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In addition to what DearEvette says about why she believes Cole's article, I thought Whedon's own response was pretty telling in how vague and mealy-mouthed it was: Editor’s Note: A spokesperson for Joss Whedon provided the following response, “While this account includes inaccuracies and misrepresentations which can be harmful to their family, Joss is not commenting, out of concern for his children and out of respect for his ex-wife.” I can only speak for myself, but if Kai were lying, why wouldn't you flat out say, "This is categorically false!" or refer to it as libelous/defamatory? Nah, instead he offers a weak and undefined "inaccuracies and misrepresentations." He might as well have said that she's taking the words from his letter out of context lmao.

The font on that sign is so fucking annoying. I have an old god warrior "friend" who makes religious signs and she uses the same one... I'm starting to associate it with a particular type lmao.

I've seen this movie twice, too. I think I was increasingly bored during some of the serious moments - I love Regina Hall, but her character's more earnest scenes with Stewart almost put me to sleep the second time around - but the funny bits made me laugh just as hard. Tiffany Haddish is a treasure. "I'm just going over to say hello... hold my earrings..."

Oh jesus, this reminds me of a comment I saw praising The Bold Type for having more femme lesbians/bis she (the commenter) could relate to, and how it was different from other shows with lesbian/bi characters. Lol que??? I think femme invisibility can definitely be a thing out there, but people are kidding themselves if they think it extends to the media. FTR, I love the Bold Type and I still think it breaks the mold in having a relationship between two lgb women of color. But they're not unique or revolutionary for having those characters be femme.

Maybe they didn't, I could see someone just deciding to see it because it's Charlize Theron lmao. I still remember the story someone told (not here, I think) of going to see Carol, where they ended up sitting next to an elderly couple who didn't seem to have any idea what the movie was about. And then midway through the old lady turns to the old guy and goes, "Harold, they're lesbians!"

Yep, my UO is that I could happily go the rest of my life without seeing another movie based on the following subjects: 1) WWII from the European/American perspective. 2) Spider-Man. No, I don't care that "omg but this one was sooo good though!" That goes for both Dunkirk and Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

See, I can't get behind the movie because Timothee Chalamet looks like a 14-year-old, while Armie Hammer looks like a thirtysomething. The age difference in the book (17 and 24) was bad enough! The "In a Heartbeat" short is super cute. I've seen some grousing about sexualizing children's media. Dude, if you think that a middle school crush is suddenly unnecessarily sexualized just because it involves two people of the same sex, that sounds like a personal problem to me. The sad thing is that it's not just rightwing assholes saying this.

Yeah, thuganomics85, I definitely wasn't a fan of The sex scene between Lorraine and Delphine was obviously fanservice (which... I mean... it worked for me, that shit was hot, but it seemed to make some of the straight people in my theater uncomfortable lmao), but I at least liked that Lorraine for all her amorality seemed to genuinely care about Delphine on some level. I loved the moments where Lorraine and some mook would be fighting and they'd both be so beaten up that they could barely move and so they'd just take limp swipes at each other. That's not something you really see in a lot of slick action movies. Count me in as someone who saw the first twist coming but not the final one. The one question I have is:

In addition to what lascuba and Aja said, why are we supposed to take Derrick's word for this? Do you know how many racist people (for example) don't believe they're racist? Even white nationalists will insist that they're not bigots. Actions speak louder than words, talk is cheap. Derrick's words were that he had no problem with Jazz, but his actions were misgendering her and referring to transgender as a myth.

John Piper once said that wives should endure domestic abuse "for a season" as long as the husband wasn't requiring her to actively sin herself. He can fuck right off. Re: Jazz being in the public eye - sure, I have problems with Jazz's parents' decision to put her on television. Yes, Jazz is a role model, which she takes great pride in. But it seems like she's sacrificing a lot of her privacy and childhood for it, and I'm not convinced that's not hurting her. I couldn't believe that they were discussing a 16-year-old's genitals on national television. I think it's gross enough when people act entitled to know about trans genitals to begin with but the fact that Jazz is a child makes this especially off-putting. Jazz deserves as much privacy as anyone; role model or not, she's an awkward bratty adolescent and everything else that comes along with it. It's not an issue of the show being too real, or whatever. Janet Mock has called people out for being so obsessed with transgender genitals and acting like we have a right to know anything. That aspect of Jazz's show just feeds into that, IMO. THAT SAID, the above does not mean it's okay for Derrick to run his mouth about her, especially when his own comments are rooted in bigotry and ignorance. There are different issues at stake. And people can have issues with both. I mean, I think Caitlyn Jenner's a fucking piece of shit but I wouldn't be okay with Derrick misgendering her or referring to her as Bruce, either. Also, we're not public figures. Anonymous randos talking shit is different from a public figure talking shit. There's a reason why Derrick's comments got so much more traction than anything anyone has written on this forum, ever. It's because people actually give a shit about what he says. Why, I don't know, because Derrick is a vapid ignorant waste of space who has the intelligence of a sea cucumber. But that's the way it is, I guess. FTR, I stopped watching the Duggars a looong time ago. And on a final note: Eat shit, Derrick! That's because it would be a false equivalence, regardless of the fact that they're both putting themselves out on television.

