There are some very odd people out there that have a very specific, singular notion of what “family” means, and godamn they will not let it rest until you agree with them. It’s incredibly tiring, not to mention rude and sometimes cruel. “Why aren’t you closer with your family?” is such an invasive question to ask.

Thanks for writing this. A lot of it resonated with me. I talk to my own mother, regularly, but there are lots of things I never tell her because she has a history of bringing up my confidences later to use against me. Like you, when I was a child I never knew what would set her off, and I always felt like I was…

This is a wonderful piece. Thank you. I think this is an important question:

i’m just here for the male tears gifs.

*more spoilers*

That's right. Keep your mouth shut and smile. Because women haven't been given that damaging advice for our entire lives. Also, somehow she is supposed to do this while appearing as a strong leader.

“she should meet his insults with a cheery silence”

i think Clinton should really just have Sam Bee’s team photoshop her and plaster it everywhere. FOOL PROOF WIN STRATEGY!

Okay. Spoiler warning....

They so often terrorize campuses with their smug entitled antics - then act all haughty like one single fucking pancake fundraiser makes up for a year of entitled, elitist, racist destruction.

(they are almost always GOP dominated as well.... BLECH)

Fraternities and sororities are stupid, stupid, stupid. Yes I’m sure you were in a great sorority that did a lot of charity work or whatever, it doesn’t change the fact that they are exclusionary and have no place on modern day university campuses.

I just started flipping thru DIA, and it looks like in the book the bite-mark reveal takes place when Jamie is taking a bath. At one point he stands up, dripping wet, and Claire says he looks like a figure of freshly molten gold. She washes his hair. Why, producers, why?????? Why did we not get golden god jamie in the…

I am so confused by this episode. Barely any reaction to being poisoned? How is the baby not harmed by this? Jamie is acting odd (killing black jack is something to live for but the baby/claire is not? Eek) C & J seem so distant from each other, how in gods name did Jamie get the bites on his thighs? Did the…

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This is good to hear. I don’t think Sam gets the acting credit he deserves from the showrunner. Based on his praise and hush in his podcast, it’s pretty apparent who he prefers

Sounds good to me. But St. Germain was supposed to be immortal, or close to it, so I don’t know if he could be killed. I’d certainly give fucking him to death the old college try.

This. You could throw me back in time anywhere/anywhen and I’d have only the vaguest idea what was going on. I appreciate that she knows some bits and pieces (herbology, field medicine from her time as a nurse during the war, and her particular knowledge of Frank’s family tree) to make things interesting, but doesn’t…

I have to say the first part of S2Ep1 when Claire came back all distraught over the thought of Jamie’s death, and Frank dealing with her being back and trying to understand what happened, I was shocked at how upset I was getting. It was very emotional.

I was at the Tartan Week Parade this weekend and got to see Sam Heughan as the parade’s Grand Marshall. Friends, he is as gorgeous, sweet and funny as you’d hope he is. He was having a blast marching up Sixth Avenue, swigging from his flask every now and then. (Well, it was really cold and rainy...)

I know that the 1940s scenes are important, but I get impatient while watching them. I just think, “yeah yeah yeah, okay, let's get back to the hot ginger and some steamy/romantic scenes, already!)