I am SO DOWN for this. Evan has a series, though! Will he be able to show up?

It’s from my probably unreliable memory! But the Nation personals were legendary for their erudition and their specificity about what politics were acceptable. I mean, if you’re in the Socialist Workers Party, Trotsky forfend you wind up on a date with a Socialist Labor Party member.

The Village Voice was the undisputed champion of the personal ad era, but the ones in the Nation had their own special charm: “SWF seeks comrade to storm the barricades with. You: As comfortable discussing Derrida as Gramsci. Me: Anarchist, structuralist, feminist. We may tie each other up, but we won’t tie each other…

This girl has restored my faith in journalism. Please, Hilde, keep on keeping on.

You’re not going to stomp on a flaming thing with your NEW kicks, come on.

As if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

So, like, now that we know each other better, can you get me out of the grays on Deadspin?

All USWNT pay equity lawsuit all day? JK, please tell me about baseball also.

This is NOT specifically talking about English-speaking countries (or Germany wouldn’t be on the list of places Empire isn’t doing so well). If you click through to the original article, it’s talking about the global market, and says, “It would be simplistic to call viewers in Europe, Canada or Asia racist.”

as the golden age of U.S. television becomes more like a collection of really long mini-films, other countries aren’t really as invested

You...know we’ve been discussing that exact fact in his thread for like, three days, right?

Mark Morris’ troupe has been a diverse mix of races, body types, and queerness for something like 30 years.

Yay? But most likely, this will just make antivaxxers even more convinced that there is a conspiracy against their holy martyr Andrew Wakefield.

So Travolta is a day sleeper who needs a fragrance-free environment and can’t relax naked in front of women he doesn’t know? Seems ODDLY NORMAL. Are you sure these are Travolta’s demands?

“Dear Mr. DeNiro: I have done a study of two children with autism, and they have both watched movies. Can we use your film festival to discuss my theory that movies cause autism?”

1. Um, I didn’t say “weird.” I was hoping someone would pick up on “red wedding” dresses and make a GoT joke, but no. 2. Um, as you would have learned if you'd read the rest of the thread, these weren't brides from those cultures.

Abby needs to be ordered by a court to stay at least 500 feet away fom anyone under 18.

I can't remember the third bride, so you might be right. My daughter tells me they've done MULTIPLE red dress episodes, so we might even be thinking of different ones.

Keeping my fingers crossed for Season 4!