Audrey needs to stop trying to make 'fetch' happen. It's never going to happen. Audrey also thinks that Jeremy is cerebral. Jeremy, an intellectual? Ha.

Evenshorter, well, MAYBE if you had prayed to god every night to bless you with a redhead, you would have had one! Audrey is learning from your mistakes.

Isn't red hair typically recessive? There's that whole thing about red hair skipping a generation. Audrey might not want to get her hopes up based on that, but I understand her type might not be too big on science.

I think the mirror twins seem like nice guys - yes, they're extra and I wouldn't want to hang out with them IRL, but I feel that way about a lot of people - but they really shouldn't have gone through based on talent.

See, now they get POC actors and can insist that they're not racist, and they don't have to pay these actors as much as the two white leads because they're OBVIOUSLY supporting characters. #winning

Oh, it's definitely true that colorism/light skin isn't synonymous with being partly white. I think I benefit from colorism as a light-skinned East Asian, and no one's ever gonna mistake me for white, half white, or anything but Asian lmao. I think with Hollywood, it might be a mix of both colorism and "foreign but not too foreign."

There's really no doubt that colorism played a role in Naomi Scott being cast (and yes, I'm aware that Jasmine in the animated movie isn't particularly dark either), but people actually calling her white are erasing biracial people and that's obviously nagl either. ETA: And, while I don't blame the actors themselves, I do think it's worth pointing out the trend of Hollywood casting half-white actors in POC roles. There's a reason for that. And I say white because it's almost never biracial people who aren't part white. You don't see Sydney Park being cast in too many Asian roles.

I don't recall if the following has been brought to the forum's attention, and I wasn't sure where to put this since it's really just LPBW by proxy, but if anyone's interested, Jeremy's bff Jacob Mueller and his wife Destiney have a youtube channel.

From Audrey's new blog: Jesus, no. We don't need a second generation of the God Squad!

I've seen some debate over whether Fuller assumed that Dekker was out already or not. I don't know what the hell's going on on that front, so I won't talk about the ethics of outing. Instead I'll say congrats, Dekker. I remember him from The Secret Circle (yeah, yeah... I know... lmao).

I'm sorry, jhlipton, but I think it's uncharitable to dismiss a show simply because it does not show the sort of racial diversity that you personally prefer. (Especially since IIRC you yourself are a white man and seem to be talking over POC talking about shows that might mean a lot to us?) Indigenous people get screwed over in terms of representation in Australia, it's okay for them to have a show that's only for them. I'm not getting pressed because Cleverman (as far as I know) doesn't feature any Asians. I'm not mad at Scandal or Jane the Virgin or Black-ish. I love those shows, I love how successful they are. Even if they don't feature people exactly like me, they are breaking the white male mold, which...fuck yeah, I'm for it. It's one thing if you personally decide you don't want to watch a show that doesn't have a black female lead because that's what you're into. I get that. But I do think it's really unfair for you to dismiss the diversity present on these shows just because it doesn't personally speak to you. ETA: I'm sure you mean well, but I think this sort of attitude just has the effect of pitting POC against POC. That is never constructive because then we just fight each other over who is Most Oppressed while ignoring that the real problem is the white-dominated hierarchy. (And as an Asian, I definitely think my fellow Asians are guilty of this too with respect to whining about how Hollywood only cares about black people~.)

Seriously. If I were Baaz's actor, I'd be so miffed at what a terrible person I play lmao. I know playing jerks can be fun, but Baaz isn't even a fun jerk, he's just a useless asshole who seems to only exist to prop up other characters by acting like a shit towards them.

Black Panther is reimagining one of its major villains to avoid racial stereotypes. Your move, people who defend whitewashing for certain POC villains because "then they'd just be a stereotype"...

I just think "we can't find a singing dancing Indian actor" is a dumb excuse because it's not like this is a theater production, he's not gonna be singing live on stage, so who cares if the guy is the best singer? It was great that Disney found Auli'i Cravalho, but even if they hadn't, there wouldn't have been anything wrong with getting someone for the voice acting and someone else for the singing. That's what Mulan (my fave Disney movie) did - Lea Salonga sang, Ming Na Wen spoke - and I don't think the movie suffered for it. Hollywood cast Emma freakin' Watson for Beauty and the Beast and she's no great shakes as a singer.

I was reading an old post on Audrey's blog, and she talks about how she's grateful for her job with the wine company even if it was soul-sucking because it taught her to grind and work hard. Girl, you lasted less than year at Gallo, you know jack shit about grinding.