i'm a nasty pig sometimes, and there's stuff i do that could indeed be characterized as 'gross' or 'uncomfortable' to discuss *outside the context of the play space* (and I would have characterized some of those things as unthinkable in my young queerdom). considering it wouldn't occur to me to consider his comment…

considering i'm gay and would happily identify with the label 'nasty pig', yeah, not really. i'm simply not arrogant enough to think my subculture is universal, nor am i gullible enough to be taken in by queer studies indignation.

it's not about a 'heteronormative box'; it's about context. many straight people would surround a phrase like 'nasty pig' with certain connotations because, in the straight world, a man who openly enjoys sex is not a nasty pig; he's a man. but a woman who enjoys sex is characterized as a nasty pig. so i'd consider…

of course, most people who haven't fucked their way up one coast and down the other aren't necessarily as acclimated to fetishist argot, so maybe it's not 'borderline homophobic' to be turned off by a phrase that, outside your own private glory hole, is more often crudely misogynistic. at least you didn't invoke…

oh yeah, you don't want to watch anymore, so abc should find a way to wind it down.

i like how the scene where Plissken hits Mulholland Drive (and two cars are racing and exchanging gunfire) is echoed in Lynch's Mulholland Dr. (where two cars are racing each other, women screaming, and one eventually crashes into the limo). it looks like Russell and Harring both climb down the hill toward LA at the…

i really liked this episode. the 'dark side' thing doesn't hold. it wasn't just that the dude kidnapped her; he was reveling in his ability to continue to victimize her indefinitely. his enjoyment in his own cruelty and her horror well justified her actions. but also, at the end they intercut her return 'home' to…

i like the parallel between edith and mary in terms of their respective scandals and marriage proposals. back in the day, mary refused matthew's proposal outright because of her scandal with pamuk, because she couldn't bear to be dishonest with him—and there wasn't even a baby involved. (at the time, wasn't the…

it seems like they're setting up carson for something. his expectations with hughes plus his confidence that the house couldn't function without him indicate that he has overstepped in identifying with the master of the house (literally, in that he feels he shouldn't drink alcohol because lord grantham can't). he…

(one year later) season 3 just hit netflix, and it's all i can do to not watch it all in one day. there's one particular moment in the episode that blew me away, and i didn't see it mentioned here: when norman goes to replace the light bulbs in annika's room and has to deal with that light fixture, which i kinda…

i think the review undercuts that the reason we are spending time with the crawleys in the first place is that they are a family who are adapting by necessity but also a family that (in part due to the various influences on its character—american cora, the war, sybil/tom, isobel/matthew) has the capacity for change. …

i thought she would resolve it by proposing a rule that board members can't have a financial interest in the board's contracts.

i thought one of the more fascinating aspects of this episode is that underlying it is a conversation on religion that we don't see on tv—especially for a show labeled a nighttime soap. the show touches on homophobia in the church (which alienates jamal, and which andre acknowledges but looks beyond, and becky is all…

see you here next week!

speaking of 'unreflective', it's funny to see the description of Dandy at the start of this one. he is whiny and entitled, with unrealistic expectations that betray his lack of understanding of how the world works. he has no discernible talent but thinks he knows enough to tell everybody else how it should be done…

but you confess to not knowing enough to have even a negative opinion.

"He comes across as a smart person who has trouble expressing his thoughts in any sort of articulate way to me."

unfortunately, on the internet 'someone not caring for something' doesn't stop them from showing up and posting repeatedly about how much they don't care about it.

'Chessani swearing in as mayor?'

well, it was the surprise ending of the video that was so compelling. you spend the whole video thinking richie is stalking a blind woman, but then you realize *twist* she's the one stalking him. i'd be totally freaked out if some woman who could not see me somehow navigated around my life skillfully enough that she…