Oh my god that New Yorker essay is nuts.

Do you ask and then answer questions in your head all day long, constantly relating them back to politics and any other hot topic of the day? 

I think there were some good points in the article, but there were some dumb points too. Overall it wasn’t well written and she’s offended a lot of people.

This is AWFUL. I was kind of a loser kid, I feel for all those other loser kids for whom getting your high school diploma is actually their first real accomplishment. Its just another way of punishing those who have it harder while rewarding the more fortunate in society. Argh this makes me angry.

There are people who say that politics don’t really matter - nothing ever changes. Those people simply aren’t paying attention. About 15 years ago, in my area, there was a “fiscally conservative” politician who was elected that I just hated, I was just so mad during his term. By the end of his term, a few people in a…

Right?!!!! I’ve read most of the new testament, repeatedly. The basic premise is don’t be an asshole, have compassion and help the less fortunate.

Might Trump have been attracted to this story - because this family got lost in magical thinking? Despite all evidence to the contrary from medical experts, they think they can find a cure for their son. I don’t mean to disparage their tragedy, but tragedies happen to families everywhere, I mean why does this…

I would say that her films have an “aesthetic” of high art, but when I have watched her films, they have left me untouched. I wanted to like them or see find some greater depth in them - but I’m not sure its there. I also find the plot lines - always these older men, younger women, thin white blonde women - its like…

I’ve wondered about that myself! She’s like, one of the few women of hollywood who looked unique and left her face alone. I guess growing up in that environment made her fixate on the blonde ideal.

Edwina’s story could’ve been interesting, but you would’ve had to rewrite Thomas Cullinan’s entire book. This was a white guy, in the 60s, writing an erotic thriller about a bunch of cloistered women during the civil war. This was not great literature nor the best vehicle to describe the black experience of that time…

That’s exactly it. I think people are trying to look for some larger social message or statement in Sofia’s work, but really, her stuff is just kinda soft porny blonde girl stuff.

Interesting! Do you have a link, or remember where it was published? I remember seeing a clip of him from the 80s, and he was much more articulate. Its odd that no one in his family has shown any concern about his derailment. Or... all 50% of voters who voted for him.

Another clue is if your salary is $35,000 a year. In the FAQ they warn that you’ll have to pay over $400 a year! Openly admitting that their salary is so low that $400 a year is unaffordable.

thank you for illustrating.

Thank you. I’m not a fan of Kim, or any of the Kardashians, but accusing her of blackface or appropriating black features is a bit racist/colorist because Kim was born that way. She’s part Armenian - she naturally is a darker shade of pale. This author is a pale white lady, and her post is pretty ignorant. It’s not…

I took issue with that point too. Overall an interesting article, but too many grad student stylistic tics. The main point - how Lucia was disappeared, was skirted around. She often alluded to the role gender played in committing women but that wasn’t fully explored either.

If you’ve ever fallen down the true crime rabbit hole, the number of stories of rapists, sex offenders, assaulters, abusers of women and children who were given slight sentences or weren’t even charged, who then went on to kill people. And then this guy gets 19 years for a cell phone? Crimes of poverty can be easily…

Aw, he looks like one of the kids from Stranger Things. He has my sympathy because he’s just a kid in a terrible family. If his siblings are any indication, eventually his trumpian DNA will assert itself, but, I’ll reserve judgment until he’s an adult.

LOL!

Reading that sentence out of context is quite funny.