I lost all respect for Scarlett Johansen after she was faced with a decision to support charity Oxfam or continue to be spokeswoman for Sodastream (a company with a factory built in an illegal Israeli settlement after Palestinians were forcibly evicted). Her decision was cancelled her Oxfam job instead. Are we…

I will never forget this burn from Her Majesty on meeting Deputy First Minister Alec McGuinness (formerly of the IRA, who had tried to assassinate Her Majesty on a few occasions).

I was living with my parents until two years ago. The second I was 100% moved out, I cut off all communication with them. Ever since I was young, I knew the second I was gone, that would happen. I won’t get into the why’s.

I never explicitly said “I’ll no longer be speaking to you” or anything. Just radio silence…

This is what you tell your brother:

Hey y’all,

Dresses are great because one item and BOOM you are ready. It’s still a new look for you, so enjoy it. And know that you are a trend setter. You did it first and best, so harrumph.

Maybe get it done by the barber and then just trim as needed following the same lines? (Wakanda forever to your face.)

She’ll probably switch her purse to the other arm (the signal for her staff that “this conversation is boring, interrupt it with some pressing matter that I must attend to”) in short order.

I changed my comment pretty quickly because I had misremembered the USWNT record and unfairly made them sound useless for which I apologise.

Also Whitney maybe don’t have a go at the UK for finally having a decent run at the World Cup in 3 decades when the only sports the US is routinely good at are those the US is, what, one of two countries that participate in.

Exactly. My annoyance at this casting runs deep. Even if I could accept a female cis actor, ScarJo is a bad choice. It’s bad casting full stop.

The argument is NOT that a trans part should only be played by a trans.

Saw this on FB today and THOUGHT it was about Ghost in the Shell but maybe it was about this...

Exactly! Countless women have eschewed performing femininity throughout history for practicality, for survival, for strategic purposes, and even out of personal preference - and they were still women.

I don’t know about Tex Gill (that’s one good thing about this - I’ve learned something) but I do know about Joan of Arc. She had very practical reasons for dressing in male clothing, aside from her “voices,” especially during her captivity: she feared being raped. The transcripts of her interrogations and trial exist;…

As Trace Lysette pointed out, this wouldn’t be so bad if trans people ever got cast as non-trans people. They’re almost never considered for roles like that, because people don’t believe they can play them.  So at least they should be seriously considered to play trans roles

But really, other than a pretty face, what’s there ever been to like? She’s repeatedly and remorselessly taken roles from marginalized groups, endorsed a company occupying the West Bank, defended Woody Allen, and supported Marchesa in the wake of Me Too. That last one wouldn’t bother me so much on its own, but it…

Well, you have to have principles to take principled stands, so...

So this is probably not what I’m supposed to take away from this story, but what I did take away is: Man! Michael Rappaport is a colossal dickhole!