Honesty: nobody gives a fuck

you’re all over this thread, and wrong in most of your assumptions about why this has become a contentious talking point...

“It’s not even a fucking individual.”

does it matter if the dialogue in the video was written by an african-american? or in your confused mind were the ladies in that video real people who were really saying something about a real black woman?

what do you call a black girl that’s acting, like not just black, but REALLY black?

Brilliant takedown of Agalea’s argument, really the quality of thinkpiece I’ve come to expect here...remind me again why it ISN’T racist, because you didn’t address that whatsoever in your well-informed editorial.

this is all tremendously sexist

You’re assuming both that he’s finished a chapter and that he gives a shit about his fans. And that he’s quick.

Superior, for sure. The book series is good and all, but it ain’t Shakespeare. It’s pulp; genre fiction just slightly elevated by self-awareness and inversion of tropes. The series wouldn’t even be a blip in popular culture if not for the show. Also, as you said, THOSE BOOKS ARE NEVER COMING OUT.

Given that your gripes seems to be focused on GRRM’s absolute disdain for his fans, maybe you should resolve from this point on to ONLY watch the show, and not give the lazy dude another dollar of your money?

“...what looked to be legitimate...”

so even we americans understand they want us to get the fuck out of their country.

The only thing I’m taking from this article is the observation that fashion designers are total hacks who make preposterous clothes which nobody in the real world would ever wear. Who pays these people and why?

nope...read better. “anti-snitch culture” is not what this young woman was referencing in her quoted statement about the skin color of her rapist. she specifically mentioned a desire not to “reinforce stereotypes.” that is absolutely political correctness.

apparently not

Yeah the whole thing is WTF. Gender swap that picture and try to make a case that it’s ok because it is “empowering” to the man on the chair.

That will not be evident from the photos themselves, however, so I don’t think the photos communicate the empowering message in support of enthusiastic consent that she seems to wish they did.

At no point in this article, or apparently in your conversation with your daughter, do you mention regular health screenings.

I don’t disagree, but it’s worth mentioning that in this article the author does not claim to have been in fear...

This article poses a really challenging question about consent. First, it resonated with me somewhat because I have felt similarly coerced by women into having sex and it certainly feels like a violation, though admittedly not one that was truly and deeply unsettling to me. At the same time, I don’t think that our…