me, too.

In addition to being bafflingly ugly, it would be a nightmare to wear. I look at dresses like that and just see all the effort it takes to sit right, stand right, breathe right, move right, bend right, turn right all goddamn night. You can’t for a *second* relax or you’ll split a seam at that stupidly tight mermaid…

whatever, she’s running for VP anyway

Oh, come on! They couldn’t reup Kelly Thompson and Jenn St. Onge’s spectacular and tragically short Nancy Drew run, but they can give us this tired old shit? ffs.

Cool leg!

Oh, for fuck’s sake. That makes the whole thing even WORSE. Like, by a lot.

Boo, that sucks.

Hard agree.

I had a bout with some kind of dermatitis on my face (don’t remember the exact name) that I dealt with for a stupid long time before getting my ass to the dermatologist. At some point during that period, I got frustrated enough that I was suckered into the whole K-Beauty 10-step thing and spent a zillion dollars and a…

The only crime here is Sheetrocking topless. You’re gonna be cleaning dust and dirt out of your pores for days! So itchy!!

lol. I used Ponds in high school. I had a diligent beauty routine for exactly one jar’s worth, and felt extremely Grown Up(TM). Then I ran out, forgot about it, and went back to using whatever happened to be in the bathroom. It was fine. I do remember that smell, though!

ugh, here, take your star.

omg YES. I distinctly remember my moment of that realization, which was reading The Pathfinder. James Fenimore Cooper is held up as this paragon of literary virtue, but I remember being like, “Okay, none of this is advancing the plot...now, this is totally inconsistent with how he described this character…

Ahh! Yes! I’m loving it so far (only a couple chapters in). It reminds me a lot of The Queen of the Tearling in tone - the juxtaposition of an ancient-seeming feudal system against very modern sarcasm/use of language. For example, I’m pretty sure I came across the phrase “Eat glass and die” during a tense exchange…

This is a good way to read. I used to be one of those literati snobs until my husband pointed out that I wasn’t being ‘cultivated’ or whatever I thought I was, I was just being an asshole. And missing out on good stuff, to boot! He was right, and I have since come to discover and delight in all genres. At the moment,…

Indeed. As a lover of books-as-objects, I resisted the e-reader for years, but after my FIL foisted one on me for Christmas some years back, I rapidly became a convert. I have a Paperwhite, so reading is experienced by my eyes/brain the same as it would be with paper - no digital strain, and no glare in sunlight. I…

True enough. Klobuchar is my senator, and I love her, but really don’t want her as president - her ideas are not nearly visionary enough to meet this moment. But you’re right about her competency and all that. She’d at least be an able caretaker of the office.

Spot on, as usual, Ron.

um.

Absolutely. It’s hard enough for regular-ass people to set healthy boundaries in family/social situations when their SO or kid is being bullied by a family member or friend. It must be orders of magnitude more difficult when you’re in the ~royal family~ and all those additional iron-clad expectations and mega-heavy…