I find these articles tiresome. Either the guy gives a non-answer, in which case you write an article about how dumb it is he gave a non-answer, or he tries to sound woke, in which case you write an article either pointing out problematic behavior he’s engaged in in the past, or an article about how women should be…

Pre-cancer, he agreed to do the X reunion so that he could get money to release christian records. Which isn’t totally surprising, giving he’s a rockabilly guitarist, and that scene is pretty conservative. Which, so long as he isn’t spewing Alex Jones talking points, I’m ok with.

While I’m happy to see Kelly take a hit and experience some actual (if mild) consequences for his decades of transgressions, the fact that a corporation is limiting the ability for artists to be promoted based on the corporations interpretations of allegations of the artists conduct in their personal life is…

I saw them two years ago and they were great. I think she’s just sort of crazy. I don’t take it too seriously. I assume Billy Zoom’s views contrast sharply with my own (he’s a conservative christian), but whatever. they still rocked.

I don’t know about Roseanne in particular, but I have seen other people who were leftys move conservative (exene cervenka, Morrissey, dave mustaine, etc). Sometimes it is about people who are drawn to extremes switching one extreme for another. Sometimes it is about someone who was…

Because what the fuck are you supposed to do? Sorry, I can’t come to a meeting in your office because it has chemicals? It’s so pointless and passive-aggressive. It is looking like you are doing somethign without actually doing something.

This reminds me of the anti-vaxxers who worry about toxins in the vaccines, toxins which are also present in mother’s milk.

I mean, she did call her the white lady equivalent of an uncle tom. That’s pretty hardcore, and definitely outside the bounds of normal polite “roasting.”

But is that how redemption works for other crimes? They can never have access to the conditions that allowed them to perpetrate their crime? Even drunk drivers have paths to eventually get their licenses back.

In her defense, Megan only watches alt-porn. She’s not into that air brushed vivid video stuff.

From what I have read, we have the most refugees now that we’ve ever had in world history (in pure numbers, not necessarily as a percent of the population). There has been massive destabilization through war, trade, climate change, etc. At the same time, the opening up of the global trade has led to destabilization in…

Also, I’m a fan of the EPA, which was enacted under nixon.

I think some argument can be made that having the state heavily involved in business isn’t the best way to do things. Some of the european countries with pretty intense bureaucracies and regulation end up making it hard to start a business. rich people find ways around heavy taxation, and that could disincentivize…

Here’s my beef with the whole kevin williamson thing. He wasn’t ousted because he had conservative views, i.e. abortion should be illegal, there should be small government, tax breaks incentivize production, etc. He was fired because he said something horrible, that women who have abortions should be hanged. I think…

Yeah, I swore off her films after fat girl. There was a severe disconnect for me between the subject matter (female/teenage sexuality) and the approach (make it as vile and unbearable as possible). I feel like she was part of a whole string of late 90s early 2000s directors making more explicitly sexual films that had…

I read an article (in the Washington Post, I believe) about how Bannon and Miller’s philosophy towards immigration was to basically make life here so miserable for them that they elect to leave on their own. This proposed policy is yet another step in that direction.

I mean, females make up about 2% of artists signed to the biggest hip-hop labels and imprints, indie or major. It’s not surprising they are underrepresented in a playlist of top hip-hop tracks. There are many good female rappers, but there are 9-10x as many good male rappers.

There was a politician who represented the young rich white neighborhood in San Francisco who pushed a “care not cash” policy because he didn’t want people on public assistance spending money on drugs and booze. Meanwhile, 75% of his constituents spent a good chunk of their sweet banking/tech money on...drugs and…

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I appreciate your perspective, since you are actually doing the work. My original and maybe not so thoughtfully worded post came about in response to a meeting I had been at that was mostly POC talking about racism and its impact on them and their communities, and it made me think that the ways we talk about racism in…