ew.

Cancer is such a fucking bitch. Cokie was a real treasure, and a genuine asset to this country. Her voice will be missed.

I...I don’t get it. I thought the placenta eating was, like, some crunchy hippie woo woo shit that was about spiritual connection with the earth, or whatever. There’s a medical/physical reason for it?? Walk me through this, I’m genuinely really interested!

I want this toooooooo.

I DON’T ROLL ON SHABBOS!

You shut your damn mouth.

That sucks. Maybe Keens? They aren’t great for me, but are perfect for my husband, with his high arches and wide toe box. They’re $$$ tho. :(

Yeah, I can see that. My husband has high arches, and he complains about the lack of arch support, too. I actually find it to be the main benefit. The padding conforms to your foot as you wear it, so you wind up sort of creating a custom footbed for yourself over time. I don’t need aggressive arch support (in fact, I…

I was actually thinking that one of the houses looks suspiciously like the interior shots of that film.

Right! And/or if they let you, chances are it’ll be literally the most expensive version possible. Like, yeah, okay, you can change the butler pantry into a powder room (so that you have more than one toilet in a 3,000 sf house), but here are the three approved fixtures you can choose from. They are only available at…

Exactly. Although “Low-Purchase-Price Old Houses” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. The vast majority of these places will be ENORMOUSLY expensive to rehabilitate.

I went to SF for a long weekend over labor day, and in walking over all those hills, I discovered the very comfortable and practical flats I’d brought with me weren’t going to cut it. Found a Macy’s and went to buy some sneakers and ended up with a pair of Chucks. First pair I’d ever owned - I never really got the…

Me, too. And while I agree with pretty much everyone that the Amy+Laurie pairing was lazy and dumb and rushed and awkward and inorganic and all that, I actually really like Jo’s rejection of Laurie and eventual pairing with Prof. Bhaer. It’s highly consistent with her character. In Jo’s world, one of the maybe four…

I expect she has been aware that her dad is a complete piece of shit for a while, now. I doubt this was a surprise. It’s certainly not to me.

Well, the Midweek Madness is usually a pretty fun freakshow. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

omg lol

Hard agree. I like Joan, but this article is a very bad and dumb take.

The book was semi-autobiographical. Like Jo, Alcott thought all that domesticity stuff was boring af and wanted to write gothic romances and murder mysteries and such (she did, and it is absolutely unreadable dreck). She was convinced to write Little Women because she was told a book for girls would be a commercial…

You get to trust your instincts when they’re founded on a solid base: women are human being equal to men whose looks are entirely separate from their worth as humans.

Yesterday the guy at the counter at the little bitty liquor store I sometimes go to, and always joke around with when he’s there, complimented me on my dress. Then he stopped and said, “I’m sorry, I’m probably not supposed to say stuff like that.” I replied, “Of course you can! Everyone loves a good compliment. What…