Why? Because he’s a sex offender! With underage girls!

My dearest Huma,

Yeah, it does go to his parenting ability. Photographing yourself with an erection is not something that should be done in front of your children.

Did you miss the part where he was sexting teenagers next to his sleeping child?

I am wishing the very best for Olivia, I’m crossing my fingers... she’s been through a lot of shit.

“natural wellness therapies”

It occurs to me you might be referring to a different Olivia. Sorry. Knee jerk response.

Never, Peter and Oliva 4-EVA!

I only recently learned what parkour is, and I am delighted to get this joke

Let’s not read too much into this; Issa is probably just practicing his Parkour.

I’m glad that the story had a happy ending, sort of.

That’s a very modern and western viewpoint. Throughout human history, marriage has mainly been about familial alliances, property (women were frequently regarded as part of that property), and making sure children were (mostly) provided for.

One of my parents is an immigrant. I was 35 when I got married. I’d never, ever marry anyone they picked for me. It has nothing to do with love. I’m a completely different person from the one they think I am. For some reason, their mental clock stopped in 1991 when it comes to me, but they pride themselves on knowing…

You think the woman chooses the man more in American culture? I disagree entirely. We still live in a culture where men are the pursuers. A woman who goes after a guy is seen as totally desperate.

See I didn’t think it made that point even though it was screaming to be made. At best we might infer that now the author realizes how you can’t just look at divorce rates and declare arranged marriages more successful because of a variety of contexts, but she certainly didn’t connect the dots/make a point.

What kind of horrible, suspicious human being likes and/or enjoys birds?

One of the really cool things about art is that you, as an individual, don’t get to categorically deem another person’s work to be art or not.

But that isn’t really what’s going on here. It is actually telling the story of white oppression of lots of groups, from the perspective of someone who has the history of being the oppressor, which is a legitimate perspective to bring into art. As someone else said “it’s a white man recreating the tools of his…

what kind of argument is this? when there needs to be open and intentional conversation about identity, narrative, race, history, this kind of childish retort is so counterproductive and infuriating.

Co-opting? Marginalizing? Hate crime?