16jazzlyn16 : I wonder if it is funny or if they just showed the funny bits in the trailer?
greyfur : Contains spoilers. Click to show. Well, this was a very different but also pretty good version from what we all grew up with...
prism : My son saw this last night, he said it was better than the first one but still pretty bad ...
LaserGuy : Contains spoilers. Click to show. The Poseidon Adventure, without Shelly Winters. Couldn't get into it, I think I've seen it...
michaelmyers : loved it !
Birdsforme : Contains spoilers. Click to show. Raring up for an explosive episode. Loved the image of the Mayor feeding birdseed to Sher...
kronickurves : Love a bit of Talking Heads with my Aliens!!
Danfis : The "Parent" episode. Boo-hoo...so sensitive.
kerplunk111 : your mum must have been a Beaver...Dam girl, snorts & laughs, great episode!
ThinMan : oh yay!!! Thanks very much.
rapscallion, this is a battle worth fighting. “Man” has been used as a verb (man the battle stations) bc with few exceptions, only men had paid work — and women’s work was considered unimportant.
Maybe you’re too young to know how hard life was for women even in 1980, when they became a significant presence in the workforce, but I’m not.
And on and on and on. And, women still face a lot of bull in the workplace, including lower wages for equal pay. Language matters ecause it expresses how we see the world, and too many people still have misgivings about women taking their place in the world. SO let’s stop using words that reinforce the idea that women don’t belong in the workplace, or that their work isn’t valuable.
A final thought: Would you be OK if the word “white” were used to refer to all people of all ethnic backgrounds ? “White the battle stations” and “We don’t have enough whitepower to get the job done.” It’s completely parallel — all Black people, and all women (of any color) didn’t have equal rights & protection under the law until recently.
Language matters.
^ THIS.🙌 And I am so sorry to hear the ridiculous sexist crap your own sister went through in the bad old days.😣 I was just too young to really experience the dark side of that era, even though I was a girl.