Faulkner

That is very true. Sad that diversity only becomes valuable when these institutions start crumbling. Expecting people of color to shore them up and walk away with crumbs after their mostly white male predecessors already made sh*t loads of money and prestige when these institutions actually mattered.

The ass is electrifying. And his smug attitude is hot lol.

German father-and-son fitness enthusiasts 🇩🇪

Yeah, Paul was such a huge character on Y&R for the entirety of my viewership (since around 1990-91) until recently. Granted, they’ve already done a great job disposing of him, but he’s not like Keemo, as insulting and unnecessary as Keemo’s off-screen death was. It would be particularly egregious to kill Paul off to accommodate two characters we rarely see (Danny and Christine).

I feel like it’s inevitable with the growing number of actors who identify as non-binary (where do you put them?) and where the winds are blowing culturally. It’s becoming less and less acceptable for these institutions to maintain their old ways of doing business, especially when ideas of gender are being questioned and reconsidered on a wider societal level. And the Academy might follow in BAFTA’s footsteps with interventions to project a more inclusive image (e.g. a committee that selects some of the nominees, ensuring gender parity). I find those interventions to be questionable (these industries can get away with not actually doing the work behind the scenes to create tangible diversity while tooting their horns about their “inclusive” nominees year after year. Plus, would those nominees really representative of how the Academy feels? They should be. I also find it sorta condescending to actors/craftspeople in marginalized communities).

Kris based in the U.K. 🇬🇧

Some grandeur for ya:

Aliff Zul from Malaysia 🇲🇾

The Teriah episode was unwatchable. This show has no clue what to do with Camryn Grimes or Sharon Case, two of the show’s most talented actresses. And didn’t we just do this sadsack mother thing recently for a holiday episode at Crimson Lights? Or it might have been a homeless woman that Nikki interacted with. I know Bill Bell wasn’t immune to pulling saccharine, condescending stunts like that, but at least his overall storytelling was good.

Gaurav from India 🇮🇳

Merry Christmas from Malik Delgaty in Canada 🇨🇦

Marcel from Germany 🇩🇪

LMAO thanks.

This is adorable.

I’m gonna start bingeing Smiley, but speaking of Netflix:

FC480E0BF39E9F79D88ADCEC3CD7FA9D_video_dashinit.mp4 5F4BD966CAC32F05A61041DB9496DBA4_video_dashinit.mp4 Ryan O’Connell’s take on the Heather black eye situation on SLC.

Zaf from Malaysia 🇲🇾

His family later said he had renal medullary carcinoma, so the below post is out of date.

I was seeing the angry tweets come in last night.

Glad you appreciate!

Ugh at the anvils being dropped re: Sally and all the chatter about family and parenting. Eye roll. WTD stories are so boring.