I’ve got exactly one fancy dress per season and I haven’t worn the fanciest once this year. I keep thinking I need to save it for a special occasion that never comes.

Her make-up is always on-point. She’s probably got to the stage where she’s able to apply it in the dark.

She probably enjoys doing regular-people stuff.

I think she and William are doing a good job of keeping their private life private, and being put-together and nice in public. She just happens to be very good at what she does, that is projecting an image of the monarchy that is young, hopeful, well-educated and good-looking. She also happens to be a commoner (albeit…

I lived in Luton for a while in the mid-Nineties. If it’s anything like it was back then, the focus on mental health is well-deserved. Half of my student dorm was on meds, myself included. We couldn’t leave the building after dark as the town was known for its violence, and if we did so we should never be alone as…

I’m crazy for Sephora Rouge Can-Can, a slightly orangey red with a matte finish, but still very creamy and long-lasting. I love it so much.

I’m crazy for Sephora Rouge Can-Can, a slightly orangey red with a matte finish, but still very creamy and…

Probably not, which is why my example is only partly relevant; although girls as young as 12 or 13 do read “Twilight”, and they’re probably just a little older when they start on “After”. Both works of fiction are innocuous; both can be toxic in the absence of an ongoing conversation about gender roles. The same…

Provided they get to consume porn when they’re old enough to know it’s a fantasy - or somebody tells them that, unequivocally - yes. Boys have always had access to porn, but the stigma and silence surrounding the consumption of porn is what creates unrealistic expectations and a warped worldview. A relevant example is…

I actually only saw it for the first time about ten years ago and I loved it to bits. Its utter insanity keeps it fresh and exciting: literally none of it makes sense, and yet everything does. It’s not even a matter of suspending disbelief, rather a matter of embracing your inner silliness. Also, “Don’t dream it, be…

Make-up. Lotsalotsa make-up.

For perspective: I live and went to university in a country that has no sorority or fraternity system. Most universities are public, and most public universities are good, some excellent. I attended the School for Interpreters and Translators of Trieste, one of the best in the country and a haven for students from all…

I think I spotted a couple of Asians, but I might be wrong.

I can’t get over how overwhelmingly white these girls are. Not surprising, but still a little discomfiting.

I don’t know about the French, but it’s not like that in Italy at all. People do cheat, but it’s not socially acceptable to do so; increasingly less so as the younger generations get married (in limited numbers, I should add, since marriage is no longer the cornerstone of adult life it used to be). I guess we all like…

Nope. Never. No. Not at all. Not really. No. Nuh-huh.

It’s terrible, though.

In short, it won’t pass because it’s inconstitutional.

Dustin’s the best character on the show, hands down.

Well, if you’d lived in Slovenia for the past 16 years you’d probably be able to get it done. Except Slovenian is really bloody hard (I know because I tried learning it and failed miserably), so yeah.

I didn’t watch it because I’m Italian, the Borgias were originally Spanish, and everything just felt funny to my ears. It was a question of whether I wanted to watch it in the original version (with the jumble of accents) or in the Italian dubbed version (and I loathe dubbing).