It might be the real VC but he fried his brain with how the internet is these days. Maybe he took up twitter or something. Maybe it's a different person, who knows.You are not the first to point out the original VC has been replaced.... is just the method of writing it's just so different, and the recent article seems so personal with so many details about his personal experience seems a bit out of character from the OG VC
It wouldn't be the first blogger type person I liked 10 years ago give themselves psychic damage from being terminally online to the point of being unrecognizable
It was just so shallow, and sounds like a rant you could get from any angry conservative guy who has been steeped in pointless gender war arguments online
The VC I remember, is aware of occult symbolism and dissociative mind control themes, which I know this movie has. To not even do a quick mention or speculation of some of these elements is just weird.
The gender wars stuff is just the layer of paint on top of this movie
btw, several men I know enjoyed the Ken subplot, and specifically like how Ken decides to be his own person and no longer try to impress the "perfect" woman, and have too much ego invested in having "the girl". It reminds them of how they wasted some of their younger years trying to get their dream girlfriend, instead of focusing on becoming the man they are supposed to be, so they found that part to be a good message.