Good point about Hollywood, that seems true. And thanks for the support, I appreciate it.

I just made the same point above, without realizing that you'd said the same thing more eloquently here. Well put! (As an white author currently trying to publish a short story with a black main character, this is the kind of thing I worry about a lot.)

Yeah…I think the idea that artists can't write about experiences they haven't had is a bit of a trap. Sure, a cis artist shouldn't assume that they know what it is like to be a trans person – they should try their best to do research and examine personal biases before portraying a trans person's experiences. (And if a…

My av club name was actually inspired by Qualifiers, because I'm a nerd.

I have not heard a bad Open Mike Eagle verse. I also saw him host a mini Advice Show in the middle of a concert (people from the audience asked questions and he answered). His advice was very practical and somewhat wise.

Captain Underpants Origins: The Girthing of the Loin

I really liked that Mama Baskets took back some control over her life at the end of this episode. She's allowed herself to be let down and bossed around by her children and mother all season, it's nice to see her realize she can be happy independently of her family. Go eat that shark fin soup!

Because of this show, I've begun to picture the Chemical Brothers as identical bro-twins (essentially the more famous versions of Cody and Logan). It's kind of working for me.

Oh, Martha – game for everything, excited by nothing.

It's not all bad. Midnight Special and 12 Cloverfield Lane are both supposed to be well done and interesting. We're not in January any more, thank god.

Yeah, it will be interesting to see how good a job this season does balancing Matt's dark and light sides. Routinely beating people to a pulp must require a lot of ability to chalk things up to "collateral damage." I'd imagine that a lot of the people Daredevil beats up become even more paranoid and willing to commit…

If the current Republican party contained more reasonable, moderate conservatives – and if the house and senate were democratic – I might agree that a conservative would provide balance. As it stands, even the least extreme candidate (Kasich)'s policies are very far right and would leave the country in the hands of a…

Right, my mistake.

Me (as a camp counselor several years ago): What are you doing?
Camper: I hung my bedsheets from the top bunk and I'm using it as a hammock.
Me: …….awesome. Is that safe? I mean….is that safe? But awesome.

More support of Gus Spelman (of Polite Fight)'s "threes" theory: in the last shot of Kim doing doc review, she highlights three consecutive lines. I'm starting to see three's everywhere. Part of me feels like it's a total coincidence, but BCS is subtle and purposeful enough that it makes me pay attention to these…

And the background was, as promised, just nebulous enough.

I love how the squirt Chip got was just "yellow" flavored. It makes the scene even more unromantic.

I really hope Mama Baskets pulls through, not just because she's an excellent character (fuck it, an excellent person) but also because that would be piling too much tragedy onto Chip. I'm starting to get worried about him.

As a former camp counselor, I met a lot of fierce, opinionated kids who wore hats with ears everywhere. It's kind of a mark of anti-girliness, or a badge of kids who are proud to be quirky. I've even met some fairly cool fourteen and fifteen year olds who wear cat ears everywhere.

Even if we suspend our disbelief that she got hired/did not get fired, the nurse wasn't believable crazy. The idea that she could gain status in the nursing world by curing lice at a middle school is batshit insane. A randomly batshit insane character isn't funny unless there's something about them that's human or…