The differnece between public and private schools is that at private schools, parents are customers. As private businesses, these schools can choose their clientele. It sucks for the kid, but his mom is no longer a customer. It is what it is.

Anyone from Gen Z trying to make me feel bad about literally anything better have a mortgage and know how to navigate the job market during a recession. I’ve earned my incredibly sugary sweet cake and I will eat it, too.

I’m a millennial but I’ve never had Milk Bar’s birthday cake so I don’t really have a dog in this particular fight. But I also don’t understand why we should care what Gen Z thinks about my dessert choices, hair part (side parts forever) and whatever else Gen Z thinks is cringe. Who cares what some 23 year old…

Another X’er checking in.

Boomers gave us SO MUCH SHIT about everything we ever did/everything that happpened to us (hello no jobs in the early 90's) that I swore I would never give another generation crap about anything.

I’m fine with M’s and adore the Z’s.  But really, fuck the Boomers.

Eh, if they forget we exist, at least they won’t be blaming us for everything that is wrong with the planet (Boomers fault totally, nothing to see here)

“[H]er reasoning she shared, which does read as very dismissive and privileged.”

Ah yes, nothing quite so punk rock as sucking up to a powerful man who wants to concentrate wealth in the hands of the powerful and fuck over marginalized groups.

It’s almost like you didn’t actually read what she said. She literally pointed out that she’s been doing this for 30 years and that’s why she didn’t need one. She wasn’t talking about people who are just getting started or haven’t been around for 30 years to accumulate the power she has. 

Intimacy coordinators exist to make actors more comfortable so it’s weird that they’re mad at her for feeling more comfortable without one. 

Exactly.

That’s it? That’s all she said and it warranted this whole piece?

The tl;dr of my comment is that I don’t understand Aniston’s comments as so unequivocal or all-encompassing that they could be fairly read as representing that no one anywhere has ever needed an intimacy coordinator.

So, you sewed some old pillowcases into the rough shape of a man, stuffed it with straw, and then absolutely BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF IT. Congratulations. The link you provided misrepresented Clooney’s work and presented that misrepresentation as if it were an argument against hypothetical people who think Clooney is a…

If you don’t believe that the rights of *all* persons accused of a crime must be taken seriously and respected, and that everyone is entitled to due process, you don’t actually believe in the “rule of law.”

“I will pay lip-service to the concept that everyone has the right to an attorney, but give the side-eye to any attorney that adheres to that  principal in a way that is actually meaningful.”

“Yes, I understand the accused have a right to an attorney, and she did her job.”

Really reaching for content, eh?

Let’s reel in the gratuitous use of “we,” please.

I’m gonna be honest - though I was a prolific commenter years ago under a different name (2012-2017ish), I honestly felt like the commentariat didn’t really jive with me much anymore...it seemed very pink pussy hat performative white lady bullshit and the tone of the comments on any piece from Ashley Reese made me…

Very excited. As an older person that has loved this site, it has taught me things that were unfortunately normal for my Gen X self, shouldn’t be normal. So, I get where you are coming from with “What do I read now”.