Is this a good place to mention it took me about three seasons to recognise the title ‘Transparent’ is a pun?

Yes, seriously. She’s an actress, she wants a career. Why on earth would she think that this would be a good way to get her name out? Her father’s in the business, there’s no reason to believe she’d be that naive and foolish. Even if she was, why on earth would she pick this particular method to get publicity? There…

This should have a million stars. That wasn’t some tweet dug up from 12 years ago when she was some starry-eyed idealist fresh out of Women’s Studies class. That was 3 months ago.

I mean it’s entirely possible that Lena Dunham is a garbagey person who also wrote a decent show. I never watched Girls but who knows?

That’s what frustrates me so much, to be honest. Like, the history of Hollywood is nothing but proof that a huge amount of actors are replaceable. And sure, maybe Kevin Spacey never gets to act again. But so what?! There are hundreds and likely thousands of women and men who quit the industry over the last few decades…

Something that really bugs me about this sort of shit is that if you have a problem with the way it trivializes what happened (by layering “nuance” on what should actually be a rather clear-cut situation) then you’re “cynical” and whatever. Maybe the people who feel a need to rush to say nice things about someone who…

Also, What the Fuck?

Cats? For fuck’s sake!

You know those idiots who say they’ve “written” a novel except it’s only written down in their heads?

The book is about a “middle-aged, divorced, disillusioned man living in a nondescript house on a nondescript street in Woodview, Calif.” ...It’s called Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.

I appreciate this breath of fresh air. The woes of middle aged disillusioned men are a frankly underexplored theme in literature and film. I look forward to what will doubtless be a unique insight into this marginalised perspective.

They killed John Wick’s dog. Of course he would brutally murder hundreds of people. The Punisher is just mad that his family was killed.

Well, one is a fantastical ballet of violence that takes place in a mythical world of secret assassin cabals full of arcane credos and River Styx coinage and luxurious hotels. The other is a raw, street level view of a man amassing an unseemly amount of weapons to try and scratch some unreachable itch of anger,…

And it means Trump grabbed women, peeped in on underage contestants in beauty pageants, and raped his wife as Ivana has claimed. Yet you voted him in as president.

TL;DR version - every man has at minimum been in a public setting in which some sort of sexual harassment or assault is occurring. They just aren’t looking for it so they don’t see it.

I think the “turned a blind eye” piece is what is critical here. I know a lot of really good guys who would never assault, harass, or…

Come on. I’m a librarian, and we are insanely sanct—

I’m guessing you’ve never had someone whip their dick out and then beat off in a social or professional setting, without your consent. Is it assault? I’m not a lawyer. I’d feel assaulted. It’s more than your ’standard’ harassment, and I think it’s every bit as serious as it’s being treated.

How about we not agree “this is no big deal”. Don’t whip your penis out at work! She said she felt that she had to say yes to keep her job. That’s not consent. That’s not her saying she actually wanted to see a gross man masturbate in front of them. That’s someone reacting in fear, and he knew and took advantage of…

“Perhaps not. But that résumé also couldn’t be achieved without any privilege to begin with.”