He strikes me as a version of the super popular guy in high school that is so fun and always joking around,... and then you find out he’s super racist.

Was the judge Amy Coney Barrett?

This is kind of a side note and I think, possibly, I feel the opposite of a lot of people, but here goes:

when you enable Nazis, black women having personhood is an agenda

And hopefully in a few weeks we can all call him “the former Senator from Georgia”.

In my experience, when someone has a hard to pronounce name (not Kamala. A first grader can say “Kamala” with no difficulty), they get very happy when you say it right or ask them how to pronounce it so you can say it right. A politician, of all people, would understand that. it’s obviously not really about saying her…

If you want to understand why the playbook that says “conservative women are a persecuted bunch” is so successful, you first need to understand that to the letter of the statement, it’s true.

I also really liked it, also think it’s probably the best trek first season (helped by the low episode count), and am also annoyed at the avclub.

So what did everybody think of Lower Decks? I think it’s the best Trek since DS9 and the best first season of a Trek show since either TOS or ever. I’m deeply Internet Outraged that the AV Club didn’t cover it.

I’ve been ducking in and out of the Barrett hearing news—my sanity can only take so much—but my impression is that she has all but refused to actually answer a single question of consequence. Am I off base?  I feel like she wouldn’t even commit to a favorite color on the record.

Please - she compared the false accusation against Hurston in 1927 - that was thrown out by a judge - with a solid jury conviction of Cosby based on a ton of evidence. “Oh, you should do a little research on that,” Rashad says, raising her eyebrows at me. “You should go back and look at some charges that were brought…

The problem with your statement is that you’re entirely focused on individuals/individuality, and not systemic patterns. Yeah, individual MRAs are immature, but they are being rewarded for their immaturity. Yes, both individual men and women are assholes or bad people; but there’s a specific stripe of behavior that…

Ok I’ll regret it, as you’ve clearly posted this because you have an agenda and are not seeking input, but I’ll bite. This take is hilarious. Especially this part: “Sexual frustration in men is probably the root cause of a vast amount of misery in this world, and every woman is wandering around with the cure trying to…

If you were looking around today and you felt radicalized by the lack of sexual opportunity you had

I’m a feminist, and male. No feminist has ever treated me as if they hate me, merely as if they want equality. MRAs have proven over and over that they only care about protecting an unequal status quo.

He raped over a dozen women. So get out of here with cancel culture bs.

Its also all I can think about when watching the show. I’m not saying the show is not any good, or not funny, or even that people should boycott the show. The show is long over, and people should do as they please. I’m just saying I cannot watch it without thinking of Cosby’s sexual assault convictions, or his…

Well, men whose self worth relies on women being dependent on and subservient to them certainly lose something. The rest of us are happy to see that kind of bullshit go.

Counterpoint counterpoint: it’s a dumb plot, but the set pieces and numbers are amazing. It’s a show that benefits from FFing through any non-music moment.