The Luz and Chester storyline would work much better if we had any inkling that those two had feelings for one another. They have zero chemistry.

L. Frank Baum was bigoted against Native Americans, but like his wife and her family was a hardcore feminist. Those Oz books are full of Strong Female Protagonists (and at least one prominent trans character). 

Or let the students paint over it. At least it would be a education. (I don’t know what the situation is in DC, but in my school district arts funding is non-existent.)

I went to the trouble of reading some of the Google reviews for Angry Orchard. Reviews from as long as two years ago were saying this place has quite a few beligerent ex-NYPD officers on staff; one reviewer likened walking around the grounds to doing time in a state penitentiary.

For many parents, shielding children from swears isn’t a matter of prudishness but of practicality. Children repeat what they hear. Swearing at school gets them (and parents) into trouble. It’s not fun or financially sound for a parent to miss work to watch a suspended child or attend for a parent-teacher meeting. Much…

Thank you for sharing these. My eldest child just hit adolescence and I’ve been looking for titles to help them navigate consent and abuse issues.

Hve you seen Catherine Breillard’s version of Bluebeard? I watched it as a double feature with Demy’s Donkey Skin.

I noticed! They really telegraphed it with Oscar Isaac’s shaved head + big hipster beard... It still surprises me that some viewers interpreted him as the protagonist and not the villain.

I you’re looking for an excellent feminist take on Bluebeard, look for Catherine Breillard’s film adaptation from a few years ago. Her Bluebeard is a throwback to the original in that he’s as ugly on the outside as well as the inside... No romanticised brooding good looks here. The plot hews closely to the original tel…

So much for the “William is on a redemption arc” fan theories.

I did wonder, for just a moment, if the Ford in the bar scene was code-Ford like the code-Ford we’ve seen interacting with Bernard and Maeve. Mostly because human Ford would have worn proper black tie attire to a tony event, not a business suit. They’re deliberate about the costume choices on this show.

I’m more disappointed that it turns out his wife wasn’t replaced with a host. They teased it with the rehab references, though I suppose that was just a nod to the plot of Futureworld.

If the writers have any sense at all they will make Akecheta a main cast member for series 3, and work harder to write new episodes in the mould of “Kiksuya.” Less obfuscation and abstraction and timey-wimey timelines. More heart and soul and characters to care about.

Feminism isn’t JUST about equality. It’s also about justice, and about recognising and promoting women’s rights as human rights.

Just because women/LGBTQ persons/people of color DO all the heavy lifting does not mean they SHOULD. You’re confusing the practical reality with the ethics of social progress. They’re not synonymous.

And David Harbour was in that Woody Allen television show for Amazon so he, of all people, should have showed up prepared for that question.

Women of course have agency but given the sorry state of reproductive choice (which amounts to very little choice at all) in the US I would not dare to guess at the sister’s reasons for having children young, with two different partners, etc. No, it is not cool (and definitely not feminist) to judge women for their…

I recently overheard a conversation at my favourite coffeeshop between two graduates complaining about job-hunting. Barrista pointed out they were hiring and grads broke out laughing, embarrassing barrista who grew red in the face. That was my first (so far, thankfully, only) “ugh, millennials” moment.

Yes. If you’re spending 8 hours a day, any day, playing with a cat you can be spending 8 hours a day working at a suboptimal job, or even volunteering or interning for your resume or, I dunno, doing some house or yard work for your parents who provide you with free room and board at the age of 24.

After Tootsie in 1987 Dustin Hoffman finally understood that even ugly women exist to be sexually assaulted by Dustin Hoffman.