That’s what gets me about that film—Tracy Flick was both absolutely correct in that she was far and away the best candidate, and she was abused by the teacher who had sex with her but nobody would talk about it. Everybody wanted to blame her for everything; both what she did do in cheating, and everything else that…

“The third world overall benefited from colonialism”.

Yes, you fucking jackass. That’s EXACTLY what I’m saying.

It sucked. But there are not only countless succesful male comedians out there doing similar caliber stuff but many of them have been vocally anti-trump, pro-gun legislation, etc. Those dudes don’t get this.

I agree. I usually don’t judge celebrities too harshly either, and judging other people’s feminism can be dangerous. But I think companies deserve to be side-eyed when they take the least controversial, easiest to perform parts of a movement and use them to promote their products. Taylor’s personal views here are…

Now I’m just hoping it will be like the Truth in Journalism short film.

Thanks. I read this but got bogged down by the Lena Dunham discussion and forgot how I felt and then you went and articulated it.

I know this sounds petty, but she annoyed me last year when she appeared on one of the late night shows wearing a pair of jean shorts, sneakers, and a tank top. It’s like, she was trying so hard to act like she wasn’t trying at all.

Tavi Gevinson is one of the biggest cultural dissapointments. Especially in this ripe new political environment. I loved all her writing and have followed her from the very beginning. She had intellectual vigor, character, and societal insight like no other.

Regardless of all this shit you just wrote, you said her going to rehab was fragile when she went there after getting chemo for lupus and all that caused her mental health issues. Unless you have been through this personally, you can leave the “fragile” nonsense at the door.

I don’t think celebrities are necessarily obligated to voice political concerns, but when TS uses feminism as marketing, I think she somewhat opens herself up to this kind of criticism.

Last October, the 24-year-old checked into rehab to deal with mental health issues which at the time she attributed to “side effects from lupus,” canceling the 34 remaining dates of her Revival tour. She spoke to Vogue for the first time about rehab, which she calls “one of the hardest things I’ve done, but it was the…

it’s awesome that she’s learning DBT! I think it’s mainly used for people diagnosed with Borderline Personality, but it’s honestly so amazing for all people. It should be used to treat more people with mental illness of any kind.

I’m thinking that he was going for the “tragic mulatto” trope due to her Mexican/Italian mixed heritage.

I also felt the little cues meant to signal her Mexicanness in a weirdly dodgy fashion, but without actually mentioning it, were condescending.

I agree that Ben is one of the best depictions of nerds on TV. My favorite scene with him was when he got all geeked out over playing Settlers of Cataan with his friends, but was perfectly willing to spend the rest of the night doing stuff that the rest of the group wanted to do.

I’ve always loved this movie, partly for the reasons discussed in this interview. I remember watching this movie as a child with my mother — herself a German-Jewish refugee from Berlin who left on the Kindertransport at 15 — and seeing the tears in her eyes as she, too, sang along to the Marseillaise, and as she told…

My problem with The Big Bang Theory is the fact that the four leads are caricatures rather than actual characters— especially Sheldon. I’ve seen 2D cartoon characters with more depth.

Aubrey really is great in this. Her turn as the head therapist last night was creepy as hell.

Cole Sprouse was at NYU while my daughter was there and she had a couple classes with him. He is - objectively - a complete dick. The Other One (TM) (I have no idea what his actual name is) is apparently fine, but Cole basically thinks he’s much smarter than he actually is, and he uses his celebrity to shove people…