Maybe that’s why she had to leave Australia — a lot fewer people remember how old she was in 2002 in the U.S.

I thought Jessica just wouldn’t answer the question? But I might be wrong. I don’t follow either of them really.

I think she probably really is 35. There’s a photo of her at 10 or 12 with her mom and some dogs that looks way early 90s.

I love the colors of Mindy Kaling’s dress.

The novels and the show created a culture. If you want to say that culture should be more respectful of women in general, that’s fine, but — in terms of what I’m actually discussing here — you may as well say the show would be better if the people in it sang more of their dialogue. That is undoubtedly true on some…

And none of that’s an invalid point; I just feel differently. We didn’t need to see it, no, but it’s fiction — none of it needs to exist. Is it a little lazy, yeah, but GoT has too damned much going on to be subtle all the time.

Exactly. I think it’s a good thing culturally that we take TV rapes seriously now. I can defend it in this case a lot more easily than I can defend the Jaime/Cersei mess last season, but I wouldn’t expect everyone to agree with me.

Well, yeah. That’s what I was trying to say. Given who they were and the scenario the show set out, rape was the only reasonable end to that story unless Sansa was going to stab him outright. Which ... isn’t very Sansa and also would rush the story ahead in a way that isn’t very GoTy.

It’s so weird that they picked a photo where she doesn’t look much like herself to declare her the hottest woman alive.

Oh, I didn’t see the preview because I watched on HBO Go. That’s interesting!

Right? There was absolutely nothing about that story that required she be raped. It’s just there to add drama, and that was annoying.

That was my initial reaction. but at the same time, I liked that they didn’t shoot it in a way that anybody could possibly be turned on by — we can tell this is BAD, but we don’t get any “naughtiness.” Though I guess they could have done the same thing by switching to Sansa’s PoV and ending with a close shot of the…

The scene was very difficult to watch, but I felt like it worked well for the story they’re telling. It was right that Ramsay would rape Sansa; not only is he a sadist, but culturally he’d be expected to — remember that Tyrion was considered a weirdo for NOT immediately raping his teenage bride. I also felt like the…

Late, but I couldn’t resist. This is me and my mom in 1979. We were on our way to visit my great-grandma.

And think about how Ricky Ricardo’s face on the $10 would enhance U.S.-Cuba trade discussions!

... yeah, you’re putting in all kinds of complicating factors in there that nobody’s actually arguing. No one is saying “Trail of Tears, therefore Harriet Tubman.” The logic is more like:

I don’t understand your logic at all. Do you think there’s a quota for number of presidents on money? If we acknowledge presidents weren’t necessarily the greatest Americans ever (as you clearly do), it follows that keeping them on money isn’t sacred. We could replace them all with the cast of I Love Lucy if we wanted…

Saaaame. I reread my own stuff and get this sense of smug superiority at how darn hilarious and insightful I am ALL THE TIME.

Wait, that’s not from David Lee Roth? I feel weirdly cheated.

It has kid photos, so I think it's real? But it seems like she's mostly trying to be funny so the tweet's probably an attempt at a joke.