To be honest what Rowling intended as messages and what fans got out of the books seem increasingly at odds the more we learn of her politics and intent.

She didn’t need to do any of this. She could have just kept quiet in whatever Scottish castle she lives in surrounded by her billions. For the past few years she seems to have transformed into a literary kooky aunt sharing critical information about the Harry Potter world that borders on bad fan fiction that like, I…

Just a reminder that this Champion of the Women and Lesbians didn’t include a single lesbian in her hugely famous book series, and the only gay character was left in the subtext. Also, the only female main character was her self-insert.

Littman’s research was criticized in large part because her methodology was hugely flawed and riddled with her own bias.

Please let then do the Notebook (not a classic I know, but so many women my age are still hung up on that stupid movie and all it does is romanticize pre-Civil Rights era South).

That’s why I love Turner Classic Movies (I got rid of cable and sorely miss it, so watch whenever I’m visiting friends that have it.) The intros are always helpful, and I love series like The Essentials where they really dive into the film and put it into context, etc. Perhaps HBO can do something like that for films…

Gone with the Wind is one of difficult films for me as while I get a lot of criticism and issues concerning it, I also absolutely love it on many levels and there’s something about Scarlett O’Hara that really fascinates me.

Motherboy! Alicia is the new Lucille Bluth. I often joke about Motherboy-ing my 7 month old son. My husband no longer finds it funny, just worrisome. Alicia is sticking to it for 9 years. Watch your hand little Buster Silverstone! 

She saved her venom for people she thought she could intimidate, as bullies have done forever. She picked out people who are “vulnerable”and traditionally not afforded respect-POC, trans, fat, gay-and disrespected them in the most obvious ways possible.

I’m gonna say Lea is the type to save her venom for those that she is in competition with or not useful to her. Broady (and probably Corey) got to see the polished side of her personality.

Yeah, I agree. He overdosed on heroin. He was battling serious issues. She isn’t to blame for that no matter how much of a terror she may have been.

If Lea Michele was that shitty even as a kid, you gotta wonder what her own childhood was like, what kind godawful stage parents she had. Not excusing her apparently lifelong mean girl behaviour, just curious re: her upbringing.

Precisely. And like...we (and certainly the writer here) are not the target audience for that statement. The target audience is the White People Who Still Just Do Not Fucking GET IT — the ones who minimize the issue, and make excuses, and rationalize the heavy police/military presence, and assume that anyone who is…

You both agree. Yes challenging the system often led to violent backlash from the government. But, as the LGBT and Women’s movements went more mainstream they also became incredibly whitewashed. The latest protests in these movements have taken on a cutesy, commodified air (this is great because it signifies the level…

I could be unfairly giving Ellen Pompeo the benefit of the doubt here, but it seems to me that she specifically posted this to call out the racism and hypocrisy of having excess police presence/militarization at a protest about black people dying due to racism and excessive police force. This seems like an…

It’s even uglier when you don’t have money, emotional empathy from family and friends, beauty and fame. I don’t have anything against Dakota (god, how I loathe that name), but jfc, there’s nothing beautiful about mental illness.

Imagine expressing how you have learned to cope with your mental health, only to be told you’re wrong because it might not be relatable for everyone.

Love your user name.  And I was glad when Lavinia died. 

I have no feelings about Taylor Swift one way or the other but your concise summary of Joe Alwin’s role in The Favourite provided me with a good laugh.

No, we can’t.  She’s 30.  She’s been through the ringer and with her mom being sick, I’m sure she’s using songwriting as a major outlet.  Her touring will definitely slow but she’ll continue to release music and I will love every minute of it.