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Philip Ellis Quotes

Total quotes: 9
“There is no shortage of media counselling us to be mindful in love, to acknowledge our partners’ needs, and to compromise when necessary. And there’s an equal and opposite lack of such material when it comes to friendship.”
— Philip Ellis, Why You Should Treat Your Friends More Like Lovers
Tagged: Friendships, Relationships
“Avoiding cancelation requires a willingness to learn, grow, and show contrition, but precious few public figures seem to know how to go about doing that.”
— Philip Ellis, The Rise of the Problematic Fave—What’s a Fan to Do?
Tagged: problematic, Problematic Faves, Fans, Fandoms, Being a Fan
“While men are predominantly browsing a woman’s pictures, videos, and interests, safety is top of mind for women, who tend to look at a man’s work history and signs of a criminal record.”
— Philip Ellis, Netflix's New Series ‘You’ Has Me Asking Myself: Am I a Stalker?
Tagged: You, stalking, Cyber Stalking, Internet Stalking
“There is a real sense of joy in finding your people online, in discovering a community and realizing you’re not a weirdo”
— Philip Ellis, If Online Dating Is No Longer Taboo, Why Is Online Friendship?
Tagged: Online Friends, IRL, Online Relationships, The Digital Age, Friendships, Friendship In The Age of Social Media
“There seems to be this idea, underlined by shows like Will & Grace and other early aughts media, that straight women are innate allies to gay men.”
— Philip Ellis, Just Because I’m Gay Doesn’t Mean I Want to Be Your Sidekick
Tagged: LGBTQ+, Identity
“And therein lies the attraction of teenage love stories for people whose teen years are well and truly over: They provide an innocent, sanitized narrative free from the messy adult realities of sex and dating.”
— Philip Ellis, To All the Grown-Ass Adults Who Loved ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’
Tagged: Entertainment
“The time has come for outdated ideas of being the 'right kind of gay' to sashay away.”
— Philip Ellis, RuPaul's Drag Race Helped Me Address My Internalized Homophobia
Tagged: sexuality, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, gay, Gay Identity
“Back when Pottermania was at its peak in the early 00s, J.K. Rowling was credited with getting kids excited about reading — but if people don’t continue to read other books, explore different tastes, and encounter new characters, worlds and ideas, then what was the point?”
— Philip Ellis, The Problem With trying to Make Harry Potter "Woke"
Tagged: Books, Harry Potter
“Millennials are coming of age in a post-Steve Jobs world. We’ve watched Mark Zuckerberg ascend to one of the most powerful positions on the planet and we are being spoon-fed the myth of the visionary founder through prestige movies based on their lives. Coupled with “self made success stories” like that of Jenner, is it any wonder that we’ve internalized the mindset that we are all just one great idea away from being billionaires?”
— Philip Ellis, Kylie Jenner and the Myth of the Self-Made Millennial
Tagged: Millennials
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