It is the sense of what that sentence means in the context of the whole essay.

the consent portion of the conversation has been added because of Parker’s history.

I ALSO feel like she has conflated the fallout from Nate Parker’s allegations and the resulting discussions around rape and consent with the overall message of the movie.

Huh? I guess you’ve totally lost me now. How can it be besides the point that we would not be talking about the Nate Parker rape issue if he hadn’t made a well received film that has gotten a good amount of press? The film, in that it brought its filmmaker a measure of popular attention, also brings his personal…

I know. But Stassa’s interpretation of the piece is the same as mine.

The only reason we’re having this conversation about consent is because of Nate Parker.

And right above that:

“I’m really hard pressed to believe that rape and consent would be the discussions we’d be having about this film were it not for the allegations against Nate Parker and his writing partner.”

I am flabbergasted as to why she’s saying this film is opening up discussions about rape, when that is not the case.

I was living in the UK at the time, and was with my boyfriend, visiting his parents in a tiny village, really just a traffic circle and a pub, near Manchester. I remember we stayed up late-ish Saturday night watching some comedy program that made relentless fun of her, hew relationship to the paparazzi, and her…

Double yay!!!

Yay!!! Who else is coming over?

Oops, I meant “deal” with, not “do” with, sorry.

Also, although this article is about the way Betsy Davis was able to do with her death, it’s also nice to see what she did with the rest of her life and her life’s work. Her artwork is really wonderful: http://www.queenofplastics.com/

A time without terminal illness? Yes. That would be great.

Incredibly beautiful and moving, and she is so lucky to have had the resources (financial, social, political, emotional) to have been able to do that.

I am really and truly sorry that I came off to you as thinking I am better at assessing the needs of anyone.

The only reason this is a back and forth is beacuse you are reading what you want to see and not what I am writing.

obviously I’m not going to convince you that trump will be worse for everyone than Clinton. It’s becoming tiresome refuting your arguments, correcting your assumptions and trying to clear up your misconception that a. I like Hilary, b. Think she’s a progressive or c. Progressives like me are betraying our progressive…

I can accept saying “I agree, but Trump is not the one to gamble on.” Fine.