Yes, I know what it is. I understand that there is no fire. I am saying that it is made to look like and be sucked on like a cigarette. Read more

A huge part of smoking's appeal is the ritual—the fire, the dragging, the exhaling, the taking a break to stand outside with the cool kids. If that part wasn't "sexy," then why make e-cigs resemble cigarettes at all? Why make them mimic the act of smoking? Why not just make another gum or patch? It's because SMOKING… Read more

Right. The point isn't about the potential health risks of e-cigs (I just threw that link in as a bonus). My understanding is that the senate hearing was about the glamorization of smoking in e-cig advertisements, which could lead kids right back to regular old "sexy" cigarettes. And then we're back where we were 40… Read more

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The summer reading book is something you haven't read yet, which means that all they know about it is that it's about a girl with cancer who gets a REALLY HOT BOYFRIEND AND FALLS MADLY IN LOVE. That's it. Cancer + boyfriend. I spend a lot of time around 12-year-old girls. Boyfriends are a big deal. Read more

Hahahahaha, yeah. It's funny how much teenage girls will overlook in the name of hot boys. My 12-year-old stepdaughter told me that they were supposed to pick a summer reading book that they thought "applied to their life," and ALL the girls in her class picked AFIOS. Because they "relate" to the main character. IN… Read more

YOU GUYS. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH. Read more

IT WAS ME Read more

Also, why is EVERY BUILDING IN CANADA MADE OF BRICKS. Read more

FUCK. Read more

I just haven't seen it in a long time and I didn't feel qualified to make sweeping pronouncements! But I do remember enjoying it very much. Read more

They really are, though. The American shows are so overproduced and loud and gimmicky and they never have enough ACTUAL INFORMATION, because they're afraid of being boring, I guess. The Canadian shows aren't afraid to actually be About a Thing. Read more

Rehab Addict is a legit amazing show. Read more

Hahahahaha I KNOOOOOOWWWW but that's why I love it. It's so obviously fake and produced, and they're always SO BAD at pulling it off. I've discovered that there's nothing as hilarious to me as poorly-acted fake Canadian bickering. Read more

I said I wish there was a wiki that you could filter based on how far along in the series you are, to avoid spoilers. I've already learned my lesson about checking the regular wiki. Read more

But not really, because if you only make "minor changes" to Sleeping Beauty, the narrative is still fundamentally structured around female helplessness and dudes lining up to make out with an unconscious woman. You'd have to go WAY off-book to make some of these stories progressive. Maleficent actually adheres very… Read more

Totally. I guess what I'm saying is that to salvage it you pretty much need to completely restructure the story. And at that point it's a NEW story. Read more

I'm not entirely sure that fairy tales can be successfully "updated" for a progressive modern world, because there are HUGE regressive assumptions built right into the storylines—men possessing women, vanquishing spiteful old hags, winning women as prizes, etc. If you want to tell an ethically sound, "modern" story,… Read more

It just seemed from the quote like he was unsure about the breadth and scope of the term, not taking a stand on terminology and allyship. I could be wrong, of course! Read more

Oh, I agree! I just wanted to offer him some reassurance about using the term. Read more