As far as I can tell, she is not going to prison. Perhaps the U.S. does not use the term ‘suspended sentence’, but it is akin to being put straight on probation without any actual jail time.

What I don't understand is why doesn't Kesha file a police complaint? It sounds like Lady Gaga and many others were victims as well, and the public pressure might be enough to get Sony to release her from her contract.

I have a real problem with this wording.

I understand that, but look...here in the US a far bigger killer is obesity yet we live in a culture where pointing that out is now “fat shaming”! Again, I’m very respectful of others and always ask when say, on the beach or even up at my lake house. Most are fine because I keep myself away from others, some like the…

I hate to say it, but i think any situation where a psychotic man has a gun, you can’t blame the police for being extra cautious. There are plenty of cases where police are too gung ho, but this is not one of them.

As long as you agree that women in all other sports including tennis deserve to be paid less. Gotta be consistent.

Are you really trying to give a toddler credit for “being CEO”? Seriously?

Well, seeing as Asians are about the most under represented group in TV and Hollywood, that would make a welcome change

I found Siri’s response to my query “I accidentally slammed a car door on my dick and locked the keys inside, what do I do” to be equally inadequate and insensitive, and I am suing Apple Inc. for eleventy billion dollars.

With all due respect to Timothy Havens, I am having a hard time accepting his premise that Fresh Prince broke new ground by being a youth oriented sitcom. Wasn’t that essentially what Happy Days was? Or Charles in Charge?

I don’t think the Fresh Prince or Cosby franchises were as much about being black as something like Black-ish, though. They were groundbreaking because they positioned black people within the worlds familiar to white audiences. They were popular in part because they showed black people doing “normal” things. These new…

I wonder if it also has to do with the differences between the current and past issues faced by people of color in other countries - like, NCIS could essentially take place under the auspices of any government with a navy, but shows about black people produced by American studios are, necessarily, about what it means…

Except the chief prosecutor himself says that most of the people involved were migrants and refugees who arrived in 2015. Trying to obfuscate that by saying “these particular countries didn’t have many identified criminals” is purposefully misleading. The anti migrant sentiment isn’t racist because only 3 syrians or…

Not sure you can be ‘collateral damage’ if you started the ball rolling.

Texts between Jackie and one of her freshman friends (the guy she reportedly wanted romantic attention from) suggest she might have also created an online identity to “catfish” the friend, and suggested in text messages with the friend that she had a terminal illness from which she was dying.

So... this claim may not…

It’s not a new outrageous claim or something. It was all laid out last year when the fallout occurred.

For every woman who chooses to wear the hijab there are at least 1000 others who are forced to wear it by their fathers, husbands, or their government.

It’s only freedom and agency if we have the choice to decline if we wish.

hijab-wearing Muslim women are very well exerting agency in their dress.

As a matter of law, they probably did fuck up and probably will get punished. This is one time where the “what if” actually holds water. OTOH with all the institutionalized racism in the entertainment industry I can’t really find the effort to care. I’m sure the white people who were bothered by this can take solace…