I worry the political world will learn the exact opposite lesson, sadly.

This is the second time today I've seen a conservative pundit claiming "lesbians" are behind some bit of Woke Wrongthink. It's the next obvious step after attacking the rights of trans folks and everyone should have seen it coming (many did!).

Since 2010, there's been ONE movie to top the yearly box office that wasn't based on pre-existing IP -- and it was American Sniper.* (I'd argue Barbie wasn't meaningfully based on existing IP, but YMMV) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...