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It says in the front that "some names and identifying details in the book have been changed" so this is just overkill.

in my years as a fact checker at a few major magazines, stating that names have been changed is actually done to avoid these types of problems. I don't know if book publishers regularly do it too and this was an oversight, or if they just don't consider it an issue. but, really, it's the smart move to help avoid…

Nothing makes up for anything. You said that, not me. Violence & homophobia are despicable. However, one reason that it takes so long to change society are the people that hide who they are. If everyone was up front with all their prejudices, this shit could be dealt with head on. Many of the most powerful people in…

I'm not a fan of Leo's movies, but the Pussy Posse business doesn't bother me. He's telling everybody right up front who he is. He likes women for how they look, & how they make him look, by extension. There are far too many guys especially that say what they know they're "supposed" to say, but have Leo's value system…

Is it bad that I find Ridley Scott's response more refreshingly honest than any of the usual waffling horseshit excuses we normally get for these shitty casting choices? It's always "we're just trying to portray a universal everyman (white) experience!" or "we would love to cast more diverse actors, but they don't…

I don't know that I would frame it that way. Sorkin says they argued, he heard her, he changed the story, she said she liked it, and then she made a public fuss.

Male or female, complaining publicly about your job or your boss just makes you look like a lousy employee. If I was hiring writers, I certainly would not be inclined to hire this woman.

Tell that bish we already HAD Black Moses.

Even though I agree with her, I would not hire that writer.

Sorkin is right. He's a dick, but he's right. It's not about violating confidentiality per se, but about not feeling like anything you say in a writers' room might end up on someone's lame and whiny Twitter feed. I've worked on TV shows, I don't think it ever even needed to be said you don't publicly scold your…

Wait a minute, we know that Jackie's story was unverified, but I was under the impression that Jackie was the only source who asked that they not speak to the accused. The article wasn't just about Jackie. As I recall from reading the story, there were other women featured, albeit with less "explosive" stories. The…

It's not that "one of the anecdotes" is false. It's that the entire story was apparently unverified before going to press. If there wasn't even a party that night, and if the individuals Jackie identified don't even attend the frat, that's not a minor factual error—it casts the entire allegation into question. But I…

All stories should be doubted by default until evidence is provided. To do otherwise is not just stupid, but immoral. Skepticism is a virtue, or else we'd all believe in Flying Spaghetti monsters. The Jezebel doctrine of presuming guilt and default belief in accusers is destined to fail because it is fundamentally…

Here's a key passage from the Wash Po story today:

Of course no one on this show 'had to get raped'. This isn't real. But it's absurd to object any time a rape is depicted on TV (which you guys seem too do pretty consistently) precisely because it is an altogether too common fact of life. And this being on The CW, I have to be really skeptical about how 'graphic' the…

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Tooter, child pornography is illegal because there's a *child* involved. A *child* that legally cannot give consent to sex. A *child* that would have to have sex acts for the film to be considered child pornography.

Are you with us now?

It has nothing to do with obscenity. Are you dense?

Should we also ban people from having rough sex?

"bdsm people actively indulging their rape fantasies"

Child porn is not illegal because it's morally corrupting. It's illegal because it portrays a crime. Banning media simply because we find it distasteful or immoral is a really bad idea. There are a lot of things in your life that Ted Cruz finds distasteful and immoral and he could be our next president — do you really…