I also liked Out There. Not a perfect show, but a sweet one.
(I watched 3 episodes of Maron, then bailed.)

Alternate Title: "There's more to Glida than just an iconic hair flip by Rita Hayworth…or is there?"

Not to mention The Hateful 8 and Straight Outta Compton…those movies seemed solidly within the academy's bubble.

Selma got snubbed (and that movie screamed OSCAR) which puts that theory into question. Then again, maybe they just didn't like Selma's lack of friendly white allies.

As much as Chiraq was kind of a mess, it would be kind of awesome if it won Best Picture.

I'm a little confused by the conceptual connections being drawn between gender and Jewishness, but I did like the history. I knew the Weimar republic was pretty tolerant of gay and lesbian folks, but I did not know there was awareness and acceptance of trans people in the Weimar republic before watching the episode –…

Oooh! Fun trick!

I prefer Sher-smock: elementary school art teacher by day, private investigator by night.

I don't remember the content of the Grape article very well, but the main offensive thing was a jab at black people being dumb and violent. So, pretty racist. As you say, they had been borderline offensive sometimes in the past, and prided themselves on being controversial.

Agreed. The grammies have proven again and again that they are a competition for the album with the most mainstream pop appeal. Case in point, 1989 is likely to win best album of the year. The oscars are biased towards certain kinds of movies, but are at least not total slaves to what is the most popular and…

…or most people, really. (The Fifth Wave: sponsored by the NRA????)

And not enough YA novels set in utopias. (Is heaven boring? I need to know the answer!)

Also, before the start of every class, everyone introduces themselves with their name and preferred pronouns. Did profs do that at Oberlin back in the day? Also, when were they thinking of moving everyone on campus? Did a lot of people used to live off campus? Just curious.

Haha. Well, I've heard things have changed a little since I left, but I'll give you the update circa 2014. There are still ridiculously cheap PBRs at the sco (I don't remember exactly how cheap but under a dollar for sure). There are a few, much sought over off campus living assignments for seniors, and everyone is…

I may be the only one, but I'm not enjoying the flashbacks. It's hard for me to enjoy the flashbacks separately from the main story, because the characters aren't that developed. To me, they scream "POLITICAL/SOCIAL COMMENTARY" in a way that takes me out of the story and makes me wonder what kind of point Jill Soloway…

I graduated Oberlin in 2014, and the term was used regularly, though not often, throughout my four years there. (I wonder how many other Obies are hiding in the tolerant, gender fluid terrain of the Transparent comments).

The part about being from the makers of FNL and Parenthood gives me hope. The trailer kind of makes it look like a horror movie, though (American Horror Story: Cult, anyone? I guess that's sort of all of american horror story, though).

Cults, man, cults….kids get lost in the forest and come back thinkin' they're the aliens who built the pyramids….old ladies suddenly start havin' seizures and drownin' their cats to get the nine lives….teens stealin' and smokin' human hair, say it brings them towards the spirit….freaky shit, man, freaky shit.

Not true.

Just watched it, it's well worth it. A great depiction of mental illness and weird enough that it's never too sentimental.