Men Have Called Her Crazy will also be a good title for this comment section in a few hours.

Honestly, it’s kind of hard to hate someone for doing something objectively cool

There is nothing about that headline that is good.

Nah, what she said wasn’t the same. She just said when she was offered one she didn’t know what it was, and that she felt comfortable on her particular set with her particular co-star and production team. She didn’t say anything was wrong with intimacy coordinators in general or that she had any sort of mixed feelings…

Gutierrez-Reed was definitely negligent and is also definitely being scape-goated.

Sure you are!

You’re an idiot.

Everyone has pronouns, including you. Relax.

Using he/she/they is the exact opposite of high maintenance, it means JVN is OK with feminine, masculine or neutral pronouns. Their assholery has nothing to do with their gender identity. There are plenty of colossal, high maintenance cis-gendered assholes.

it’s almost as if gender fluidity is... fluid.

Honestly I had been hoping they’d replace him with something besides a home designer, because the show had this weird break between actionable assistance that viewers could follow along with (dress in better colors, get a haircut, talk to a therapist, wash your face) and then humming along in the background would be…

Seems like a solid dude, but he REALLY oughtta set Rob Thomas free.

I’d watch Winslet read the phonebook, but this was a wonderful delight. The range she showed in just the first episode was remarkable and it was so enjoyable to watch her flex her comedic talents, which have always been apparent (see, also: Extras, among other things), but never the most prominent part of her career.…

I don’t get it.

If nothing else, I am hopeful this event will help the public associate “AI art” with low-effort shady bullshit.

Manuals aren’t more expensive because they are more fun. They are more expensive because they are low-volume. I agree with the rest of your post. Except that being middle-aged and living in Los Angeles, manuals are much less fun 95% of the time.

visually arresting outer space drama a probing meditation on grief and marriage

Who’s trying to offer a “justification” for anything? It’s the way it fucking is. The point is that “nepobaby” gets thrown around as a pejorative by hack pop culture blog writers to describe anybody whose parents happen to be famous—regardless of talent. If they’re gonna use it, save it for the Jaden Smiths and leave…

True, but they’d still hold the copyright on it.

why shouldn’t I stand up for correct pronoun usage?