The age of consent is 15 in France, so it is safe to say that yeah...they feel very differently about it. My sister and her husband hosted a 15 year-old French exchange student one year. It kind of blew my mind that this kid, who pretty much was just getting peach fuzz on his face, could legally have sex with an adult…

His IMDB filmography is a fascinating exercise in how an actor can be working—constantly—in absolutely nothing memorable.

She shows up at award shows wearing a high-slit dress and no undies, with the expected results. The guy on the left is John Savage, her “boyfriend,” or at least frequent plus-one. The guy on the right is too young and too thin to be a Weinstein.

What really pisses me off about the media’s reporting on the trucker attack during the LA riots: he was saved by black people. People living near the intersection saw it on live television and, at great risk to themselves, rushed to the site and fended off the attackers. One man actually put the victim in the truck…

Yeah, never mind that it makes people like the Mercers so mega-rich that they essentially have purchased our government.

^^ This right here. I don’t think it is related to inherent biological differences, but due to—for want of a better word—the Patriarchy. Straight men (especially white men) are brought up in a culture where they are led to believe they are automatically entitled to wealth, prestige and access to the female body and…

On her Wikipedia page, there’s an alternate English transliteration of the Arabic name, “Huda Qutb,” which would seem to indicate that we’ve all been mispronouncing her name.

What it ultimately boils down to is: there are many more exceptional women out there than there are exceptional men. Ninety percent of the older single (unpartnered) women I know are intelligent, attractive and have many loving relationships with family and friends. I really cannot say the same about the older…

Same age group, and I agree; analog dating was so much easier. Texting and social networking create a drug-like effect. The highs are higher, and the lows are lower. My 20-something niece and nephew are struggling, and I hate to see it.

My condolences to her loved ones, who have already suffered much. Her Truth goes marching on.

He claims he’s HOT? Fake news.

As an aside, I was delighted that Patti Smith accepted it, and sang (imo) of A Hard Rain, even with the lyrical lapse.

I had a black friend who was nearly as in to new wave music as me, but he refused to listen to any Elvis Costello. Why? Because Costello infamously went on a racist rant after a concert. At the time, I thought my friend was being unreasonable. Now I’m older and wiser and yeah...totally get it. Nobody expects their…

Yeah, news media contacted the school. The bullying was apparently a two-way street, and the school dealt with it appropriately. The real problem was caused by the thirsty grifter mom who exploited her kid for clicks and bucks. Internet: stop falling for this shit, I beg you. Think before you hit that “Share” link.

Ok, I stand semi-corrected. Only semi, because it’s complicated. When she marries she can be called Princess Harry (plus blah blah rest of the title) but not Princess Meghan.

She’s probably already titled, like Lady (later Princess) Diana Spencer, Commoners (like Markle) cannot use the title Princess.

I’m intrigued. What are the recommended proportions? Do you pour the wine into the already heated hot chocolate?

Jason Priestly apparently punched him and his agent later pleaded to him to crawl to Weinstein and beg forgiveness. I’m not saying Jason Priestly would have had a great career without the incident, but I’m sure it hasn’t helped him.

The law was written for men, especially white men. I recently had a revelation about the Constitution: the first two amendments in the Bill of Rights are actually the Bill of White Man’s Rights. Freedom of Speech is all well and good between legal equals. Look at how it can be used to terrorize women and minorities.…

It’s all becoming clearer to me: it’s not enough that we are victims; we are supposed to be silent victims. Slut-shaming, online trolling, revenge porn, even seemingly benign methods like non-disclosure agreements. It leads up to the ultimate solution of actually killing women so they can’t offer witness. Shut up,…