I’m actually kind of glad there’s a new article about this piece because I keep thinking about it — which I suppose means it met its goals in one way.

Fighting in public doesn’t make anybody look good.

So do people ever go into, e.g., Russia or India to give birth, since it’s probably a lot cheaper than coming all the way to the U.S.? Or are the educational benefits tied to U.S. citizenship more important than just not being in China when the baby’s born?

This is none of my business and I apologize for asking, but did his wives die naturally or do you think he might have helped at least some of them along?

Okay, sorry, I misread your intent. I’ve seen too many people be entirely serious about the whole “he told one offensive joke so he’s a garbage human” thing. But yeah, I agree, nobody’s entirely perfect or entirely awful.

To me the weird thing is that you can offhandedly reference a single joke the guy made eight years ago and use it to deem his point of view problematic. If anything is killing comedy, it’s not so much political correctness as it is the internet’s inability to ever let anything go or keep things in perspective. (One…

But do we have anybody but the daughter’s word she was pregnant? Like somebody said elsewhere, she wouldn’t be the first woman to fake a pregnancy and then run when it came time to deliver.

I think it’s about 70% her weight, 30% she was honest about some of the crap that happened to her after her AI win and it came across as “ungrateful.”

- any book about why wimmens are different from men

Because if it makes no sense, it’s not a cute story, it’s a “ha ha funny foreigners with their accents” joke that isn’t even funny.

Women are more at risk for STD transmission from unprotected heterosexual sex, though, aren’t they? So she was risking her health more than her partner’s no matter who the guy was. (I agree unprotected rough sex is not a stellar idea in general.)

See, I assumed it’s her boyfriend or fuckbuddy, rather than a professional actor. For one thing, unimaginable as it is that someone would take this on just as an acting job, it’s even more unimaginable that she’d put herself at the amount of risk unprotected violent sex with a stranger would pose when there's really…

To me, it’s narcissistic because it takes a huge painful topic and narrows it to re-enacting her personal experience in a way that asks the audience to think about her and not about other rape survivors. She could have moved on from “Carry That Weight” in a thousand different ways, and chose the one involving the…

Why do you assume the guy didn’t consent? This is a staged piece; he had to know what was happening so he’d do the “right” things.

Yep. I’m in Puerto Rico today (yeah, I totally commented just to say this) and I would be DEAD if I hadn’t been able to duck into places with AC while we were touristing today. Humidity’s a bitch.

Who the hell has it in their hearts to hate on a baby?

Honestly I don’t think I ever had reason to discuss Bruce outside the context of a reality show I don’t watch. But I was going by what Jon said:

I had to reread this comment a few times because my first response was “but ... she’s not actually personally at risk of most of those things.” But I see what you’re saying, yes. We don’t want to pat ourselves on the back for admiring the looks of this famous, rich, white Republican and ignore that most transgendered…

Probably. And I agree the will or won’t bang stuff is icky about anybody in general, and the particular attention paid to her has been excessive.

I dunno, I feel like Stewart is straining for a point here. Caitlyn has not yet proven herself to be smarter or kinder or more athletic or better at business or whatever than she was when she was called Bruce. Literally all we know is that she’s presenting as a woman now, looks great, and seems happy. What else are…