Here’s my theory on this: Executive branch positions (mayor, governor, president) are going to be more appealing to celebrity/dynastic potential candidates than legislative branch positions, because of the perceived ability to skip the glad-handling and immediately enact policy. It’s not so much about the size and…

How about this: She wants to run for elected office, fine. But maybe, just once, can one of these celebrity and/or dynastic potential candidates start small? Something local. Do that for a few years, then run for the state house, then, after a couple of years, a US House seat. Build up, learn the game, not just from…

The Eagles wrote some good ass songs. People also need to let go of the idea that the best selling album is the best album.

I’m probably too far out of the academic loop to be much aware of calls to stop studying Shakespeare or Hemingway, which is new to me. There’s also that padding of time — when I reflect, I imagine I was as vitriolic in grad school about the young Camille Paglia as your friends are towards Peterson.

Sure they do!

The reason we reject studying Peterson isn’t because of his politics, it’s because his positions are legitimately stupid. He doesn’t define his terms. He isn’t consistent or rigorous. He works in strawman arguments and hyperbole and when pressed for details accuses his interlocutors of being “postmodern cultural Marxis…

lol “personal responsibility”

...AND apparently the son was raped in this movie, as though this whole situation weren’t already disturbing enough on plenty of other levels.

This doesn’t surprise me. Cycles of abuse are self-perpetuating. I’m surprised more people aren’t pointing out how distressingly similar the details of this assault are to her allegation against Weinstein: the grooming and isolating of the victim, providing alcohol before attacking etc. It’s infuriating to think…

Can’t wait for all the people that will dismiss this because our society still views raping men as funny. 

American movies have been shown in China for decades, the import quota has just increased over the years. The current max is at 34. I don’t think Crazy Rich Asians is a response to that, as CRA is not the sort of American movie that usually makes the cut when Chinese officials are deciding which foreign films will be…

“I haven’t read the article but -”

They should just write about it. They’re responsible for reporting what happened, not how people choose to use it. Victims can be abusers and abusers can be victims. That is the no-spin, messy reality.

One is enough.

While it’s good that people are pointing out that that Singapore is more than just rich ethnic Chinese people (given many Americans, in particular, wouldn’t have a clue), is it really a valid criticism of a film based on a book that specifically tells the story of...Crazy Rich Asians?

I don’t think he was in the closet, I think it was more that his love was baking while his parents wanted him to be in a safe well paid profession like the Law.

This movie made less money on opening weekend than United Passions - the FIFA movie about how awesome Sepp Blatter and FIFA are. That movie made $319 on opening weekend, and it cost $30 million. No worries because FIFA financed almost all of it.

You sound hangry. Eat a Snickers.

That’s ridiculous. The technicals are the most innovative and interesting part of the entire series. They’re what separates this show from literally every other cooking/baking competition on TV. smdh

That school-to-prison pipeline ain’t gonna feed itself, you know.