Thank you. Marisa Tomei never became a huge star, but she has stayed a consistently employed, respected actress, and has been TWICE nominated for an Oscar since her win (In the Bedroom and The Wrestler). A pretty enviable career, I would say.

Tomei has a decent career with some high quality roles. She earned another Oscar nod. She didn't become a huge star but I wouldn't say she was a true victim of the supporting actress curse like Brenda Fricker, Mercedes Ruehl or Sorvino, etc

Yea, that Wiki article nicely summarizes some of the ramifications of the book, Michelle Remembers, published in 1980. Its co-author ultimately went on to do a lot of training in American communities and some of the effects are noted:

The Grescoe article (see Criticism section) did not garner much attention and the…

For me it depends on the weather and how much mosquito repellent I've sprayed on. There comes a point where I MUST wash the sludge off, especially if it's hot out. I'm what the military calls a heat casualty as well so I have to drink a ton of water... and it of course means I get lots of minerals and other crud on my…

Seriously. This man's favourite drink must be vinegar and water.

The last thing I think anyone wants to see is their own parents being sexual.

This will be me. From now on. On this stuff.

Can I just say how much I ****ing love this show?

Every character is awesome. The tension is expertly applied, it's shot beautifully, the stories - both overarching and self-contained - are brilliantly done.

Ah bad PR! I guess....

NFL: "Nigger" is a bad word that drags us back to the days of slavery. Now step on this scale and run the 40 yard dash so we can measure your physical attributes and let rich white men decide where you get to live and work.

Cord Jefferson also writes superb pieces on race for Gawker.

It is strange to me that some of the best and informed writing on race in America occurs on Deadspin. Writers like Mr. Howard deserve a wide audience.

I'm pretty sure someone surprise telling you the ending of Anna Karenina is the only way you would cry about it. If you're like half way into the book and find out it'd be devastating, but if you're reading the whole book through, by the end you're so goddamn sick of both Anna and Vronsky derping about that it's…

It sounds like Gabrielle Union's experience as a survivor was anything but comfortable.

My response precisely. And his sentence structure makes it sounds like Anna Karenina is from Kentucky, likes to eat junk food, and watches Real Housewives of Long Island.

Thanks, I too, find her statement incrediby problematic, troubling and harmful but I've come to accept that Jezebel and its commenters are very much into this kind of thing.

I feel incredibly strongly about people's right to self-identify in any way that seems right to them, so you keep keeping on, Gabrielle Union. You're clearly a fantastic lady with all the right switches flicked. But it's also probably worth giving space to the idea that being made a victim is not something to be…

"I was just impressed that this 20-year-old girl is reading Anna Karenina, from Kentucky, who likes to eat junk food, and watch Real Housewives of Long Island. She's a down home girl and she's reading this book. I love it."

Good God, she lives in Austin? This city has officially jumped the shark.

Even after male actors do horrible horrible things like: