DramatistDreamer

I thought it was cute too.

Whew, that backlash was immediate! Thanks for posting this. As soon as I put it up, the WH was singing a different tune. Don't forget that Sanders was the 2nd person to "float" the idea that the U.S. might not participate due to 'security concerns'. Nikki Haley was the first. Clearly, they were going to try it.

Speaking of bizarre, I wonder if Putin said to Trump "If Russia is banned, b*itch, you're not going either!"

What in the actual f*ck??!

Al Franken has resigned.

and you see what a thoughtful writing and direction can do? I'm still marveling at how much better some actors seem after they leave the show.

The editor of famed Paris Review has stepped down. Paris Review Editor Resigns Amid Inquiry Into His Conduct with Women      

Actually some of the harshest critiques on Swift came from other White women. Awesomely Luvvie did write a blogpost claiming that she knew why Swift was on the cover while asking why she was really on the cover, but stated that she wasn't question the validity of Swift's presence in the issue but why on the cover. I saw quite a few tweets like this today. And that wasn't even the harshest one I saw. There was another one that came across my timeline (someone had retweeted it) that was very lengthy. My issue with the cover was that Time choose to put Terana Burke on the inside and not on the cover. She was the first person to say Me Too, almost two decades ago. I have to give props to Alyssa Milano because when the media wanted to brand her as the face of the MeToo movement, when she discovered that Burke had started this movement in the late 90s, Milano was very quick to try to educate people about Burke and has been doing so ever since. In any case, I am glad to see this type of acknowledgement before Time gets taken over by Meredith Corporation, we may never see this type of acknowledgement of any type of progressive issues on their cover ever again.

Believe it or not, this cover has generated some clapback. The founder of the MeToo movement was not on the cover (she's on the inside) and there were people complaining that Kesha should've been on the cover, rather than Taylor Swift. The Silence Breakers definitely deserved the POTY but the execution was not all it could've been.

We knew they were going to be useless from the outset. Speaking of useless-

That writer's room sounds a bit...er, much. Honestly, I wonder what Judith Light's thoughts are on all this. Perhaps a lot of the cast and crew were able to simply do their jobs and go home but it seems like boundaries were being crossed all over the place. A great deal of the off-camera dynamics sound like a complete mess.

Not to sound like an alarmist but at this point, I think people's safety will be jeopardized beyond the Middle East. This type of crisis cannot be confined to specific borders, especially in this day and age. Lest people doubt how steadfast this investigation has been.

Going by this picture, I'm gonna guess that Tonya Harding is pleased with the biopic.

They should also all be appalled by the sexual harassment and assaults committed by the current occupant of the WH. Why are they not also calling for #45's resignation?

Great to see that Brexit is going so well. David Davis admits UK Government has not done Brexit impact assessments for different economic sectors

And Lionsgate did more than just pull the movie, they sold it back to the production company, suggesting they wanted to be rid of the movie. I just finished reading. At first, I had no intention of reading yet another Weinstein article but figured that this would name names, which it did. It's bizarre how much Weinstein and Trump have in common, down to the connection to the man who owns the publisher of The National Enquirer.

I was just trying to post this John Gotti business in the Status Update but it still doesn't work for me No reason so far given for the cut but...hmm indeed.

The only reforms that MBS really cares about are the ones that will transform SA enough to attract investors, particularly Western ones. The ruling monarchy has known for some time that the oil money won't last forever, they can only rely on it for about a handful of years. They've invested in all that they can expect to invest in and get some return for their investment (they've even invested in solar and wind energy). They know it's critical to attract investors as the other part of the equation. Hence, the reforms. MBS is very much in a hurry to get this done and is elbowing his way through (not to mention that he clearly wants to be the guy that gets the credit for modernizing SA). His reforms have been very popular with the masses (particularly the youth) because he has stripped the cultural police and the strictest clerics of their power, while giving the general population newfound freedoms. What he is doing in other Middle Eastern countries is an entirely different matter. His hand in Yemen has heightened a crisis that is both deeply political and humanitarian. His maneuvering to try to isolate Qatar has all but completely blown up in his face. (yet another ideological battle with Iran by proxy). I just find it ironic that SA's ally the U.S. (via another ignorant, impatient princeling) has helped create so much chaos in the Middle East that they likely have unwittingly drawn the two rivals, S.A. and Iran closer together. Nah, they'll only stay together long enough to dismantle the U.S.' plans, then they'll return to their proxy wars as scheduled.

When you think about it, the evangelicals basically want to implement the West's version of Shariah (whatever that would be called) in the U.S.

That a scandal rag doesn't respect its employees? Sorry but this is the least surprising of them all.

I've been reading about the worsening crisis in Yemen, on and off for months and just a few days ago about their former President Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed by the Houthi (said to be backed by Iran) rebels that he once collaborated with. Apparently the rebels believed he was working with the Saudis against them. Yemen has been the staging ground of the enmity between Iran and Saudi Arabia yet Trump Inc. is now creating such a mess in the Middle East that it is having the unexpected effect of united the Saudis and the Iranians together against the U.S. Whoa!

A little Olympics ban humor.

New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet both stress that their investigation is based on an anonymous letter and have so far found no substantiating proof of misconduct but decided to proceed with the investigating process anyway. Perhaps it has to do with the claims in hushed tones by former dancers and former staff that Martins had often slept with dancers and as a result promoted some dancers over others. New York City Ballet Is Investigating Sexual-Harassment Claims Against Chief Peter Martins