I'm not sure what your point is. I didn't say that the drug connection shouldn't be mentioned in news reports. I just took a moment to bring up some of the problematic ways that we (in the media and the culture at large) treat drug-related crime and its victims. Read more

I'm saying that when drugs are involved, some people bend over backwards to downgrade deaths to "less tragic." As though the victims are somehow inviting murder by doing drugs, and therefore deserve it. Read more

I noticed that too. I think MAYBE it's a subtle counterpoint to Williams's assertion that Jonsson, as a trans woman, must be bigger and stronger than any cis woman—since Jonsson is 5'4" and Williams is 5'11"? Read more

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Yes. I am aware. We get it. At no point in this post do I imply that creating a spectrum of sizes wouldn't involve hiring plus size fit models and taking proportion into consideration. Read more

That's why I said: Read more

But I addressed that: Read more

None of our headlines have focused on (or even mentioned) Mick. Except for this one, which is specifically about Mick. Read more

Oops, you're right—that was a hasty comparison that isn't exactly analogous. But I don't think it's useless. Unvaccinated people have a 90% chance of contracting measles if they come into contact with an infected person. So if there were to be a measles pandemic, that 1 in 1000 statistic would become extremely… Read more

Okay, um, that was rude, but that sentence was in reference to the plane being diverted somewhere else with the passengers still alive and on board. Which means they landed somewhere. So presumably they are not still at 30,000 feet in the middle of the "freaking ocean." Read more

Yeah, I find all this fanciful speculation super distasteful when there are family members still holding out hope that their loved ones might be found alive. I hope it's clear that I'm trying to critique the theorists here without leering at the tragedy itself or using it as a toy. :( Read more

That's why I said "starring the beloved original cast." Read more

Yes, I am talking about white people not making those criticisms or taking them seriously when they're made by POC. And I think white people are happy to focus on Mindy's diversity problems, rather than diversity problems at large—because I think a lot of people are tacitly fine with some shows just being "white"… Read more

I totally agree with you. I didn't mean to imply that no one ever demands more from anyone else—of course people do—but how many years was Friends on the air, chugging along with NO black cast members? Seinfeld? Any Chuck Lorre show? And of course they get criticism and pushback, but are they asked about it at every… Read more

Yeah, sorry, when I said "bullshit double standard" I meant that we should be demanding this MORE from everyone else, not that we should stop hoping for it from Mindy. Read more

Right!?!?!? Read more

Yes, teratoma is mentioned twice in this post. Read more

OH YEAH! DUH! I just forgot his name because my brain is bad, and then I was like, "Oh, sports-person, don't know who that is." Sorry!!! I do know who that is! Read more

Oh! To clarify! I should have said his film/TV star went nowhere. Because I feel like for a minute there people were ALL ABOUT HIM, like he was going to be the NEXT BIG THING IN ALL THE SHOWS. And then he basically only ever did Glee. Read more

OH MY GOD I HAVEN'T WATCHED THIS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK INTO MY BRAIN Read more