I guess he thought you guys wouldn’t be talking again after what I assume was his shitty version of letting you down gently

I’m pretty sure they know their only way to win is to get every single Bible-thumper to the polls.

GOP: “Abortion is a states rights issue! Every state should be able to decide for themselves whether abortion should be illegal, legal, and when!”

Right. If I am ok with this, then it means I would have to be ok with the anti-gay protestors who used to turn up at funerals of people who died from AIDS to tell their families that the dead gay man deserved it. I will never be ok with that....

I dunno. I wouldn’t disrupt a funeral, no matter who’s involved.

“Even the ones that said he was ‘creepy’ laughed, because they were obviously not trying to tick him off or anything. So they’re just fake laughing, awkwardly laughing.”

That’s a hallmark of the conservative mindset - an absolute inability (or unwillingness) to give a shit until it is YOU who is affected.

I mean, no shit, abortion rights are a big deal. But it still kind of bums me out that it is taking this to get white women to do the right thing and drop this death cult.

I kinda don’t understand the point of this story LOL. He’s right, if all the women who are pissed off by Dobbs and the GQP’s stunningly aggressive show of contempt for women’s rights (honestly it’s like watching an idiot whacking a landmine with a sledge hammer and asking “what, something bad could happen if I keep…

“all the middle aged, clueless, mediocre white men I talk to insist abortion is not an issue and the women still complaining about it should get back to the kitchen” LOL

Even if inflation was the number one issue for me - why the fuck would I trust Republicans to fix that?

Tone deaf, for sure. Evident how important the candidates think it is, as well, when you see them scrubbing their websites of their previous positions.

The problem is that strategist is a title anyone can give themselves. It doesn’t mean anything.

As someone who works on Broadway, has worked on this show and has friends who work on this show, this is a pretty bullshit take.

Seriously. They’re reaching here.

Let’s assume in an alternate universe that Beanie was a great singer but still decided to step away. The new person coming in is gonna want outfits that, at the end of the day, they like and are flattering to them. Unless the outfits are absolutely critical to the character, that still…

so you have written that Feldstein doesn’t have the voice, that the ticket sales were not good, that the reviews were not good, but somehow you rather want to say that maybe it was about her being fat.

Or that Lea Michele may have even requested more body-conscious costumes - this is also a possibility. And not unusual.

Beanie Feldstein is “lead in her summer camp drama club” level talent when it comes to singing and acting.  She’s cute in her millennial coming of age movie roles and absolutely has an appealing personality.  She’s not a broadway leading lady - not because of her weight or height or hair color or teeth but because she…

I used to read Jez because I enjoyed it.  Now I find myself coming to see who my least favorite taker of hot takes is. I’ve no one to blame but myself, I know.

Having seen both Feldstein and Michele in this production these are all ridiculous reaches. Julie Benko, who was Feldstein’s understudy, wore the same costumes as her predecessor, including the sleeves, and she’s of a similar build as Michele. It’s no shock that a new star stepping into the production gets some new…