There was something really wonderful about seeing a cute teenage boy serenade another teenage boy with a shitty pop song. I have to give Glee credit for including gay teens in the romantic fantasies that they're too often left out of.
Still, BOO that Kurt didn't get to kiss Blaine. BOO that all of us didn't get to kiss Blaine.
I thought last night's episode was awful and offensive in many ways (the poor storytelling being chief among them). Half of the songs came out of nowhere and the thing about Rachel's prudishness really bothered me. Remember last season when she totally owned her sexuality and ripped apart the logic of the abstinence club? It was so refreshing to have a teenage girl who admitted to having sexual needs, but now the writers are like "nope, Rachel's a prude."
I've heard this voiced elsewhere, but I'm a little confused by the sentiment. I thought the Rooney Mara character was one of the smartest of the entire film. Her line about Zuckerberg thinking that no one liked him because he's nerd, but really it's because he's an asshole? So great! Both her and Rashida Jones act as the voices of reason (and the audience) when everyone else is talking nonsense.
That was SO off-putting! I kept waiting for Pete to say something like "We have an agreement," but he never did. And then the line about not having to be gentle? UGH.
"They sell Indian food in strip malls in Wisconsin now, guys."
When I first read this I was indignant, but then I remembered that pretty much every Indian restaurant I've ever been to has in fact been in a strip mall.
I know you're joking, but that's actually another major bummer about it- there's finally a show that's providing several acting roles for people of color, but the roles are totally offensive and stereotypical.
Do you know what I just learned? Nicole from Work of Art is Countess Luanne's niece. But Nicole is so nice! And Luanne is so "Money Can't Buy You Class!"
She. Is. Eleven. If this was a video that only made fun of her father, that would be one thing, but it is not. This is a video of a CHILD who is desperate to get an entire internet of bullies off her back. She has been called a slut, harassed over the phone, and has even had craigslist call girls sent to her home, which I guess is okay because "she wants attention." This isn't about her parents. It's about a little girl. Have some fucking compassion.
I would like to request that this post/video is taken off the site. By posting and commenting on it, we all become complicit in the bullying of an 11 year-old. Clearly (based on the link at the bottom of the post), we are all aware of the damaging and fatal effects that cyber-bullying can have-- it is neither funny nor entertaining. To say that she is asking for it by having posted the video to begin with is ridiculous. She is a child, not even in her teens, and cannot be expected to possess the reason/maturity to be held responsible for this. Judging by the way the internet (and this site) has reacted to this poor girl actually makes me glad that my only bullies in middle school were a handful of popular kids. I am still dealing with the psychological effects 12 years later, so I can only imagine what this kid will have to go through in the coming years.
Thanks to everyone who said that this video made them uncomfortable. You give me faith in people.
I agree, especially seeing as we live in a time where kids are killing themselves because of cyber-bullying. At least her parents have enough sense to get angry on her behalf. What's sad is that she's now subject to the mocking by the entire internet.
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