I wouldn’t say it’s worse... but it is certainly baffling and frustrating. Unfortunately I think a lot of it comes from women who buy into the former structure of marrying someone with money and then accepting their views because it works for you and screw everyone else. But I also live in a progressive bubble and…

Yeah it’s possible that these two lists aren’t directly comparable... maybe the actor list only includes acting earnings and the celebrity list includes all. But I would still say that they’re both operating in the same industry, and therefore things like producing and directing should be available to them both (as…

Oh damn. I’d never heard that before. My Northern public school education was pretty flawed on these topics as well, mostly in terms of painting civil rights as an issue of the past. But no one every actually justified slavery as part of a curriculum.

Yes! I saw a statue of this terrifying person at the Capitol building in Alabama. My bf and I are new to the South and we were touristing. I forget the exact wording of the plaque beneath the statue but we were both like hmmm... protector of women, father of genealogy, pre-1900... that’s not a good combo... so we…

The terms of consent were violated, which makes it non-consensual.

Age is probably a factor but more than that personality type? Both of these people are actively pursuing being famous. They like being the center of attention. I had a cheating boyfriend in my early 20s and my response to finding out was to hide in my room for about a week because I was so humiliated. And social media…

Did not know! An even worse human than I imagined.

I sometimes wonder if the reason I tend to date hippie boys is because I really hate hair removal. His manbun wins me some leverage.

OK, given that all parties are still receiving an obscene amount of money... Mark Wahlberg, who once lectured a plant on film, gets $68 mil while the highest paid actresses top out at $26mm? I knew it was bad but damn, that’s really bad.

I grew up in Boston and the Holocaust Memorial is a place of sanctity and sorrow. This kid’s actions should absolutely include a public apology. It’s not just the smashing of the memory of actual murder victims (although that is horrific in and of itself)... it’s also the message it sends to other children living…

This isn’t rare. I’m not a parent, but I grew up in a home with a violent sibling. We both had the same parenting, but this kid in particular was dealing with issues that were out of our collective ken as a family. They’re doing fine now, but it was a rough road to it. Sometimes you do everything you can but there’s…

Talking about it is different than elevating your own level of distress above that of the people genuinely affected.

This kind of behavior reminds me of the high school/early college drama hounds: “That girl who died, I had lunch with her once, so I am really traumatized and we should talk about how terrible this is for me!”

Now I know how to prepare for my job interview!

Yes! You stated it perfectly. If the kids understand that it’s an issue of health, not whether someone is a good or bad person, then I think that makes a big difference in whether they report incidents. Hopefully there are never any incidents to report, but it’s good to lay the groundwork.

My grandfather was physically abusive to my grandmother and my father. They both maintained a relationship with him, and so he was part of my life. It’s different because I was never with him unsupervised, but they were very clear with me that if I was ever scared or hurt by anyone I should talk to my parents about…

Yeah it’s violent behavior, and it’s easy to parse his behavior as playful and hers as aggressive. But that’s all based on the hindsight that she now says she has. As a veteran of domestic abuse... your animal brain kicks in, especially when you’re being physically restrained by someone bigger and stronger than you.…

But I think with any interviewer the real test is the quality of the answers that they receive. I’ve worked as a producer and we often coach the interviewers to play the role of the least informed audience member, the most hostile audience member, etc, so as to draw out the best responses. If you listen to Terry Gross…

Definitely online comments mean nothing when it’s me or you. But if you’re famous and influential, maybe it means a little more? Not saying Lorde deserves a medal or anything, but given that her fan base probably includes people who are very young and still forming their moral perspective, a role model pointing out…

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