I think there are different reasons. One reason is that rape is very common, so in a way it makes sense to feature it a lot since it does happen a lot. Another reason is sadly that it is often used as a lazy narrative shortcut. like, the hero is motivated because a woman in his life was raped. And it's almost always a…

Well, I don’t expect it, just saying it would be more interesting. They still could have gone with a model or actress, just one over 35.

The sad thing is that in this industry she probably has body image issues. A lot of models are 14-16 years old so don’t have an adult body yet and she is being compared to them and has to fit into the same clothes.

The sad thing is that in this industry she probably has body image issues. A lot of models are 14-16 years old so don’t have an adult body yet and she is being compared to them and has to fit into the same clothes. Doesn’t mean that it wouldn't have made more sense to maybe get somebody older, maybe somebody who went…

you do know that they don’t worship Satan but are atheists that are passionate about separation of church and state?

Even if you would want to commit a genoicide and kill all “Muslim terrorists” there that just wouldn’t work. Unless you want to kill all Israelis as well and poison the most holy sites of Judaism and Christianity (and I assume most of those morons call themselves devout Christians and at least some of them support…

Yes, and after all affirmative action isn't the only group that didn't get in based solely on grades alone. There are also alumni admissions, donor admissions and so on, right (I am not an American, but that's my understanding)

I have been waiting for this. Not her specifically, but just republicans endorsing her & republican big time donors switching to her. So thankful that at leas som of them are not 100% crazy and/or bigoted.

I had no idea at first who the article was talking about, then I realized while I read plenty about that horrible crime I either had never read his name or forgotten it. And I think that is actually a good thing and I wish you wouldn’t publish his name or face. Don’t give him or other terrorists the pleasure of…

Well, I do have a sister, so maybe? ;-) I think it’s just not that unusual if the pressure of society on women/moms and a certain personality type come together.

To be honest it’s kind of like this with my mom. She just always has to make everything more complicated and stresses herself out (and us). But it’s very difficult to help her since she often refuses or doesn’t trust us to be able to do it.

No. I mean I once didn’t have hot water in Brazil in a little village but in rio? You definitely have hot water.

Jeeves wasn't a butler though.

If defunding abstinence only education about ten years ago is pro abstinence education....

Actually tampons were originally invented during a war for stopping wounds from bleeding. And while they are now used primarily for menstruation they still are used sometimes for that purpose. Also, since viagra has been tax free for a long time, could you explain to me how women need viagra more than men need…

It actually makes sense for a Brit living in the US to not have a totally pure accent. Hey, two of my friends told me they have slipped and used my accent despite never having lived where I am from, simply from spending so much time wit me.

So I looked it up and the “missionary” was father Gosset, it says in wiki:”At the close of the newspaper run of Cigars of the Pharaoh, Hergé had mentioned that Tintin’s next adventure (The Blue Lotus) would bring him to China. Father Gosset, the chaplain to the Chinese students at the University of Leuven, wrote to…

Did you read my post? I clearly said that a missionary initially contacted him and introduced him to a young Chinese artist who then would become his friend and the inspiration for the character,

tintin in Congo is very, very racist. However, Tintin as a whole isn’t. It was I think the first one or one of the first and Hergé evolved a lot after- and actually it was a consequence of Tintin in Congo. I am just adding this (rather long story) because I think it’s interesting to see how people can evolve! He was…