You know, reading everyone’s responses here, I’m becoming more and more sure that younger me hated the character simply BECAUSE she was so into fashion and had a tiny dog and all that...not a feminist dislike, per se, just a personal distrust of anything overly flashy. (Even now, I tend to assume people with purse…

There is absolutely no reason for the police, who are not trained stunt drivers but rather careless assholes, to be engaging in high speed chases on roads shared by the general public. This reminds me of the cop who recently flipped a pregnant woman's car when she didn't immediately pull over on an unsafe shoulder.…

“Him saying that I’m not afraid of the police, I think it’s a glimpse into what his attitude was toward the police officers or toward the police in general,” said Alm.

I mean, I’d believe a seasoned stunt professional, who also happened to work on the last LotR films, before I believe some monkey spokesman from Amazon spewing out generic “We take safety very seriously” bullshit. Thomas should have left, and he smartly did.

So, we can’t call out bigots according to you. Got it. We must coddle them and make them feel good about themselves and then they will magically change. Sure. And educating them? How do you educate people who refuse to be educated? Anti-science, anti-education is the right wing way. They are proud of it. 

Maybe if people like him were willing to be educated, people wouldn’t attack. Unfortunately, since Limbaugh and Alex Jones, et al, right wingers just double down and stay on the offensive until the offended get enough and push back.

is everyone dogpiling him and demonizing him really the best way to end his problematic viewpoints?

Honestly, the fact that they would prevent an almost 40-year-old woman from removing her IUD is maybe what I found most upsetting. Her father should not have the right to decide whether or not she has another baby, and the fact that she is pleading for her freedom while she is up against the biological clock on this…

I suspect that at this point, they’re afraid that she’ll a) cut them off, b) use her funds to sue the fuck out of them, c) write a tell-all book, or d) all of the above. They didn’t want the gravy train to end.

You think it only takes an hour to rehearse for a 90+ minute show? Seriously, GTFO. It’s likely 3 hours *minimum* on top of the time devoted to hair, makeup and wardrobes, meetings, plus whatever workout routine her trainer has her on to help keep up the stamina she needs to dance for 90 minutes. It’s this isn’t a…

Exactly what are they afraid Britney will do if they terminate the conservatorship? Spend money? How many people have gone bankrupt? Do drugs? How many people have gone to rehab multiple times? Not take her meds? Happens every day in America. The difference she is a woman with millions of dollars who was in a bad…

The standard medical advice if one suffers from bipolar disorder is to reduce stress as part of a long term management plan. If her conservator was meant to help her manage her illness then they were doing a piss poor job of it by working her to the bone. It would be like feeding candy bars to someone with diabetes. Ke…

“The control he had to hurt his own daughter, he loved it. I worked seven days a week ... it was like sex trafficking. I didn’t have a credit card, cash or my passport.”

It does feel like the dancing circus bear is finally able to speak for itself and confirm life has been just as awful as it looked. 

(The real truth in all of this is how much I actually cannot take confrontation.)

That problem exists across the “star” platform. Many HBO mini-series productions are now produced by some famous actress or actor and the writing is often garbage. I work in Design as a consultant; my “star” clients do not listen to their employees or their consultants. Their egos will not tolerate the word “no”, and…

She wasn’t “let off the hook”. She made an agreement that called for fines if she didn’t fulfill that portion of the agreement. She decided paying the fine was the better choice for her. so could ANY OTHER PLAYER.

Her concerns were that doing press conferences caused her significant distress. I agree her timing in deciding not to do press conferences was inconvenient for the French Open (I also can understand that the feeling of “I can’t handle this” can come all at once and at the last minute...anxiety and mental distress…

Immediate post-game interviews have always felt exploitative to me, as though journalists are hoping for some kind of melt-down or off-the-cuff responses so they can write juicier stories. I realize they want a quote from as close to the event as possible, but can you imagine being grilled about why you lost, directly…

Every job has unpleasant and awful aspects that are a part of it (harrassment, especially those aspects coming from media, is obviously wrong, and the reporters asking those questions should be unemployed. I am only linking this to actual respectful writers). It’s still a part of the job.