With all that effort, I hope the artist investigated the pigments used for dyeing the thread and chose lightfast ones. So many colorants fade in UV light, including sunlight. Reds, pinks, and violets tend to be especially vulnerable. There are now lightfast alternatives, but not all artists pay attention.

Some history in a Talking Points Memo report on this development:

I think you are right, and I like it better that way. Instead of trusting my nonperfect memory before posting, I did a web search to make sure I got it right (“Nakia I’m stubborn”) and at that time the only link I found that had that quote was this: https://gyneco-blogic.com/2018/02/18/what-makes-a-good-wife-as-told-…

Nothing about those two surprises. Remember, she and Jared both came into the Trump regime expecting to have their own turns as President and had a discussion of which of of them should be first. Why not, if Trump could do it.

A complementary discussion of gender issues, also inspired by this movie:

Wow. The stupidity and blasé certainty of getting away with absolutely anything amaze.

Interesting analysis, and I agree with your conclusions. All the movie’s main Wakandan women know how important their responsibilities are to do the right thing actively rather than to passively accept the possibly bad decisions of others. They also expect and handle respectful disagreement among themselves to…

I wish you had also asked the top sheet non-using heathens how often they wash their substitute for a top sheet. Duvet covers are a pain to wash compared to top sheets, so I suspect at least some of these convenience-seekers do not wash their duvet covers or blankets or whatever often enough to keep them clean. So…

All of this energy-draining stupidity was showcased in the colossal wreck that was the NBC mis-coverage of the winning of the Women’s Super-G gold medal by Ester Ledecká:

The women who spoke to SI made it clear that the athletes were not part of the problem, with one former senior staffer saying “I had hundreds of interactions with players and never once had an issue…they always knew how to treat people. Then I’d go to the office and it was this zoo, this complete shitshow.”

Yes, not taking anything away from Kendrick Lamar, but Goransson really worked and researched and collaborated with African musical artists to generate the score. It’s an interesting story and I recommend this featurette:

In addition to this big opening, I think repeat viewing will be unusually strong and prolonged. Will also be interesting to see the full scope of ticket sales outside the US.

Yes, exactly. It’s the cart before the horse. Good opinion pieces are supposed to give useful insights into reality, but he ignores reality and tries to manipulate bits of this and that to fit his own fantasy-based world view. He’s been a useful idiot to the Republicans in the past and has done a lot of damage.

Yes, I can see how he might be reassuring to rich white people who want to believe they can be sophisticated, above moral judgement, and greedy, racist Republicans all at the same time. He’s their apologist and cheerleader and he basks in their attention. IMO he has always loved his own voice and overwrought prose…

This guy is such a clueless, pompous, self-important, insensitive fool, I’ve never understood why anyone ever wanted to read his columns.

No sex stuff, just a little chaste kissing. People get beaten and shot and stabbed, sometimes killed, but it’s not played up for gore and some are healed. There are empowered women characters, they are not helpless and some are impressive warriors. A teenage-looking girl character is the smartest, funniest one,…

My Soul Stone theory: the unique pure vibranium asteroid that hit what would become Wakanda was no natural space rock. Instead, it was a construct of either (a) an unknown powerful entity (b) the Soul Stone itself and the thick layers of vibranium are an impervious and potent prison and/or protective cocoon or…

This is a good thing. Another, completely different diagnostic approach is also promising though still in an earlier stage of study. If it holds up, it could provide an independent non-invasive test that could be done field-side:

Hostle rabbits are not to be trifled with.

Yes. And did Trump know about the security risk and allow Porter’s access to top secret information like the presidential daily briefing despite the warnings? After all, he did this for Flynn, an actual known enemy agent.