It's very safe in the academic community: no one thinks anything of it,

It's very safe in the academic community; no one thinks anything of it. But to some extent there's more talk than action.

It's very safe in the academic community: no one thinks anything of it.

We are drawn to easy labels. ... It's a human characteristic to dichotomize things into black and white because it makes things seem so clear. But if you did the real story about a triangle like this, it wouldn't be as interesting.

I was thinking that times have changed. But actually they haven't. Celebrity culture still thrives on this idea of the scorned woman and the evil seductress.

That was a huge scandal, ... quite the glamour girl, and [Reynolds] was pigtails and gingham shorts.