I am genuinely confused as to how this isn’t clearly a hate crime and, as such, isn’t a federal crime.

The thing about “true crime” is that it’s not really a single genre. There are true crime documentaries that cover cold cases that seek to bring attention to unsolved and under-reported cases. There are true crime documentaries like Murder on Middle Beach where the victim’s family are the ones making the documentary…

They did hastily get rid of the people behind the promotion with Dylan and apologized for it. Treating it like a mistake and distancing the brand from it tells those who were upset about it that they were right to be upset, and all but validates their reasons for being upset. It may not be outright transphobic but…

I’m starting to wonder if this show is like later seasons of True Blood where it’s just sexy trash for sexy trash’s sake with some lazy social commentary thrown in to excuse its existence. Is the real satire that this is marketed as prestige drama?

I think Disney has played a big part in this because, just as Walt Disney is propped up as the man with all the ideas even though most of the characters were the creation of teams of people, it puts a nice bow on Marvel to say “and it’s all thanks to this one man.” They know it works and that it’s profitable.

I think the real issue is that these social media platforms are make it way too easy to just go online and immediately get an audience by making up some dramatic lie. Whether you’re making up stories for clout, trying to spread disinformation or whatever, the algorithm prioritizes what catches eyeballs with no…

No, no, I entirely understand what you mean. I do think such tests are essential to improving things in many sports, not just ballet.

I just think there’s a difference between, for example, me in a workout class deciding to push through pain to do a few reps because I know my own limits, and an explicit expectation within a given sport/activity that pain is to be endured, pushed through and minimized. I think it’s not so much about “no pain ever”…

I haven’t, but this sounds hilarious.

I get what you’re saying but I do feel like the whole “pain and injury are a fact of the art/sport” is sort of what feeds into the toxic culture. The level of desensitization to pain and injury is so high right now that it’s the reason dancers are pressured to dance while injured, football players aren’t discouraged…

It is hard, and dancers definitely deserve to be paid more. But I think, as with most athletics, the art form itself can be preserved and celebrated while removing the toxic, damaging culture component. There’s no reason for dancers to be pressured into injury, eating disorders, mental illness and burnout.

I believe you can pass out or be in a state of extreme confusion when you begin suffering from eclampsia due to the blood pressure issues, which would make it impossible to call for help. And if one starts to experience any sort of extreme medical distress and doesn’t have their phone with them, it can be impossible…

I would say it’s like football in that the athlete’s long-term health and the obvious health risks involved are ignored due to the ingrained toxic culture surrounding the sport. But football players get paid a whole hell of a lot more than dancers.

It makes going through the other positions while warming up a bit easier. The way it’s written here seems to be intended as a “if you know, you know” for those who have had to do ballet drills. I know because I did competition dance from age 8 - 16. Lucky for me, I sucked at ballet so I only had to do those drills for…

Ah, like the “Pink Elephants” sequence in Dumbo! Not enough kids movie include disturbing drug hallucination scenes.

I’d find it easier to side with Pete if he’d gone to a breeder, but I feel like most stores that sell puppies get them from puppy mills. However, I think PETA would have made a better case here if they’d focused on the store itself and where it sources its dogs, and make it about educating people instead of just…

It’s not really all subjective. You have clear-cut cases like Madonna’s SEX book and Beyonce’s recent works where there’s no question about whether the artist made those choices not heir own and had the agency, power and clout to truly control how they express their own sexuality.

But I think the first part of “Nanette” is more traditional comedy meant to get laughs followed by the more confession and challenge-based portion where the funny parts are deconstructed. The other parts don’t work without the first part being intended as funny. At any rate, I see where you’re coming from and…

At the very least it seems like an interesting conversation that should be led by and moderated by women.

I think there’s a distinction to be made here between “stand-up comedy” and just “comedy.” I would agree that what Gadsby does isn’t stand-up comedy, but I do think Gadsby’s work is usually meant to be both humorous and challenging. It seems fine to call that “comedy.” I see a lot of similarities with Bo Burnham’s…