Hmm. Part of me thinks that it's not for us to say - it's for the victims. They're the ones that have to live with Cosby's actions, so I'd defer to them. But then again, an admission would basically be the only thing that would shut up the defenders at this point, so I get why she said that. Even if he was convicted…

One: Lena Dunham is simply going to continue to burn off any goodwill that she might have remaining, right? Like she can't be in a positive light too long. People felt for her after the "Lena Dunham lied about rape" fiasco, so she totally had to go and do this to dispel any goodwill left over.

My husband was raised Jewish as a Mizrahi Jew - so basically, a Jewish Arab. He never failed to amaze me with how he could absolutely shock people by revealing that he was both Jewish in religion and Arab in ethnicity. Even in Israel, he said that it shocked people, but that's because European Jews largely pushed the…

Can I ask an honest question? I've seen debates among African American scholars and theorists about how Barack Obama fits into the story of being black in America. Is D'Souza stupid for trying to bring it up at all or is he just being really, really dumb in an actual serious debate? I'm not of any black heritage, so I…

My husband has a theory that people love social media because it will outlast us. Most humans harbor some secret fear of being forgotten after we shuffle off the moral coil. Social media is an easy way for us to sort of immortalize ourselves. For centuries, if a person wanted to be remembered by multitudes of people,…

I have (very) begrudgingly accepted that I must have some kind of online presence. However, I do my best to try to make it as minimal as possible. I've just seen too much crap that comes from being online - divorces, breakups, employers trying to fight your disability claims by using your social media content against…

I guess...yay for honesty? I mean, at least he's saying pretty bluntly "I ignored it until I couldn't anymore." Rape apologia is so often wrapped up in excuses, so at least it's slightly satisfying to finally see it in all its ugly glory. Here it is, ladies and gentlemen.

This has "something that would appeal to a Kardashian" written all over it.

Shouldn't this just serve as more evidence that "Oscar-winner" should not be used any further as indicative of quality, value or anything else when judging a film or actor's performance? The designation is being shown to be hollow, shallow and essentially meaningless.

That's sort of the point, isn't it? Even the childfree must get that those kids will be providing the social safety net that you'll use at some point.

Don't get me wrong - it's a decent film with decent acting, and it is sort of sweet at the end. But it didn't do these remarkable people justice, in my mind. I also sort of disliked how it veered into what I started calling "disability porn." I get that Stephen Hawking's actual theories are way too complex for a…

My father is from Germany and he talks a lot about the issues they have with birthrates. A huge part of the issue is that, for years, Germany basically thought the remedy to lower birth rates was immigration, and liberal immigration laws that saw a ton of people - mostly from the Middle East, Northern Africa and…

I'm a vegetarian who used to enjoy the smell of bacon, but I think I realized at some point that what I was enjoying was really the smell of the smoke and seasonings, not so much the pork. Like pork chops and ham do absolutely nothing for me, so I like to think maybe I've overcome that demon!

That's sort of the point I think of, but I creep around it. I get that our society fetishizes having children and that fetish can really be pushed on the childfree and its hurtful to them. However, that doesn't negate the idea that having children is a really, really important thing to do and that the stability of our…

John,

It's amazing that this kind of stuff is even debated when everywhere else, its just presumed.

Maybe not, but we know as well as anyone that the Oscars are often not about the best performer that year, but used as a vehicle for recognizing a history of excellent work. Adams has 5 nominations to her name already with no wins. One could argue that she's simply due for it.

Correction: It is based on ONE of Jane's books. She published two. The first one was "Music to Move the Stars" and came out in 1999, 4 years after he divorced her for the nurse. It is not a kind book. You can tell she had a lot of anger about deferring her own doctorate to care for him, raise 3 children and help…

Yeah, I know. Watching the film, it became really clear that Felicity Jones was doing the majority of the heavy lifting, but Eddie is getting most of the praise. The Academy has always loved "disability porn" roles. They love this, they loved Tom Hanks playing a man with AIDS, they loved Daniel Day Lewis with cerebral…

THANK YOU. I saw Theory of Everything, I disliked it. I thought it had incredible potential and then it quickly degrades into "the love of a wonderful woman saves disabled man and gives him the will to live" trope. It rushes the leads through the sweet, wonderful romance and then BOOM, OMG the ALS is going to tear us…