The same people who say “get over it” when classrooms full of children are slaughtered are now combing through social media posts to make sure everyone thinks this specific instance of gun violence is the one we need to burn the Constitution over.

Sorry but it’s not “hate speech” to wish a fascist was dead. It’s banal and Black is a douchebag for reacting like this.

Really? The best Aussie band you could come up with is INXS? My friend, there’s a much better all-caps, initialism-for-a-name Aussie band out there.

I had the same issue with Promising Young Woman. When you boil it down, the entire movie is about a woman willingly throwing her life away to make the tragic death of her best friend all about her.

That’s good news for those of us who only watch movies in semaphore.

Yeah, but you also say a lot of dumb shit, so are you surprised people don’t listen to you?

Not a surprise if they contacted him for statements before they published. Having a defence prepared for a blow you know is coming is not proof of guilt or innocence.

“Overlap in their fanbases” is evidence of wrongdoing? What is wrong with you?

The thing is, Rowling was perfectly likable before she randomly decided to make “trans people want to rape me in the bathroom” her entire personality.

Yes I do often hear of hate crimes against transphobes, where Transwomen beat little old ladies with brickbats while saying “CALL ME A WOMAN!”

Rowling is doing an amazing job getting into arguments with people infinitely more likable than she is.

She got rich and famous by writing a very easy to read pastiche of a bunch of other works, thus she has an outsized sense of her own talent and importance. 

Or she is just an asshole. Hard to separate out all that 

“Won’t somebody PLEASE think of the transphobes!”

Just imagine how fucked WB’s finances are that they’re still hanging onto doing business with her.

The Democratic Party is absolutely incompetent. At a certain point, you have to wonder if they even want to win.

Username checks out.

Nah, Myrtle was a cis girl who thought she was safe in the girl’s bathroom, until a duplicitous boy busted in, flashed his snake without consent, and then murdered her. A cautionary tale.

I dunno about “terrible.” Anodyne and middle-of-the-road, sure. (with apologies to Alfonso Cuarón) Rowling in particular has put me off wanting to spend any more time or money on Potter, not to mention my increasing disinclination toward revisiting endless IP franchises. Like, yes, it sure is fun to wallow in…

J.K. Rowling, visiting the writer’s room: SO MOANING MYRTLE SHOULD BE A MAN IN A DRESS NOW