I have the opposite issue, in that the show is meant to be set within a few miles of where I live (and I also work as a female publishing assistant like Offred, lmao), and it's… jarring, sometimes.

I've noticed a few black soldiers / bodyguards / whoever the random guys with guns outside houses are meant to be. But no non-white Eyes, and no people of color in the Commander's meetings.

I have a probably crackpot theory that The Colonies, while awful, are not as
"insta-death for everyone" as people say they are, and that Hannah is there, being the mixed-race daughter of a divorced adulterer and a traitor runaway.

The pilot pretty explicitly set up Offred's journey as "I want to survive to find my…

I've noticed they've already cast at least three different actresses for Hannah in flashbacks (newborn, toddler at the aquarium, and preschooler), and I imagine they probably don't want to dilute things casting more than three. I wouldn't read too much into the timeline of how old Hannah looks.

Not natural, can only obtain sperm through "spilling seed" or whatever that conveniently all-encompassing passage about Onan is.

Is this that "humor" my nieces and nephews were telling me about? I can't keep up!

Where'd you get your access to the secrets of MLA's psyche and can I get in on that?

"The big shot with all his stupid comments pretending he's the ambassador of the comments."

I'm just weirded out people across the Internet are talking about Hugh Jackman for Best Leading (no way, no precedent, and not even that deserved in my opinion) and not Patrick Stewart for Best Supporting (there is a precedent, it's a beloved elderly British actor with no awards at all to his name, and more deserved).

"Elizabeth Moss always reminds me of that girlfriend's best friend/sister who hates you for some reason and you're not sure why."

Listen. Listen. Objectively, the issues this trailer poses re: the role of evangelical Christianity in government, the threats women's reproductive rights face, etc., are more important than the fact that Elisabeth Moss's name is misspelled in the headline. Objectively.

That's a fair criticism I don't fully agree with as a queer person myself, but yeah - at least it's fair.

"Moonlight is well-done, but kind of a checklist of boxes for white liberals."

Although, now that I think about it, the idea that Fitzcarraldo (since you brought the film up approvingly) was a model of mental health and normal self-regard is cracking me up.

Oh, I completely agree with that analysis. Fletcher picked Andrew to torment not because his musical potential was in any way unique but because he saw a similar personality type and unhealthy drive in him.

"Why should anybody care about a movie about two mentally ill narcissists?"

Because it's a movie about how Fletcher and Andrew, two mentally-ill narcissists, think you have to get good at jazz (by being crazy and abandoning everything and everyone else in your life). Which may or may not be how people actually get good at jazz.

The thing the "more speech" argument ignores is that joke abuse policies that are never enforced leads to less free speech for everyone but a small handful of abusers. I left Twitter like a month after joining because I was sick of getting insulted by strangers when I tried to join in conversations with my friends,…

You have to keep in mind that in the graphic novels he says fück and cünt 18 times a page, and according to Kirkman fans this makes him very compelling and cool, just like your friend Steven who swears and hangs out with sophomores and juniors

You have to keep in mind that in the graphic novels he says fuck and cunt 18 times a page, and according to Kirkman fans this makes him very compelling and cool, just like your friend Steven who swears and hangs out with sophomores and juniors