I was just “meh” on the movie but also hoping for a sequel, because I agree that what dragged it down was too much screen time spent paying homage to the original AND answering dum-dum manbabies’ outrage. But is it just or me or does the budget bloat — and particularly the marketing budget bloat — appear to be…

Glad to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to conflate nudity in an art magazine with porn.

“What about the kids’ freedom of belief though? That always gets lost. Religious freedom ought to also include freedom from a religion, which to me, means that all children should have access to a fact-based education.”

This, this, THIS. I want to star your statement a bajillion times.

The critical consensus among top reviewers/professional reviewers is that Ghostbusters (2016) is middling-but-positive — not awful. Men-on-the-internet have bringing the internet ratings down, as 538's Walt Hickey explains here.

This was also my take on GB. I wanted to love it for feminist reasons, but instead it turned out to be fine, just a little underwhelming. (Too careful, not improv-y/loose enough, overlong.) I would love to see it in a more tightly edited version, because I think its biggest flaw was too much filler.

You’re not wrong.

Came here to say nukes. You said nukes first. Credit to you!

Nice screenname, BTW.

Right. They need the ships. Why burn them?

That’s dreadful. You have my sympathies.

I was under the impression that in the US, Plan B is harder to access than most other birth control methods. That you have to get it via prescription vs OTC? Correct me if I’m wrong. Your health care system seems all backwards to me.

I know, it gets confusing! Kinja, bleh.

Anyway, I wasn’t trying to pile on you with my comments. It’s the PP person who was out of line, not you.

Thanks for the clarification on your story.

Withdrawal can be effective for some women. It’s just that, on average, it’s far less effective than other methods. Law of averages, and the failure of the editors to note this on what’s supposed to be a feminist site annoys me. It’s on par with interviewing someone who enthuses “abstinence-only sex education really…

After reading this I feel like maybe I was harsh with my last reply to you, so consider this my olive branch.

I agree with you that birth control choices belong to women alone and we should not be subjected to the judgments of others. FWIW, I can commiserate with you on the copper IUD, which made me bleed non-stop and…

You’re comparing apples to oranges.

Look at the chart again.

APPLES: Withdrawal is 96% effective *when used perfectly*. That’s STILL less effective than 11 (out of 16) other methods of birth control *when used perfectly*. (Apples.)

ORANGES: Withdrawal is 73% effective *when actually used* (as in, in real life by real…

Then your NP was working off-script. Here is PP’s own list of birth control methods, ranked by effectiveness:

You’re getting a lot of shit for this, but you are right. At the very least the editors should have added a little note that it works just 73% of the time, with a link to PP: https://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/birth-control-…

Google is your friend.

It’s becoming a concern for poison centres, too.

I used to curate for museums, and I can assure you that the choice not to display weapons, drugs, contraception and the like has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with visitors getting handsy with the cases. It doesn’t matter if the case is unbreakable; it will still set off alarms when…

Unfortunately the view that we should be accommodating of families who choose not to vaccinate (whether in private physicians’ practices or public schools) has led us to disease outbreaks, which is one reason more physicians are declining to see vaccine-refusing patients.

But there are other perfectly legitimate…