Alexander Williams

Do you guys think Jar Jar Binks was a liberal or a conservative when he was a galactic senator

It’s weird how historicized, canonical figures in the arts are all flattened in the popular imagination as having lived in some strange, undifferentiated 19th century. Even the great modernists, who definitionally dwelled within a thoroughly industrialized technological paradigm, are all conceived of as some vague Victorian types who wrote by candlelight.

That thing they said never happened has happened: vaginoplasties on minors, at Oregon Health & Sciences University. OHSU where Dr. Blair Peters, known for his experimental nonbinary genital surgeries, practices.

Hailey Benton Gates is so good in The Drama as she was in The Moment AND Challengers. I’m gonna start watching movies just for her performances cause omg

In the summer of 2000, as the Harry Potter series was quickly becoming a global sensation, legendary Yale critic Harold Bloom gave one of his most unpopular takes, calling 35 million readers wrong

In complete silence, Pope Leo lies prostrate in St. Peter’s Basilica as the Good Friday Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord begins.

Not every movie needs a super serious, deep story with heavy emotional arcs or "important" themes. Some movies, especially animated family ones like these, are allowed to just be pure fun: colorful, fast-paced, packed with references, and built like a video game come to life. The critics keep treating the Mario movies like they’re supposed to be the next Inside Out or Toy y Story, demanding tight plotting, profound character growth, and cinematic "weight." But that’s not what this is. It’s a celebration of Nintendo’s world. These movies resonate perfectly with their target audience, the critics are just out of touch.

In the summer of 2000, as the Harry Potter series was quickly becoming a global sensation, legendary Yale critic Harold Bloom gave one of his most unpopular takes, calling 35 million readers wrong

Pulling the old 'Do you know who I am?' schtick with a cop is low class b.s. but honestly, calling the President of the U.S. mid-arrest is actually pretty badass.