theaters because the chance that they have a decently trained projectionist for the type of setup they require is pretty low. It’s why I give my money to the precious few independent theaters still doing special showings and indie film premieres. You know the…

No- I typically don’t like to watch shows or movies about teens

Scholarships and awards for community service do not in any way undermine the point of volunteering. It happens a lot in many countries. You sure do have a lot of things on your list of things kids shouldn’t be recognized for.

And they’re being shared by an instagram account of a different private Marilyn Monroe collection that probably is just really, really mad that they don’t have the dress! It’s all so stupid

You focused on it in a list that included debate and sports, and in a manner that suggests it is absurd or untoward in some way to recognize children for volunteer work. I’ve read about kids in the news in other countries for doing volunteer work and being rewarded in some way for it. Just didn’t seem so odd to me.