Should we ignore all events of that era or just this one? Like it or not, the lynching of Emmett Till galvanized resistance to what was happening in the South for many who lived beyond the Mason-Dixon line. There is a rich archive of songs, poetry and film drawing on the murder of Mr. Till as source or inspiration.…

I think that’s a little unfair. We all have shared experiences and are effected by seminal events. None of us “own” our shared history. On the subject of objectifying violence against African Americans, I can see no logical reason artists of any race shouldn’t explore that subject matter. To ignore it is to ignore…

Fair enough. So what are the circumstances under which it’s ok for people of a dominant culture to make art that references people and events outside that culture? These arguments always seem to devolve into purity pony shitshows, and the only people who benefit are the assholes who think it’s all funny. (Which I…

The subject matter is not Schutz’s; white free speech and white creative freedom have been founded on the constraint of others, and are not natural rights.

I cringed at a lot of Jimmy’s jokes, but I did like his willingness to repeatedly insult Mel Gibson, even when he was standing right beside him.

I knew nothing about the in joke and, while I did find it pointless I also still found it pretty funny. Mostly the We Bought a Zoo thing.

That’s lovely if that’s what you saw. However, all I saw was an actress chewing the scenery.

She can be as emotional as she wants to be. That doesn’t preclude me from finding her speech cloying.

I found it contrived and pretentious. She was totally acting the lines from her speech. I found it even more unconvincing re watching the clip here. They should have played her off.

I like her a lot but I didn’t really like the self-praising comment about how theirs is the only profession that celebrates life or something like that..

Yes Viola, we know you can act. Get over yourself.  That speech was pure unadulterated horse shit.

“…because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life.”

I think I’m just in a really bad mood today but this interview pissed me off. “Oh no, feminism is too mainstream so I need to call myself something else! People who call themselves feminists who don’t work to solve every single problem in the fucking world and also overthrow capitalism every minute of their lives…

The fuck ...?

The “punching up / punching down” idea is so overplayed. Who is or is not oppressed should not be the only standard by which we judge something is worthy of justice. Especially since power is a fluid and dynamic thing that changes by circumstance.

i can only speak for myself, but as a parent of a trans kid, these topics arent academic to me, they are personal, and i hadnt heard anything about alexis and any pronoun changes later in her life, so i was just looking for clarity in relation to her brother’s statement.

Or perhaps Alexis wanted them to use whatever pronoun they wanted to use, and wasn’t bothered when they used male pronouns.

Her family was supremely supportive, there is no doubt in my mind all pronouns are the ones that Alexis would have chose.

I think Alexis didn’t fully identify as female the last few years.

RIP Alexis.