Someone on Twitter recently (I wish I could remember who) pointed out that, the way it was originally written and performed, what this song is really about is a woman who wants to buck social norms of propriety and stay with him but feels pressured to leave so she doesn’t suffer social consequences and stigma. And…

I don’t even think it’s that outdated - I would just say that in a modern context it could be gender swapped in any iteration. I am all for analyzing supposedly innocuous pop culture, and I think it’s useful to show that you can find a sinister read, but I hate it when we treat critical interpretation as objective…

“Say, what’s in this drink” is a well-used phrase that was common in movies of the time period and isn’t really used in the same manner any longer. The phrase generally referred to someone saying or doing something they thought they wouldn’t in normal circumstances; it’s a nod to the idea that alcohol is “making”…

Haven’t you ever seen a Doris Day movie? Or any romantic comedy of the 40s and 50s? The whole point is that when the guy pursues her, the woman is supposed to play coy. She has to be talked into having sex, she can’t just say “Yeah, let’s go” because that would make her a whore. It doesn’t mean that she isn’t into…

Ugh....please, please, don’t start.

It’s the alleged rape of a child.

I hate to be that guy, but too many people rush to judge on Jezebel. We still have a justice system, and he is still innocent at this point. If he is guilty, I hope he rots in hell.

Well, innocent until proven guilty. Hope the child is okay as well. Would be great if it were all just a big misunderstanding!

Another way of wording her answer: Guilty until proven innocent. Exactly the opposite of our basis of justice. Cool!

So what she is arguing is that anyone accused of rape is guilty unless proven innocent?

Oh, step on a rusty nail, haters. This is clearly a parody of the absurdity of the fashion world these days and not transphobic at all. I don’t even think he is supposed to be transgender in the first place. I think he’s supposed to be alien-like. Which is also a joke on how people have compared Cumberbatch’s…

This is Jezebel, you have to be outraged! don’t think things through, everything is just as it seems and never has any deeper meaning!

I think it is probably because children ruin EVERYTHING. Seriously. Don’t have babies people.

Leaving a room when people start talking about something you don’t want to hear seems like a more adult response than telling other people to shut up about spoilers. And I imagine it’s a preferred solution on the creator side of things to hearing the spoiler and deciding it’s one of those ones that defeats the point…

If they knowingly hung spiders everywhere after he specifically said that he had a phobia, then fuck them. Don’t play with people’s phobias. People who do that are the scum of the earth. Otherwise, don’t wave guns around. Not cool.

That sort of sexual policing gives me rapey vibes. It suggests that we have to go against our own bodies and experiences to somehow fuck our way to social justice - which is gross. I don’t need to be shamed or coerced into having sex that I don’t want to have, especially not when its only to further a narrative.

Gay…

Hi, I’m Kristiffer Lawredeschanel, and I’m here to talk about a cause very close to my heart. Every day, Manic Pixie Dream Girls across America are dying. Hundreds of women with crooked smiles and a penchant for describing sunsets while quoting your favorite Camus/Salinger/Dr. Seuss book are disappearing from your…

Look, I love babies. I like moms (some of them). But if I was invited to speak in from of hundreds of people, do a book signing, and participate in an intense professional conference, I’d arrange for child care for the day. No, you can’t bring your baby to work, sorry. That includes adjunct teaching. Advocate for…

Seems like it.

She’s been in a lot of good things, but try her in Happy Christmas, directed by Joe Swanberg and also starring Anna Kendrick. (Also, a surprisingly good Lena Dunham and the world’s cutest baby, played by Jow Swanberg’s son; the movie was also filmed at Swanberg’s house here in Chicago and it needs to be seen if only…

It’s all Jez commenters looking for a way to make fun of a young woman’s looks without being called out on it. Forced meme. Not clever. Not funny.