I’d also like to point out that it’s the term most commonly used within the military to describe women, so it’s problematic usage is not limited to any one community. Of course, they never call the men “males.”

Here’s a pretty good explainer: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tracyclayton/stop-calling-women-females?utm_term=.cdKR00eg56#.bjWA22eOG7

I fucking love Unitarians. Open minds and no dogma. My aunt specifically chose a Unitarian minister to preside over her mother’s funeral so that there wouldn’t be all that Jesus-y nonsense, and it was lovely.

I don’t know enough about Sia to comment, but with Dylan it’s just my opinion. I think he’s kind of phony, but I’m admittedly bitter because one of my exes worshipped him to a nauseating extreme. It also has something to do with the fact that he treats people like crap and acts like he’s better than everyone.

Counterpoint: some have accused him of plagiarism, and a lot of his lyrics are just word salad.

Their hero worship drives me nuts! I find his mysterious/weird act so contrived and pompous.

I’ll say it: Fuck Bob Dylan.

Girl, I’m with you. I’ve never understood Beyoncé obsession, especially since her parents created her career (and at the expense of the other women in Destiny’s Child). Hell, even Taylor Swift and Katy Perry can write their own music.

It is, and so it’s worth noting that Madonna also isn’t a good singer.

Thank you. A more apt comparison might be Madonna and MJ... and probably Britney too. All purely performers, not musicians or writers, who strongly rely on the talent of their writers and producers to create “hits.” And that’s not to suggest hit making is the end all be all... perhaps if you’re only judging an artist…

I get what you’re saying, but didn’t Stephen Olmert do exactly that on the Colbert Report? He didn’t use the N-word, but he said plenty of racist stuff in character.

Stephen Colbert played a racist asshole for years on the Colbert Report, and it was ok because it was satire.

Did he wash his hands?

Ha! I would like to think I’d be totally cool around a celeb, but the few times I’ve been in the vicinity, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I saw Catherine Heigl in 2009 when she was still a big deal, and I just stared like a complete idiot, wondering “is that really her?”

That story should be a sitcom scene.

Interesting...

It was the most ridiculously mind-numbing scene. With the proper amount of wine, you’ll be laughing your ass off.

It’s a really great one to hate-watch. You have to do it with at least 2 other cynical smartasses in the room.

It was actually quite condescending.